Study Guide

Objective

Students will learn to tell about themselves and their social work studies, to use social field vocabulary, to interview clients and to describe clients' life situation. Students will be able to discuss the social welfare system both orally and in writing and to provide counselling and information for clients in social services.

Content

- Oral and written profiency in the vocabulary of the social sector
- Typical interactive situations in social work
- Problems of client groups
- The Finnish social welfare system
- Describing students' professional field and education

Qualifications

Knowledge of the main structures and vocabulary of the Swedish language.
Previous Swedish language studies at secondary level are required.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students use simple structures and limited vocabulary and make mistakes that make it difficult to understand them. They understand slow and clear speech and relatively easy professional texts. They can manage in predictable working life situations. Students' pronunciation is strongly influenced by other languages.

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages level B1.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students have a satisfactory command of grammatical structures and professional vocabulary. They manage fairly well in predictable field-related situations. Their pronunciation is understandable.

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages level B1/B2.

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 communication situations in their professional field. Their pronunciation is close to that of a native speaker.

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages level B2.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The course includes the completion of the so-called official Swedish (official Swedish = oral and written proficiency in Swedish for civil servants). Written and oral language skills are assessed separately. Grades 1-3 correspond to a verbal grade of satisfactory and grades 4-5 to a verbal grade of good in the assessment of language skills required by Law 424/2003.

Materials

-Tuunanen M.& Wallinheimo K. 2008. Flexsocial. Svenska för högskolor. Otava.
Availability: http://tiny.cc/mqr14w
- Other material provided by the teacher.

Further information

Knowledge of key vocabulary and structures. Previous Swedish language studies at secondary level are required.
Attendance nomination 50% of contact hours.
The target level of the course is B1.
Additional information: the course exam is supervised.