Fast Track to Professional Swedish, Written (1 - 3cr)

Objectives

The Swedish language written course focuses on professional language use in workplace communication situations. The aim of the course is for the student to achieve the written proficiency in Swedish as required by the Language Decree (6.6.2003/424) and necessary for the work in their own professional field.
European Framework of Reference for Languages B1-B2 level.

Students:
- can communicate in field-specific tasks in a multidisciplinary work community in Swedish
- understand and can make use of texts related to their own professional field
- can develop language skills of their own professional field utilizing a variety of learning tools - - understand the significance of communication as part of professional skills

Content

- Written work life communication
- Key terminology and communication of one’s own professional field
- Field-specific texts
- Developing language and communication skills in a Nordic work and study environment

Prerequisites

European Framework of Reference for Languages: proficiency level B1-B2.

There is a separate application process for the course. The student demonstrates the required language level according to the application instructions.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The student
- can briefly present themself (education, work experience, skills, duties) and a field-related company/product/process/service/procedure.
- can communicate in foreseeable written work-life situations with some support.
- can interpret the main content of field-related written materials and instructions.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The student
- can present themself (education, work experience, skills, duties) and a field-related company/product/process/service/procedure quite effortlessly and clearly.
- can communicate in several predictable written work-life situations quite fluently.
- utilizes field-related written materials and instructions

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student
- can present themself (education, work experience, skills, duties) and a field-related company/product/process/service/procedure fluently and diversely.
- can communicate even in challenging written work-life situations with ease.
- analyzes, utilizes and applies field-related written sources and instructions.

Further information

During the course, the student completes the number of credits for the written Swedish component required by their degree programme. The course is intended for students who wish to accelerate their studies and who have the ability to study Swedish related to their own field both independently and collaboratively with students from other fields.

If a student uses AI tools in an allowed manner to assist with their learning tasks, they must cite the AI tools used and provide the prompts they used alongside their task responses. If a student presents AI-generated results as their own without citations, sources, and/or prompts, the teacher may reject the work or require it to be redone. The teacher has the right to ask the student if they have used AI in their learning task.