English 2 (3cr)

Objective

Upon completion of the course, the students will have the competence in written communication and advanced business correspondence, and in oral communication and at trade fairs, in presentations and in describing products. They will be familiar with demanding, field-related texts and literature and understanding and using the terminology in those texts when speaking and writing.

Content

- Basic business communication
- Some commercial terminology
- Information acquisition from field-related texts
- Presentations
- Oral, field-related presentation
- Texts from the textbooks
- Business expos
- Processes

Qualifications

No previous studies are required.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Grading will be announced during the course.

Materials

Isaacs, Palmroth, Rasimus, Rönkä: Engineer Your English. Edita.
Availability: https://plari.amkit.fi/vwebv/holdingsInfo?sk=fi_EN&bibId=87450

Other material.

Teaching methods

Oral and written exercises and assignments in pairs, groups and individually