Study Guide

Objective

Students will have spoken and written competence in using Swedish in both ordinary and in most common field-related situations. They will possess skills and terminology in obtaining and utilizing field-related information. They know how to develop their language skills so that the skills meet the demands of working life.
Students are able

- to tell about themselves, their education and job experience in Swedish and apply for a job in Swedish
- to communicate on the telephone and/or via e-mail
- to tell about their work and environment,
- to describe companies and their operations and/or the company's products and production
- to search and use field-related information in Swedish

Content

- telling about oneself and one's education
- job seeking, interviews, CVs
- describing one's work environment, conditions and duties
- describing a company and its operations
- small talk
- telephone conversations and electronic communication
- meetings, guiding others, giving opinions and arguing in favour of those opinions
- customer-service situations
- presentation of products and/or companies

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students use simple structures and limited vocabulary but mistakes disturb understanding. They understand slow and clear speech and quite easy field-related texts. They manage predictable working life situations when assisted. Pronunciation influenced by other languages.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

.Students have a satisfactory command of grammatical structures and professional vocabulary.
They manage fairly well in most common predictable field-related situations. Understandable pronunciation.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students have an excellent command of grammatical structures and professional vocabulary. They are active and can interact independently and fluently in written and oral field ?related situations. Pronunciation close to native speaker.

Qualifications

The student masters the central structures of Swedish.

Further information

Students should attend 80 % of the contact lessons. The minimum attendance 50 %.

Objective

Students will have spoken and written competence in using Swedish in both ordinary and in most common field-related situations. They will possess skills and terminology in obtaining and utilizing field-related information. They know how to develop their language skills so that the skills meet the demands of working life.
Students are able

- to tell about themselves, their education and job experience in Swedish and apply for a job in Swedish
- to communicate on the telephone and/or via e-mail
- to tell about their work and environment,
- to describe companies and their operations and/or the company's products and production
- to search and use field-related information in Swedish

Content

- telling about oneself and one's education
- job seeking, interviews, CVs
- describing one's work environment, conditions and duties
- describing a company and its operations
- small talk
- telephone conversations and electronic communication
- meetings, guiding others, giving opinions and arguing in favour of those opinions
- customer-service situations
- presentation of products and/or companies

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students use simple structures and limited vocabulary but mistakes disturb understanding. They understand slow and clear speech and quite easy field-related texts. They manage predictable working life situations when assisted. Pronunciation influenced by other languages.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

.Students have a satisfactory command of grammatical structures and professional vocabulary.
They manage fairly well in most common predictable field-related situations. Understandable pronunciation.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students have an excellent command of grammatical structures and professional vocabulary. They are active and can interact independently and fluently in written and oral field ?related situations. Pronunciation close to native speaker.

Qualifications

The student masters the central structures of Swedish.

Further information

Students should attend 80 % of the contact lessons. The minimum attendance 50 %.

Objective

Students will have spoken and written competence in using Swedish in both ordinary and in most common field-related situations. They will possess skills and terminology in obtaining and utilizing field-related information. They know how to develop their language skills so that the skills meet the demands of working life.
Students are able

- to tell about themselves, their education and job experience in Swedish and apply for a job in Swedish
- to communicate on the telephone and/or via e-mail
- to tell about their work and environment,
- to describe companies and their operations and/or the company's products and production
- to search and use field-related information in Swedish

Content

- telling about oneself and one's education
- job seeking, interviews, CVs
- describing one's work environment, conditions and duties
- describing a company and its operations
- small talk
- telephone conversations and electronic communication
- meetings, guiding others, giving opinions and arguing in favour of those opinions
- customer-service situations
- presentation of products and/or companies

Materials

Materials in Moodle.

Teaching methods

- contact lessons, spoken and written exercises, listening comprehension exercises, group and pair work
- independent learning

Exam schedules

Exam in virtual Exam-room at the end of the course.

Student workload

- lectures 28 h
- independent learning 53 h

Further information

Students should attend 50 % of the contact lessons. The minimum attendance 50 %.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students use simple structures and limited vocabulary but mistakes disturb understanding. They understand slow and clear speech and quite easy field-related texts. They manage predictable working life situations when assisted. Pronunciation influenced by other languages.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

.Students have a satisfactory command of grammatical structures and professional vocabulary.
They manage fairly well in most common predictable field-related situations. Understandable pronunciation.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students have an excellent command of grammatical structures and professional vocabulary. They are active and can interact independently and fluently in written and oral field ?related situations. Pronunciation close to native speaker.

Assessment methods and criteria

The course is assessed on a scale of 1 to 5.
- active participation in the class work
- exercises in spoken language skills
- students have to pass written and spoken exercises
- exams

Qualifications

The student masters the central structures of Swedish.

Further information

Students should attend 80 % of the contact lessons. The minimum attendance 50 %.