Study Guide

Objective

Students can communicate interactively both in writing and in speaking in Swedish. They can obtain and utilize field-related information and pass it to others.
Students
- can use tools to look for field-related information from various sources in Swedish
- can write e-mails and business-related documents in Swedish
- can communicate using their knowledge of the differences in the business cultures in Finland and Sweden.
- can create and maintain business relations in Swedish

Content

Business correspondence e.g. enquiries, offers, orders and complaints (in writing and verbally)
- differences between the business cultures in Finland and Sweden
- business to business communication to create and maintain business relations (e.g. trade fairs, company visits)

Location and time

Weekly lessons on campus + independent learning

Materials

Materials in Moodle.

Teaching methods

- contact lessons, spoken and written exercises, listening comprehension exercises, group and pair work
- independent learning

Exam schedules

Monitored exams. Written exam in virtual exam-room and an oral exam on campus, both at the end of the course. Both exam have two retakes.

Student workload

contact learning 26 h
independent studies 55 h

Further information

The recommed attendance 80%, the minimum attendance 50 %.

Evaluation scale

1-5

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 is influenced by other languages.

Assessment methods and criteria

The course is assessed on a scale of 1 to 5.
- active participation in the class work (minimum attendance 50%) and in Moodle
- exercises in spoken language skills
- students have to pass written and spoken exercises
- students have to pass written and spoken exams (written exam 50% of the grad, spoken exam 50% of the grade)

After passing both the Business Swedish course and the Swedish Business Communication course, the students will get “virkaruotsi" (the Swedish language skills described in Act on the Knowledge of Languages Required of Personnel in Public Organizations, Act 424/2003). Oral and written Swedish language skills will be evaluated separately based on monitored written exam and oral exam (Course Exams).

Even if the student already had a grade in Swedish Skills of the Staff of Public Organizations, he makes both exams as a part of the course grade.

Qualifications

Affärssvenska/Business Swedish

Further information

Minimum attendance 80% of contact hours.