English for Engineers (3 cr)
Code: 5N00EK86-3022
General information
Enrolment period
25.11.2021 - 10.01.2022
Timing
10.01.2022 - 04.03.2022
Credits
3 op
Virtual portion
1 op
Mode of delivery
67 % Contact teaching, 33 % Distance learning
Unit
TAMK Languages and Communication
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
- English
Seats
15 - 42
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Mechanical Engineering
Teachers
- Riku-Matti Kinnunen
Person in charge
Riku-Matti Kinnunen
Groups
-
21I112A
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
Further information (course unit)
Sufficient skills in Finnish
Mandatory participation on 80% of the classes
Alternative forms of completion: approved skills test or corresponding studies at another university of applied sciences
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
Assessment scale
0-5