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.

Materials

Material provided by the lecturer.

Teaching methods

-contact teaching, oral and written exercises, listening tasks, pair and group work
-independent work

Student workload

Total work load of the course 80 h. Contact learning 24 h
Independent learning 56 h

Further information

80% compulsory attendance in lessons.

Evaluation scale

1-5

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.

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.

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.

Assessment methods and criteria

The course is assessed on a scale of 1 to 5.
-active participation in the class work
-exercises in spoken language skills
-students have to pass written and spoken exercises
-exam

Qualifications

No previous studies are required.