Professional English for BBA Studies (5 op)

Osaamistavoitteet (Opintojakso)

Englannin opintojaksolla perehdytään ammatilliseen kielenkäyttöön liike-elämän vuorovaikutustilanteissa. Eurooppalainen viitekehys: tavoitetaitotaso B2.

Opiskelija
- osaa kertoa itsestään, koulutuksestaan, työkokemuksestaan ja -tehtävistään sekä käyttää alansa erikoisterminologiaa
- osaa viestiä asiakaslähtöisesti erilaisissa suhdeverkostoissa ja asiakaskontakteissa
- pystyy seuraamaan oman alansa kehitystä ja osallistumaan siihen eri kanavien kautta.

Sisältö (Opintojakso)

Mitä opiskelija osaa viestiä osaamisestaan ja työympäristöstään kohdekielellä?
Mitä opiskelija tarvitsee onnistuakseen monikulttuurisessa asiakaslähtöisessä vuorovaikutuksessa kohdekielellä?
Miten opiskelija kehittää osaamistaan ja hankkii tietoa omalta alaltaan kohdekielellä?

Esitietovaatimukset (Opintojakso)

Eurooppalaisen taitotasoasteikon B2-taitotaso.

Tenttien ja uusintatenttien ajankohdat

The Final exam takes place at the last session. Resit dates can be negotiated or through TAMK's exam dates.

Arviointimenetelmät ja arvioinnin perusteet

Professional English for BBA students covers written and oral communication skills for BBA students. Evaluation is based on 0-5 grading scale where, 0 is fail and 5 is excellent. Evaluation is based on:
1. Written Exams
2. Oral presentation and group discussions
3. Active class participation and completed assignments and essays.

Opiskelumuodot ja opetusmenetelmät

Lectures, class activities, mini-seminars, collaborative online activities. Personal efforts and self-study.

Oppimateriaalit

Materials Stansfield, L. Eerola,T., Munne, J. 2009. Win Win. English for your buisness career. Helsinki: Edita
Supplimentary materials will be in Tabula or giving during lectures.

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

Students will have to devote extra time into multicultural research assignments.

Sisällön jaksotus

Written skills include include essay writing, job application documents, emails etc.
Oral skills include presentation, small talk skills and meeting/negotiation skills

Kansainvälisyys

Inter-cultural communication project may be started with partner countries.

Arviointikriteerit - hylätty (0) (Ei käytössä, kts Opintojakson Arviointikriteerit ylempänä)

The students
_ attend less than 50% of the contact lessons
- are able to use English but poorly in professional and personal contexts.
- are not able to obtain information and read professional literature.
- do not master professional terms and phrases.
- do not distinguish the differences between spoken and written language as well as various cultures and have difficulties in adapting them.
- do not know how to outline the essentials of a text and how to write structured text.

Arviointikriteerit - tyydyttävä (1-2) (Ei käytössä, kts Opintojakson Arviointikriteerit ylempänä)

The students
- attend and participate in lessons and online collaboration exercises.
- are able to use English moderately both in professional and personal contexts.
- are able to obtain information only from a few sources and read basic professional literature.
- master only some professional terms and phrases.
- distinguish only some of the differences between spoken and written language as well as various cultures and have difficulties in adapting them.
- know how to outline the essentials of a text and how to write structured text.

Arviointikriteerit - hyvä (3-4) (Ei käytössä, kts Opintojakson Arviointikriteerit ylempänä)

The students
- attend and participate in lessons and online collaboration exercises.
- are able to use English fairly well both in professional and personal contexts.
- are able to obtain information from a fairly good selection of sources and read advanced professional literature.
- master a fairly good selection of professional terms and phrases.
- distinguish and are able to adapt most differences between spoken and written language as well as various cultures.
- know how to outline the essentials of a text and how to write analytical and structured text.

Arviointikriteerit - kiitettävä (5) (Ei käytössä, kts Opintojakson Arviointikriteerit ylempänä)

The students
- attend and participate in lessons and online collaboration exercises.
- are able to use English fluently both in professional and personal contexts.
- are able to obtain information from a wide range of sources and read complex professional literature.
- master a wide range of professional terms and phrases.
- distinguish and are able to correctly adapt all the differences between spoken and written language as well as various cultures.
- know how to outline the essentials of a text and how to write academic, analytical and structured text.