Study Guide

Objective

The student is able to communicate in everyday and work-related situations in spoken and written Swedish. He/she can seek and apply work-related information and use basic professional terminology. He/she knows how to develop the language skills to meet the requirements of working life.

The student is able to

- describe himself/herself, his/her education and work experience in e.g. job interviews.
- manage situations on the telephone.
- tell about the work related to his/her professional field.
- manage customer service situations.

Content

Telling about oneself and one's studies
- Applying for a job, job interviews and CV
- Describing the work environment, company and occupations
- Small talk
- Telephone and email communication
- Meetings, instructing/guiding others, expressing an opinion and arguments
- Oral customer-service situations and product or company presentations

Materials

Material available on Moodle

Teaching methods

Contact lessons, spoken and written exercises and listening comprehention

Completion alternatives

Field-specific Swedish courses of the degree programs

Student workload

81 h

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The course is targeted to students who have not passed the mandatory Swedish course of their degree program. Those who register to the course must have a grade “fail“ in Swedish in their transcript of records.

Students whose degree program has only one mandatory Swedish course can obtain a Civil Service Language Proficiency Certificate in Swedish.

Students cannot demonstrate their equivalent language skills (recognition of prior learning).