Study trip to Sweden (3cr)

Objective

Students area able to analyse Swedish business life and culture. They are able to arrange company visits and meetings and makes reports about them. Students are able to communicate politely during visits and discuss topics connected with the field of the target company. Students will be competent in independently seeking field-related information in Swedish and in utilising it. They can also draw up a visit report.

Content

Field trip to Sweden: company visits and familiarisation with Swedish business culture
- Meetings for planning the field trip
- Contacting the companies and organising company visits
- Other trip arrangements such as visiting the travel agency
- Case exercises during the trip
- Reporting after the journey

Qualifications

No previous studies are required.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The course is assessed on a scale of 1 to 5.

Excellent (5)
Students are active and can interact independently and fluently in different written and oral situations while organizing company visits and during company visits. They have an excellent command of grammatical structures and professional vocabulary. Pronunciation close to native speaker.
Good (4-3)
.Students manage fairly well in most common written and oral situations while organizing company visits and during company visits. They have a satisfactory command of grammatical structures and professional vocabulary. Understandable pronunciation.

Satisfactory (2-1)
Students manage most common written and oral situations while organizing company visits and during company visits when they are assisted. They use simple structures and limited vocabulary but mistakes disturb understanding. They understand slow and clear speech and quite easy field-related texts. Pronunciation influenced by other languages.

Materials

Homepages of the target companies

Teaching methods

- Arrangements for the trip and company visits in practice
- Company visits
- Oral and written exercises
- Independent work