Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

This course is for native Finnish speakers only.

After the course, student can evaluate their communication skills, can take advantage of the feedback given, understands the importance of communication skills and communication processes, understands what purposeful communication is and wants to develop his/her skills in Finnish and communication as a part of their professional skills. Student can cope in the communication situations of their own field, can give and receive feedback in working life communication situations, can listen to, observe and interpret communication. Student has expert communication skills: the message is structured, understandable and convincing. Student can take into account the demands of the respondent, situation and the field, can acquire and use information of their own field critically and can create a written and spoken presentation for a target audience and also, if required, and include visual aids. Student know the working life text types and ways to use language, uses the language of their field following the practices and guidelines and understands the impact of culture in communication and the significance of collaborating with people from various cultural backgrounds.

Content (course unit)

Basics of spoken communication (theory and practice); Grammar; Writing documents (e.g. job applications, notifications).

Prerequisites (course unit)

No prerequisites.

Further information (course unit)

No alternative form of completion.
Sufficient skills in Finnish.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

Evaluation criteria is available in Finnish only.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

Evaluation criteria is available in Finnish only.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

Evaluation criteria is available in Finnish only.

Assessment scale

0-5