Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

Students
-can communicate within multi-professional work communities in their own special field
-understand and can make use of articles related to their own professional field
-can develop language skills of their own professional field utilizing a variety of learning tools
-undestand the significance of communication as part of professional skills
-can instruct various clients/patients in field-specific situations

Content (course unit)

Key terminology of one’s own professional field
Research articles and videos

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

12.2.2024 - 7.4.2024 (Altogether 6 or 8 weeks)


Independent and collaborative studying on tuniMoodle platform.
There's a chance to study 5 ECTS credits as well. (Contact the teacher.)

Oral presentations will be held on week 12. Students will book one of the following time slots:
Mon 18.3. at 8.30-12
Thu 21.3. at 12.30-16
Fri 22.3. at 8.30-12

Exam schedules

Instead of an exam, various weekly assignments (written and oral)

Assessment methods and criteria

Assessment:
3 credits:
News assignment (25%)
Video assignment (pass/fail)
Instruction assignment (25%)
Oral presentation (in classroom) (30%)
Other activities (collaborative, informal) (20%)
Learning diary (pass/fail)

5 credits:

News assignment (25%)
Video assignment (pass/fail)
Instruction assignment (25%)
Oral presentation (in classroom) (30%)
Other activities (collaborative, informal) (20%)
Learning diary (pass/fail)
Written assignment (pass/fail)

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

For whom?
For an engineering / a health care / BBA / forestry student who wants to study at an accelerated pace to complete their 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 and other fields)
Working English for Engineers* or equivalent skills (engineering)

Learning materials

Material on Moodle

Student workload

The course runs for six/eight weeks and consists of a variety of scheduled oral and written assignments. The students will usually have one week to work on given assignments, with the exception of the final oral presentation. The teachers' support is available in the form of weekly instructions and reminders via Moodle.

Except for the oral presentation sessions on week 12, THERE WON'T BE ANY CONTACT LESSONS. Do reserve time, however, for three group work assignments (news assignment on the second week, instruction session on the fourth week, and the oral presentation assignment on the last two weeks.) Apart from the abovementioned group activities your schedule is flexible (and you can work independently) as long as you comply with the weekly deadlines.

Content scheduling

The course lasts six or eight weeks.

International connections

Also for exchange students

Further information

Teachers:
Anne Kopperoinen anne.kopperoinen@tuni.fi
Minna Metsäportti minna.metsaportti@tuni.fi
Petri Tuohimäki petri.tuohimaki@tuni.fi

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.