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Swedish Language for Working Life (4 cr)

Code: II10053-3001

General information


Enrollment

01.10.2022 - 31.10.2022

Timing

09.01.2023 - 31.03.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

4 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Bachelor of Engineering, Industrial Management

Campus

Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

15 - 45

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Industrial Management

Teachers

  • Merja Öhman

Teacher in charge

Merja Öhman

Groups

  • IINS22
    Bachelor of Engineering, Industrial Management, Full-time Studies, Fall, 2022

Objective

You are able to communicate orally and in writing in working life situations. You are familiar with the professional bodies and understand which kind of Swedish knowledge will be needed in the working life. You can present your company, project or organisation as well as products and services f. ex. at fairs and are able to write neccessary written documents. You are able to act in meetings and negotiations in Swedish and work out the necessary documents. You are able to follow actual Swedish media of the field and to report from the themes. You are able to study and retrieve information independently and you are able to use the vocabulary and structures of Swedish language in different situations in the working life.

Content

- Telling about yourself, your education and your work, company, products and projects.
- Small talk, on the phone and with customers
- Meetings and negotiations
- Writing documents concerning working life
- Using vocabulary and structures of Swedish in different working life situations
- Knowing cultural differences in written an oral working life communication

Teaching methods

You can tell about yourself, your work and studies and know how to communicate in oral and written working life situations. You familiarize yourself with your field and understand what kind of Swedish skills are needed in working life. You can follow the current Swedish media in your field and summarize them. You are capable of independent studies and information acquisitions and you can use basic vocabulary in your field and grammatical structures in working life situations.

Evaluation scale

H-5