Study Guide

Objective

The course enables the students to become confident in using English at work and in situations connected with work by providing them tools for basic job related documents and, to improve their understanding of grammar to allow them to work more successfully in English.
The course will also give tools for students to be able to negotiate and manage meetings and other working life related situations in English, while at the same time developing fluency in English.

Content

- Skills and documents in job seeking: (CV, job application, elevator pitch, preparation for a job interview)

-Working skills: writing emails and communicating in work-related contexts (meetings, presentations and documents)

Location and time

Please check the schedule for more detailed information

Materials

Teacher's material

Teaching methods

Continuous assessment: students are assessed throughout the course
-participation in in-class activities, individual assignments, group works, and final exam

Completion alternatives

Book exam (more information about this will be given at the first meeting)

Student workload

27 hours individual workload per 1 credit (a total of 3 ETCS)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Being able to identify the different styles of English, their characteristics and usage.
Creating templates of working-life and business related documents in English.
Identifying the processes of applying for a job, attending a job interview and the skills needed in English.
Being able to define the elements of meetings and negotiation stages in English.
Being able to deliver an oral presentation on a subject within engineering or working life in general.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Being able to create documents using the different styles of English, according to their characteristics and terms of usage.
Creating personalized and up-to-date documents in engineering and working life.
Being able to attend and manage the processes of applying for a job, attending a job interview and the skills needed in English.
Being able to attend and manage meeting and negotiations in English.
Being able to deliver an oral presentation on a subject within engineering or working life in general according to the principles of a constructed and professional presentation.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Being able to implement and critically reflect the gained knowledge of the different styles of English, their characteristics and usage and communicate successfully within the framework.
Being able to apply, implement and critically reflect the gained knowledge of the concept of working life and engineering related documents.
Being able to apply, implement and critically reflect the gained knowledge of the processes of applying for a job, attending a job interview and further skills needed in English.
Being able to apply, implement and critically reflect the gained knowledge of managing meetings and negotiations in English.
Being able to successfully deliver an oral presentation on a specific subject within engineering or working life according to the principles of a constructed and professional presentation using the rhetorical and linguistic tools introduced in the course.

Assessment methods and criteria

Continuous assessment: students are assessed throughout the course
-participation in in-class activities, individual assignments, group works, and final exam

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Lack of attendance, incompleted assignments, failed final exam.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Being able to identify the different styles of English, their characteristics, and usage.
Creating templates of working-life and business-related documents in English.
Identifying the processes of applying for a job, attending a job interview, and the skills needed in English.
Being able to define the elements of meetings and negotiation stages in English.
Being able to deliver an oral presentation on a subject within engineering or working life in general.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Being able to create documents using the different styles of English, according to their characteristics and terms of usage.
Creating personalized and up-to-date documents in engineering and working life.
Being able to attend and manage the processes of applying for a job, attending a job interview, and the skills needed in English.
Being able to attend and manage meetings and negotiations in English.
Being able to deliver an oral presentation on a subject within engineering or working life in general according to the principles of a constructed and professional presentation.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Being able to implement and critically reflect the gained knowledge of the different styles of English, their characteristics, and usage and communicate successfully within the framework.
Being able to apply, implement, and critically reflect on the gained knowledge of the concept of working life and engineering-related documents.
Being able to apply, implement, and critically reflect on the gained knowledge of the processes of applying for a job, attending a job interview, and further skills needed in English.
Being able to apply, implement, and critically reflect on the gained knowledge of managing meetings and negotiations in English.
Being able to successfully deliver an oral presentation on a specific subject within engineering or working life according to the principles of a constructed and professional presentation using the rhetorical and linguistic tools introduced in the course.

Qualifications

No prior knowledge requirements