English 2 (3cr)

Objective

Students will further their oral and written English skills as well as their skills in communication and business correspondence. They will become familiar with more demanding types of texts and literature in the field of automation engineering and be competent in using field-related terminology both when writing and when speaking.

Content

- Business correspondence
- Some terminology associated with business
- Finding information from IT texts and processing it
- Oral and written summaries
- Field-related oral presentation
- Textbook texts
- Trade fairs
- Process descriptions

Qualifications

No previous studies are required.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1 Student knows the basics of the course.
3 Student knows the contents of the course well.
5 Student knows the contents of the course well and can apply their knowledge in practice.

Materials

-Isaacs, Palmroth, Rasimus, Rönkä: Engineer your English. Edita. Latest edition.

- Field-related texts and other material

Teaching methods

Oral and written assignments and exercises in pairs and groups, and independent study