English Language and Communication (5 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- Is fluent in use of English
- Is able to obtain information and read professional literature
- Has capasity of using the professional terms and increasing the general vocabulary
- Distinguishes the stylistic and cultural differences between spoken and written language
- knows how to outline the essentials of a text and how to write analytical and structured text.

Content (course unit)

- Professional sources of information.
- Professional texts, documents, tech riders, directions and instructions.
- Collecting professional vocabulary.
- CV.
- Editing.
- Oral communication situations, small talk, telephone conversation and negotiations.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

TAMK's general instruction for grading will be applied and details agreed at the beginning of course implementation:

https://intra.tamk.fi/web/tutkinto-opinto-opas/arviointi

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

TAMK's general instruction for grading will be applied and details agreed at the beginning of course implementation:

https://intra.tamk.fi/web/tutkinto-opinto-opas/arviointi

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

TAMK's general instruction for grading will be applied and details agreed at the beginning of course implementation:

https://intra.tamk.fi/web/tutkinto-opinto-opas/arviointi

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

TAMK's general instruction for grading will be applied and details agreed at the beginning of course implementation:

https://intra.tamk.fi/web/tutkinto-opinto-opas/arviointi

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation is based on a number of tasks completed by the students and a final exam. The students also need to submit all other required documents.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

online teaching
argumentation
process writing
cooperative learning
exercises
summary report/essay
e-learning
research project
assignments, practical work

Learning materials

All course material will be available through Moodle.

Student workload

Contact lessons: 40h
Independent work: 97h

Content scheduling

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, all lessons will take place online in Zoom meetings until further notice. Assignments are done during and between lessons, as group work and individual work. A detailed schedule will be discussed in the first meeting.

Completion alternatives

Through partial or full accreditation (equal studies of the same level)

International connections

A multi-cultural group of students.

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

The students
- 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.
- submit all required work.

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

The students
- 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.
- submit all required work by dead-lines.

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

The students
- 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.
- submit all required work by dead-lines.