Swedish (3cr)

Objective

The student can tell about themselves and their physiotherapy education in Swedish. They are able to use professional terminology when they describe health and illness in clients, write patient descriptions and advise patients in various physiotherapy treatment situations.

Content

Swedish vocabulary for physiotherapy and health care, reading physiotherapy texts, writing assignments and practising interaction for physiotherapy practice. Topics: health promotion, common illnesses and interaction with patients in various treatments situations.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Grade 1
The student uses simple structures and limited vocabulary. Mistakes complicate understanding. The student understands slow and clear speech and relatively easy professional texts. They can cope with predictable worklife situations. The pronunciation is affected by other languages.
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages B1

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Grade 3
The student uses basic structures almost flawlessly and their basic professional vocabulary is comprehensible. They cope fairly well with predictable worklife situations. The pronunciation is understandable.
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages B1/B2

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Grade 5
The student uses a variety of structures almost flawlessly and has command over extensive professional vocabulary. They are active, independent and fluent orally and in writing in worklife situations. Near-native pronunciation.
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages B2

Materials

- Sjukgymnasten journal
- Other material provided by the lecturer

Further information

Attendance 50%
The target level of the course is B1.
The course exam is supervised.