Study Guide

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

Location and time

First class will be replaced by independent assignments due to student events!

Exam schedules

Written exam
Oral presentation

Assessment methods and criteria

Active participation in class (80%) and submitting given exercises.
Passing both written and oral exam.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Classes on campus
Independent exercises
Collaborative work in-class

Learning materials

Material on Moodle
Course book: Protocall Toolkit (by Tillander -Sallila)
Available in the library

Student workload

Estimated work load 3x27 h.
24 hours of teaching.
Independent and collaborative exercises.

Content scheduling

Classes in the 1st and 2nd periods.

Completion alternatives

none

Further information

Preliminary skills: English studies in upper secondary school

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

Studen can
- give a simple and comprehensible presentation with some aid
- manages simple conversations
- understands speech of normal speed, utterances are repeated if necessary
- pronounces in an understandable manner most of the time
- writes quite comprehensible texts
- utilises the usual grammatical structures
- utilises basic vocabulary of their own field in an elementary manner
- finds information in texts about subjects they are familiar with