Professional English (5 cr)

Objective

The student is able to use English professionally in work based communication and interaction situations as well as international and multicultural work environments.

Content

Field-specific concepts and communication situations
Academic reading and writing
Multicultural working environments

Evaluation scale

0 - 5

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The students are able to apply and adapt their written and spoken language usage to the needs of working life. They can employ the vocabulary of their field, topics related to current content and versatile sentence structures. The students are proficient in the key terminology of their field and can write about and discuss field-specific themes. The students' pronunciation and articulation is clear and fluent.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The students are able to produce accurate spoken and written English using basic structures in everyday and working life situations. The students recognise and are able to use the key terminology of their field and their pronunciation and articulation is fairly clear, although errors occur.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The students are able to produce written and spoken English of simple structure in everyday and working life situations, although pronunciation and grammatical errors occur. The students recognise the key terminology of their field.

To be awarded a grade 1, all assessed assignments must be completed and approved and any possible exam result must be at least 50%.

Prerequisites

B2, Common European Framework of Reference for Languages