Working English for Engineers (3 cr)
Code: 5N00GF91-3001
General information
- Enrolment period
- 20.12.2024 - 04.01.2025
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.01.2025 - 01.05.2025
- Implementation has ended.
- Credits
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- TAMK Languages and Communication
- Campus
- TAMK Main Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Mechanical Engineering
Objectives (course unit)
The course focuses on developing typical workplace communication skills in English.
After completing the course, the student:
• can communicate with proficiency in work-related communication situations, including telephoning, online calls, and email etiquette.
• is familiar with essential business terminology and can deliver a company presentation.
• knows the key vocabulary relevant to their field of study.
Content (course unit)
• Workplace communication situations
• Business English
• Terminology specific to students' field of study
Prerequisites (course unit)
Basic language studies in English completed or equivalent skills
Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)
Student
• can discuss familiar topics.
• can write comprehensible text when given help and enough time to prepare.
• understands the main points of normal-paced speech in familiar contexts when the message is repeated as necessary.
• pronounces occasionally inaccurately but understandably.
• can find information from texts on familiar topics.
• can use the basic field-specific vocabulary to convey essential messages.
• can use simple grammatical structures.
• can use relevant tools, such as dictionaries.
• can deliver a short oral presentation.
Assessment scale
0-5
Further information
Alternative methods of completion if the course is compulsory:
Approved skills test or corresponding course at another university of applied sciences.