Course Catalog 2008-2009 International Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

John Shepherd

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 1, 2 : Monday 16 - 18, K2119A Tuesday 16 - 18, K2119A
Implementation 2	Per 1, 2 : Friday 8 - 12, K2114A
Implementation 3	Per 2 : Thursday 12 - 14, K2117B Per 2, 3 : Tuesday 12 - 14, K2112 Per 3 : Thursday 12 - 14, K2117A
Implementation 4	Per 3 : Wednesday 14 - 17, K2116 Per 3, 4 : Monday 14 - 17, K2116 Per 4 : Wednesday 14 - 17, K2120
Implementation 5	Per 4, 5 : Tuesday 12 - 14, K2112 Thursday 16 - 18, K2113
Implementation 6	Per 4, 5 : Friday 8 - 12, K2114A
Implementation 7	Per 4, 5 : Tuesday 8 - 10, K2113 Wednesday 8 - 10, K2113

Requirements

Regular attendance; active participation in exercises; giving a high quality professional presentation.

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

Teaching methods will largely be task-based exercises, group, pair as well as whole class work, involving e.g. simulationns and role plays. Students are expected to be as active as possible and the level of active participation will be one of the assessment criteria

Objectives

The course aims to activate the students´ oral communication skills in a professional context. Students will develop the language and skills needed for communicating in a variety of professional situations: small-talk and socializing skills, functioning in meetings and negotiations, giving a professional presentation, use of the telephone and exchange of information and a general target is to make the students communicate more spontaneously in unrehearsed pair and groupwork role-plays and simulations.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Language and skills involved in professional meetings (informal)	Participation in meeting simulations: development of meeting-specific vocabulary.	Formal meetings (e.g. AGM)
2.	Small-talk and polite language	Understanding of communication differences and small-talk gambits	Knowledge of associated cultural norms.
3.	Negotiation vocabulary and negotiation skills	Participating in individual and team negotiation	Some understanding of different strategies in negotiation.
4.	Information exchange.	Telephoning: skills and language.Role-play and simulation.
5.	Presentation skills and language for professional purposes	Presentation practice in teacher- generated exercises.	Advanced presentation skills:preformance of a professional presentation

Evaluation criteria for the course

Continuous assessment based on performance, attendance and level of activity in the class exercises, performance of the professional presentation and general level and also development of oral skills during the course. There is no written test for this course.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Summary of lectures	Advanced English Speaking Skills						English

Prerequisites

Correspondence of content

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1	Ryhmä 1: luennot ma 16-18, ti 16-18		Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %
Implementation 2	Ryhmä 2: luennot pe 8-12		Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %
Implementation 3	Ryhmä 3: luennot ti 12-14, to 12-14		Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %
Implementation 4	Ryhmä 4: luennot ma 14-17, ke 14-17 (9 viikkoa)		Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %
Implementation 5	Ryhmä 5: luennot ti 12-14, to 16-18		Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %
Implementation 6	Ryhmä 6: luennot pe 8-12		Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %
Implementation 7	Ryhmä 7: luennot ti 8-10, ke 8-10

Last modified	23.03.2009
Modifier	Maija-Leena Perttunen