Professional English (3cr)
Course unit code: MMPCE100
General information
- Credits
- 3 cr
- Teaching language
- Finnish
Objective
The students advance their English skills and cultural competencies required in field-specific (service production and management) expert tasks, know how to find and apply professional data in the target language, and are motivated to develop their language skills.
Content
Concepts of the field; presentations, e.g. product/company presentations; client contacts, counselling. Electronic communication, e.g. e-mail and phone; argumenting communication, e.g. comments, meetings and negotiations, problem situations and complaints; summaries, e.g. reports, memos. Knowledge of culture; data acquisition.
Qualifications
The students are able to act independently in interaction situations crossing linguistic and cultural boundaries, as well as mastering the job application process in English. They can interpret and produce factual text related to their professional field, master its key concepts, and know how to process field-specific information.
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Teacher's assessment: mastery of the subject area, active participation.
Student's self-assessment.