English for Engineers (3 cr)
Code: 5N00EK86-3005
General information
- Enrolment period
- 02.07.2020 - 13.09.2020
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 31.08.2020 - 09.10.2020
- Implementation has ended.
- Credits
- 3 cr
- Local portion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Campus
- TAMK Main Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Vehicle Engineering
- Teachers
- Anne Kopperoinen
- Course
- 5N00EK86
Objectives (course unit)
Students
- can and dare speak and write English better
- can and dare perform better in English
- increase their vocabulary
- know the most important grammar structures
Content (course unit)
• telling about oneself
• travel
• small talk
• discussion and presentation exercises
• basic vocabulary of the field of study
• reviewing basic grammar
Prerequisites (course unit)
Upper secondary school English
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)
Student
- knows how to give a simple and comprehensible presentation using ready-made material and tips - copes with simple conversational situations
- understand the main points of normal-paced speech, when the message is repeated if necessary
- pronounces intelligibly most of the time
- writes quite intelligibly
- uses simple basic grammar structures in an understandable way
- uses the basic vocabulary of the field of study so that the basic message is conveyed
- finds the information the student is looking for in texts that deal with familiar topics
Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)
Student
- can give a clear presentation using helpers
- talks quite fluently
- understand people speaking with different accents when the topic of conversation is familiar
- pronounces quite naturally and clearly
- writes fairly fluently and clearly
- uses grammatical structures mostly correctly and corrects mistakes in language use if they have led to misunderstandings
- understands and uses the vocabulary quite precisely
- understands the main points and most details of the text read
Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)
Student
- knows how to prepare and deliver a convincing, structured presentation
- talks fluently
- understands relatively easily even people who speak with different accents
- pronounces naturally and clearly
- writes fluently and appropriately
- uses versatile grammar structures and manages them almost flawlessly
- understands and uses vocabulary skillfully and accurately
- understands both the main points and details of even a demanding text
Exam schedules
- Suullinen esitys (pakollinen) ti 29.9. alaan liittyvästä harrastuksesta / mielenkiinnonkohteesta.
- Kirjallinen tentti ti 6.10.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Läpäistäkseen kurssin opiskelijalla tulee olla 60 % Moodlen tehtävistä tehtynä, ja aktiivisen osallistumisen velvoite tunneilla on 80%.
Opintojakson arvosana määräytyy kirjallisen lopputentin perusteella. Pakollinen, suullinen näyttötehtävä tulee suorittaa hyväksytysti.
Assessment scale
0-5
Teaching methods
- Pakollinen alkutesti/tasotesti elokuussa (Moodle-testi): Mikäli opiskelija saa testistä arvosanan 3-5, hän saa halutessaan opintojakson suoritettua tällä arvosanalla.
- Kontaktiopetusta TAMK-tiloissa sekä etäopetusta (Zoom-yhteys + Moodle)
- Opetusta kerran viikossa (elokuu-lokakuu)
Learning materials
Opintojen tukena käytetään kirjaa Protocall toolkit (Kristiina Tillander - Joni Sallila).
Student workload
Tunnit (7x3h) tiistaisin 8.00-10.30. Itsenäinen työskentely viikoittain kotona.
Further information
Huom! Ensimmäisellä kerralla 25.8.2020 opiskelijat tekevät pakollisen lähtötasotestin Moodlessa.
Tutustu kurssikuvaukseen ennen lähtötasotestiä. Lähtötasotesti tehdään kampuksella. Huom! Opiskelijoilla pitää olla oma kannettava tietokone mukana.