Study trip to Sweden (in Finnish and Swedish) (3cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

Students are able to analyze the Swedish business life and culture. They are able to arrange company visits and meetings and make reports about them. They can communicate politely and interactively during company visits and ask questions specific to the company?s operations. Students can independently search field-related information in Swedish and utilise it.

Content

Field trip to Sweden: company visits and familiarization with Swedish business life and culture. (Probably 1-2 company visits in Finland)
meetings for planning the field trip
contacting the companies and organizing company visits
other trip arrangements
homepages of the target companies and cultural attractions etc.
exercises and assignments before and during the trip
reporting after the study trip

Materials

Homepages of the target companies and cultural attractions etc

Teaching methods

arrangements for the trip and company visits in practice
company visits
familiarization with culture
oral and written exercises
independent work

Student workload

face-to-face learning, written and oral exercises and assignments, company presentations 28 h
independent work 22 h
field trip 30 h

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.

Qualifications

Affärssvenska

Further information

The students have to pay part of the travel costs themselves.