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Course Catalog 2011-2012
KIE-3336 Advanced English Speaking Skills, 3 cr |
Additional information
Suitable for postgraduate studies
Person responsible
John Shepherd, Lauri Tolkki
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. simulations 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
Learning outcomes
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, 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 group-work 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. | Development of general communication skills | ||
| 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:performance 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
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