English for Music ProfessionalsLaajuus (3 cr)
Course unit code: 2X00EU16
General information
- Credits
- 3 cr
- Teaching language
- English
- Responsible person
- Mirja Kopra
Objectives
Opiskelija
- osaa kommunikoida tarkoituksenmukaisesti erilaisissa ammatillisissa viestintätilanteissa
- osaa ottaa huomioon vastapuolen kulttuuritaustan ja sen vaikutuksen kommunikointi- ja työskentelytapoihin monikulttuurisissa työryhmissä
- osaa musiikkialan keskeisen termistön
- osaa kertoa omasta ammattialan osaamisestaan ja tavoitteistaan
- osaa kirjoittaa työhönsä liittyviä asiatyylisiä tekstejä
- osaa hakea ja tulkita oman alansa ammatillista tietoa englanninkielisistä lähteistä
- pystyy seuraamaan oman alansa kehitystä englanninkielisistä julkaisuista
- osaa arvioida, ylläpitää ja kehittää omaa kielitaitoaan ja kielen oppimistaitojaan
Content
- autenttiset ammatilliset tekstit, musiikkialan sanasto
- alan työtehtävät
- omasta koulutuksesta ja omista tavoitteista kertominen
- oman alan tuotantojen ja teoksien kuvaaminen
- erilaiset viestintätilanteet: opetustilanteet ja neuvottelutilanteet
- asiatyylinen kirje, sähköposti ja ansioluettelo
- kilpailu- ja apurahatekstit
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)
The student
- can give a simple and understandable presentation utilising ready material and aids
- can tell briefly about his/her own instrument and teach others how to play it in an understandable way
- manages simple conversations
- usually reacts in some way to what's being said to him/her
- is somewhat conscious of the stylistic requirements of various types of text
- can produce mostly understandable writing
- understands the main points of a normally paced conversation about a familiar topic, when the message is repeated if needed
- can pronounce in a way that is mostly understandable
- can find the information he/she is looking for in texts that discuss familiar topics
- uses the basic professional vocabulary so that the essential message is communicated
- uses basic grammatical structures
- uses the most easily available aids, such as free dictionaries
Assessment criteria, good (3-4)
The student
- can prepare and give a brief but clear presentation on a professional topic
- can tell about his/her own instrument and teach others how to play it
- manages conversations on professional topics quite fluently
- usually reacts appropriately to what's being said to him/her
- usually communicates using an appropriate style in various situations
- can produce quite fluent and clear writing
- understands speakers who have various accents when the topic is familiar
- can pronounce fairly fluently and clearly
- understands the main points and most details of various texts
- can express things using other words if needed
- understands and uses the professional vocabulary fairly accurately
- uses grammatical structures mostly correctly and self-corrects his/her errors if they have led to misunderstandings
- can utilise different sources and dictionaries
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
The student
- can prepare and give an engaging, structured presentation with the needed materials
- can tell about his/her own instrument fluently and in a versatile way and teach others how to play it using rich language
- manages conversations on professional topics fluently
- reacts quickly and appropriately to what's being said to him/her
- communicates using an appropriate style in various situations
- can produce fluent, appropriate writing with only a few errors
- understands speakers who have various accents relatively easily
- can pronounce fluently and clearly
- understands the main points and details of a demanding professional text and can adapt the information
- can express things using other words and bridges the gaps in his/her vocabulary in a discreet way
- understands and skilfully and accurately uses the professional vocabulary and the terminology of his/her own specialisation
- uses complex grammatical structures mostly correctly
- usually finds the terms he/she needs by utilising different sources