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. Students will also be able to find and use information in Swedish concerning their own specific field.

Execution methods

Teaching

Accomplishment methods

Continuous active participation
Become familiar with the course material
Assignments carried out as instructed
Spoken and written skills are to be demonstrated as demanded (presentation and exam)

Content

- Refreshing and acquiring new aspects of grammar and structures of the Swedish language, included in the course content
- Getting to know new each other
- Studying
- Telephoning written and spoken
- Presenting a business / product / service in the field of expertise
- Central vocabulary and communication situations for mechanical and production engineering students

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.

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 and though grammar and pronunciation errors occur from time to time.

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.

Qualifications

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) - level B1