English (3cr)

Objective

The students acquire the oral and written communication skills needed to independently master the interaction situations of working life where the boundaries of culture and language are frequently crossed and where different communication styles are required. They feel at home in the typical interaction situations of their field, are able to read and produce factual texts and master the basic concepts of the field in English. They are also able to utilise the international sources of information of their respective fields and master situations relating to job application in English.

Content

- oral situations and written practices in working life, e.g. job application procedures
- understanding and producing factual texts
- data collection
- phone situations
- meetings and negotiations
- oral presentations

Qualifications

Upper secondary school syllabus of the language starting in grades 1-6 of basic education, or Refresh Your English

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Assessment methods: 1. a written exam at the end of the course or 2. written assignments that partly or fully compensate for an exam. 3. presentations or other graded oral course performance. The most important assessment criteria: correctness of language and context relevance.