Swedish for Mechanical and Production Engineers (3 cr)

Objective

Students will develop their oral and writing skills in Finland's second offcial language specifically to aid their own professional development. Students will practise speaking Swedish in everyday communication situations as well as being able to discuss professional issues in Swedish face to face and on the phone. Students will also be able to find and use information in Swedish concerning their own specific field.

Content

Central vocabulary and communication situations for mechanical and production engineering students

Evaluation scale

0 - 5

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The students are able to apply and adapt language to the needs of working life using the vocabulary of their field, topics related to current content and versatile sentence structures. They are proficient in the basic terminology of the field. The students are able to plan and deliver a comprehensive and natural presentation on a topic related to their field. Grammar and pronunciation errors are rare.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The students are able to produce basic sentence structures when speaking and writing in the most common situations encountered in everyday and working life. The students are able to recognise and use the basic terminology of the field. The students are able to plan and deliver a fairly fluent oral presentation on a topic related to their field, using support material. Grammar and pronunciation errors occur from time to time.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The students are able to produce simple sentences in writing and orally in the most common situations encountered in everyday and working life. The students are able to recognise basic terminology of working life and are able to plan and deliver an oral presentation on a topic related to their field using support material though grammar and pronunciation errors occur.

Further information

BÄJA 25.2.2022