Engineering English (3 cr)
Code: IT10011-3004
General information
- Enrollment
- 18.08.2025 - 30.09.2025
- Registration for introductions has not started yet. Registration starts :startDate
- Timing
- 25.08.2025 - 19.12.2025
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 3 cr
- Local portion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Kielten ja viestinnän opetus (KVO)
- Campus
- Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 20 - 50
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Building Services Engineering
- Teachers
- Liisa Sandvall
- Teacher in charge
- Liisa Sandvall
- Groups
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ITNS25Engineering, Civil Engineering, Building Services, Full-time Studies, Fall, 2025
- Course
- IT10011
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
Opiskelija osaa käyttää yleisteknistä englannin kieltä ja hallitsee oman alansa perussanaston. Hän ymmärtää englanninkielen tarpeen työelämässä ja osaa kertoa itsestään ja opinnoistaan englanninkielisen työnhakumenettelyn yhteydessä. Hän selviytyy yleisimmistä jokapäiväisistä suullisista kielenkäyttötilanteista, osaa esitellä oman alansa teknisen tuotteen,palvelun tai yksinkertaisen prosessin. Hän osaa viestiä asianmukaisesti asiakaspalvelutilanteissa suullisesti ja kirjallisesti sekä osaa laatia ja esittää suullisia esityksiä ja hahmottaa lyhyiden raporttien laadinnan periaatteet englanniksi. Hän osaa apuneuvoja käyttäen tulkita oman alansa tekstejä.
Content
telling about studies and oneself, expressing opinions, small talk, communication style and register, basic vocabulary: materials, shapes, measurements, units, products, services, basic vocabulary in building services engineering, presentation skills, customer service situations, telephoning and e-mail, job application process, documents and interview, basics of intercultural communication, basics of reporting
Teaching methods
Students will be able to use general technical English and have a command of the basic vocabulary of their field. They understand the need for English in the workplace and can communicate about themselves and their studies in the context of job applications in English. They will be able to cope with the most common everyday oral language situations, to present a technical product, service or simple process in their field. They can communicate appropriately in customer service situations, both orally and in writing, and can prepare and deliver oral presentations and outline the principles of short reports in English. They can interpret texts in their field with the aid of tools.
Contents: oral and written communication about yourself and your studies, expression of opinion, small talk, communication styles and register, basic vocabulary in your field: materials, shapes, dimensions, units, product, services, basic vocabulary in building services, presentation skills, customer service situations, telephone and e-mail communication, job application procedure, interview and documents, basic intercultural communication, basics of reporting