Study Guide

Objectives

The aim of the course is to provide skills to act in various communication situations in working life in Swedish.

Student:
• can communicate appropriately in Swedish in professional oral communication situations
• controls the central terminology of his field
• can talk about his own professional expertise
• knows how to search for and interpret professional information in his own field from Swedish-language publications
• knows how to evaluate, maintain and develop his own language skills and language learning skills
• achieve the oral and written skills of the second domestic language required by the university of applied sciences legislation, which is necessary for the tasks in one's field

Content

Authentic professional texts, forestry vocabulary, work tasks in the field, talking about your own education, talking about the productions of your field, various communication situations specific to the field.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Student:
- knows how to communicate simply about his professional expertise (e.g. job interview)
- can tell about his field in a nutshell
- mainly handles the most important predictable interaction situations and customer contacts in one's field in an understandable manner (e.g. interviews and meetings)
- pronounce intelligibly
- uses the basic vocabulary of his field so that the essential message is conveyed
- uses simple basic grammar structures
- mostly reacts to what his interlocutor says

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

(Skill level B1.2) Student:
- can communicate clearly in a way appropriate to the situation about their own professional expertise (e.g. job interview)
- can tell about his field
- handles everyday interaction situations and customer contacts in your own field fairly well (e.g. interviews and meetings)
- mainly pronounces well
- uses the basic vocabulary of his field so that the central message is conveyed
- can express the matter in other words if necessary
- uses basic grammar structures mostly correctly
- reacts to what his interlocutor says mostly appropriately

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

(Skill level B2.2-C1) Student:
- can communicate fluently in a way that suits the situation about their own professional expertise (e.g. job interview)
- able to tell about one's own field in a versatile and fluent way
- handle diverse interaction situations and customer contacts in your own field by networking naturally (e.g. interviews and meetings)
- pronounce clearly
- uses the basic vocabulary of his field so that the message is conveyed well
- explains in other words and makes up for gaps in vocabulary discreetly
- uses basic grammar structures almost flawlessly
- reacts appropriately to what his interlocutor says