Business Swedish (3 cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

Students will have spoken and written competence in using Swedish in both ordinary and in most common field-related situations. They will possess skills and terminology in obtaining and utilizing field-related information. They know how to develop their language skills so that the skills meet the demands of working life.
Students are able
- to tell about themselves, their education and job experience in Swedish and apply for a job in Swedish
- to communicate on the telephone and/or via e-mail
- to serve customers face to face
- to describe companies and their operations and/or the company's products and production
- to search and use field-related information in Swedish

Content

- telling about oneself and one's education
- job seeking, job interviews, CVs
- describing one's work environment, conditions and duties
- describing a company and its operations
- small talk
- telephone conversations and electronic communication
- meetings, guiding others, giving opinions and arguing in favour of those opinions
- customer-service situations
- presentation of products

Materials

Material provided by the teacher.

Teaching methods

Lessons. Oral and written tasks and assignments.
Group and pair work. Individual tasks.

Exam schedules

Exam at the end of the course. Retakes two weeks after the first exam, 2nd retake 1 month after the 1st retake. OR two or three smaller exams during the course. Retakes after the end of the course. This will be agreed at the course start.

Completion alternatives

Competence demonstration possible

Student workload

80 hours of student's work
30h lessons
50 hours independent work.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students use simple structures and limited vocabulary but mistakes disturb understanding. They understand slow and clear speech and quite easy field-related texts. They manage predictable working life situations when assisted. Pronunciation influenced by other languages.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

.Students have a satisfactory command of grammatical structures and professional vocabulary.
They manage fairly well in most common predictable field-related situations. Understandable pronunciation.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students have an excellent command of grammatical structures and professional vocabulary. They are active and can interact independently and fluently in written and oral field ?related situations. Pronunciation close to native speaker.

Qualifications

The student masters the central structures of Swedish.

Further information

Minimum attendance 50% of lessons.