A Fast Track to Professional English (5 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

Students
-can communicate within multi-professional work communities in their own special field
-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
-can instruct various clients/patients/colleagues in field-specific situations

Content (course unit)

Key terminology and communication of one’s own professional field
Field-specific texts
Different registers

Prerequisites (course unit)

Upper secondary school courses (A-level) or an equivalent level (health care and other fields)
Working English for Engineers or equivalent skills (engineering)

Location and time

14.9.–22.10.2020 as a Moodle course + final project (video presentation)

Assessment methods and criteria

Informal activities Pass (Compulsory)

Formal activities:
Learning diary Pass (Compulsory)
Video assignment Pass (Compulsory)
Research report summary 1-5 (20%)
Me, myself, and my professional growth - professional among professionals 1-5 (30%)
Final project (video) 1-5 (50%)

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Independent and collaborative online studies.

Learning materials

Moodle

Further information

For whom?
For an engineering / a health care student who wants to study at an accelerated pace to complete his/her studies and who has the ability to study English of one’s special field both independently and with students from different professional fields.
Prerequisites:
Upper secondary school courses (A-level) or an equivalent level (health care students)
Working English for Engineers* or equivalent skills (engineering students)

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

opiskelija ei pysty osallistumaan suullisen vuorovaikutukseen, koska ongelmia tuottaa omaa puhetta ja/ tai ymmärtää muiden osapuolten puhetta
-ääntäminen vaikeasti ymmärrettävää
-opiskelija hallitsee erittäin suppean sanaston, joka ei riitä tilanteesta suoriutumaan. Käyttää toistuvasti sopimattomia sanoja ja sanontoja
-perusrakenteiden hallinta puutteellista
-opiskelija ei suoriudu kirjallisista viestintätilanteista asianmukaisella tavalla
-ei kirjoita ymmärrettävästi
-vaikeuksia löytää tietoa tekstistä, jotka käsittelevät tuttuja aiheita

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

The student

-can interact in a simple way provided the other person is prepared to repeat or rephrase things at a slower rate of speech and help formulate what is being said.

-can write memos, reports, summaries and other texts related to his/her field such as manuals.

-can understand texts in his/her field with some help e.g. dictionaries.

-can follow standard speech in everyday conversation provided he/she can ask for repetition.

-pronounces mostly comprehensibly.

-can express him/herself with somewhat clarity.

-uses basic grammatical structures

-has sufficient vocabulary to express him/herself so that essential message is understandable.

-can find and understand relevant information in texts on familiar matters.

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

The student

-can give a presentation fairly effectively and fluently.

-can write memos, reports, summaries and other texts connected to his field such as instructions and manuals.

-can understand texts on subjects related to his/her field.

-can discuss and interact with some confidence.

-can understand interlocutors who use different accents if the topic is familiar.

-pronunciation is fairly intelligible even if a foreign accent is somewhat evident and occasional mispronunciations occur.

-can express him/herself fairly clearly and precisely in writing.

-shows a relatively high degree of grammatical control. If he/she makes mistakes he/she can correct him/herself if mistakes have led to misunderstanding.

-can understand the main ideas of complex texts on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.

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

The student

-can give an effective and fluent presentation.

-can write clear, well-structured memos, reports, summaries as well as other texts on subjects related to his/her field such as instructions and manuals.

-can understand in detail texts related to his/her own area of specialty.

-can discuss fluently and spontaneously.

-can understand relatively effortlessly people who use different accents.

-has acquired a clear, natural pronunciation and intonation.

-can express him/herself with clarity and precision in writing.

-has a good grammatical control and accuracy. Occasional slips or non-systematic errors and minor flaws in sentence structure may still occur.

-has a good command of a broad lexical repertoire.

-can understand in detail a wide range of lengthy, complex texts.