KKEN5
ENGLISH TEXT COMPREHENSION COURSE - ACTING
3
ECTS
Organised by
English
Preceding studies
Level A English in upper secondary school, or equivalent skills (B1-B2 level of language competence). To achieve the required starting level, students may, for example, take an English prep course.
After completing this study module, students will - understand factual texts of a general nature as well as texts of their own field - to some extent be able to produce factual texts These skills will help students in their studies and later in following their own field and improving professional international communication.
Contents
During this course, students will - recognise the structure of academic text and the functions of its parts - know how to utilise text structure and the clue words indicating semantic relations - recognise and interpret the structures that are essential to understanding texts - master terminology that is essential to their own field - become familiar with the meanings of prefixes and suffixes - to some extent be able to produce outlined texts and use the terminology that they have learned during the course in different situations
Further information on prerequisites and recommendations
For students of Actor's Training
Teaching methods
Teaching method
Contact
Online
Tutorials
42 h
0 h
Independent work
38 h
0 h
Teaching language
Finnish,
English
Modes of study
Evaluation
and evaluation criteria
Numeric 1-5.
Evaluation by written final exam and regular and active participation.
Study materials
Material distributed during the course.
Further information
During the academic year, an optional test for written skills will be organised twice for students who already possess the language skills this course aims at. Those who pass the test will be exempted from the written skills course.