Finnish Language and Communication SkillsLaajuus (5 op)

Osaamistavoitteet

After successful completion of the course students will understand the importance of communication skills especially in working life and know how to change their own ways to communicate depending on the situation and receivers. They also understand the importance of developing their own intercultural competence. They are able to evaluate their communication skills and willing to tap feedback to develop them further as a part of their professional development. They are also able to give developing feedback to the others. They can act in objective-oriented way in professional situations communicating as an expert in a structured, understandable and convincing way using appropriate argumentation remembering responsibility and obeying given guidelines in their language. They are able to gain and use information concerning their own branch in a critical point of view. They can make a both written and oral presentations for different kind of audiences added with a visual demonstration if needed. They know the basic text documents of working life. They will also be able to write their thesis reports and other reports using given guidelines in the structure and style of their report and their language. They prepare to face working life group communication situations and gain basic strategies to manage in them.

Sisältö

· basics of speech communication (theory and practice)

· group working exercises

· grammatical correctness

· documentary communication (e.g. bulletins)

· structure and style of report including summarizing and references

· gaining up-to-date source information

· grammatical correctness

· negotiation exercises.

Lisätiedot

For finnish students.