Study Guide

Objective

Students will learn to tell about themselves and their education in Swedish. They will learn to use health and social field vocabulary to describe elderly clients and their need for services. Students will be able to describe elderly clients in writing and to counsel and advise them in various client service situations in Swedish.

Content

Swedish vocabulary pertaining to elderly care, nursing and social work, reading texts on elderly care, writing assignments and typical interaction situations in elderly care and work communities. Topics include promotion of health and welfare in elderly people, common illnesses and social problems and encountering elderly clients in need of care and services. Articles and summaries on elderly care education and practice. Oral and written group and pair work related to work life situations.

Qualifications

Knowledge of the main structures and vocabulary of the Swedish language.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students use simple structures and limited vocabulary and it is difficult to understand them because of mistakes. Students understand slow and clear speech and relatively easy professional texts. They manage in predictable worklife situations. Their pronunciation is strongly influenced by other languages.

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages B1

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students have an almost flawless command of grammatical structures and they professional vocabulary in a comprehensible manner. They manage fairly well in predictable worklife situations. Understandable pronunciation.

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages B1/B2

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

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

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages 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 Maria & Wallinheimo Kirsi. 2007.Flexvård

Tuunanen, M. & Wallinheimo K. 2008. Flexsocial

Other material selected by the lecturer.

Further information

Attendance 50%.
Supervised exam.