Professional English for BBA Studies (5 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

On this course students will learn about the professional business communication in working life environment. European Framework of Reference for Languages B2 level.

After completing the course students will be able to
- tell about their personality, education, work experience, tasks and duties at work by using professional English
- meet customers’ needs when servicing the customer base and communicating with interest groups
- follow and participate in the development of their field by using different ways of communication.

Content (course unit)

What can the student communicate on his/her competence and working life environment in the target language?
What kind of qualifications does the student need to succeed in multicultural customer-based interaction in the target language?
How can the student develop his/her competence and acquire business-related information in the target language?

Prerequisites (course unit)

Eurooppalaisen taitotasoasteikon B2-taitotaso.

Exam schedules

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

Evaluation methods and criteria

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.

Teaching methods

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

Learning materials

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.

Student workload

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

Content scheduling

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

International connections

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

Assessment criteria - fail (0) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

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.

Assessment criteria - satisfactory (1-2) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

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.

Assessment criteria - good (3-4) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

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.

Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

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.