General description

This course is in accordance with the Finnish legislation Act 424/2003 on the knowledge of languages required of personnel in public bodies, Act 481/2003 on demonstrated proficiency in the Swedish and Finnish languages, and with Decree 794/2004 on university degrees.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of the course, students will be able to communicate appropriately in tasks concerning working life and social events. Students will
- understand texts related to their own special field in pedagogics
- be able to communicate orally and in writing in such a way that they can produce clear and coherent text with special-field terminology and mostly correct structures
- be able to describe and explain phenomena related to their own field and express and justify opinions
- be able to participate actively and naturally in conversations and hold an oral presentation
- understand standard Swedish of their own field
- be able to use linguistic tools and aids and Swedish sources of information

Contents

During this course, students will go through issues in their own special field both orally and in writing, expand their general vocabulary, and become familiar with the terminology of their own special field. They will
- retrieve information from written and oral sources
- write texts related to communication situations in studies and working life
- practise oral communication (descriptions, expressing opinions, telephone conversations, etc.) and hold an oral presentation
- practise the use of linguistic tools and aids
- revise the main grammatical structures

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Tutorials	42 h	0 h
Independent work	38 h	0 h

Teaching language

Swedish, Finnish

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
Evaluation by active participation. Evaluation of written communication is based on assignments and/or final examination. Oral communication is assessed by exercises, oral presentation and conversation exam. Swedish oral and written skills will be marked separately on the degree certificate on the scale of satisfactory or good (1-3 satisfactory, 4-5 good).

Recommended year of study

Third year of studies, in accordance with the faculty timetable.

Study materials

Handouts liable to a fee, and/or web material.

Further information

During the semester, a written test will be organised for students who already possess the language skills this course aims at. Those who pass the test will be exempted from the written communication part of the course. A test of oral skills will be organised by agreement for those who have worked in their own field in a Swedish-speaking environment for a minimum of six months.

Belongs to following study modules