English in Social Services (5cr)
Code: R0032-3025
General information
- Enrollment
- 24.05.2021 - 30.05.2021
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.08.2021 - 31.12.2021
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 4 cr
- Virtual portion
- 1 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Campus
- Laurea Tikkurila
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 20 - 40
- Degree programmes
- Sosionomikoulutus (SSY2), Laurea yhteinen (Finnish)
- Teachers
- Niina Kovalainen
- Teacher in charge
- Niina Kovalainen
- Groups
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SSV221SNSosionomikoulutus, päivätoteutus, S21, Tikkurila
- Course
- R0032
Teachin methods
The topic areas are
• Communication skills needed for the workplace including presentations, describing services, interviewing skills, meeting skills, etc.
• Academic writing
• Intercultural competences
• Field-specific vocabulary
* Pronunciation skills
* Working in pairs and groups
Location and time
Contact lessons: Schedule in Pakki and Canvas
Materials
All material is provided in Canvas
Completion alternatives
-
Employer connections
-
Exam schedules
See Canvas
International connections
-
Student workload
1 Credit = 27 hours of work
For a 5 credit course you should do 135 hours of work.
Objective
The student is able to
- communicate as a professional in field specific tasks
- speak and write English with the understanding of the appropriate style and register
- identify personal developmental needs in communication and language skills and develop realistic strategies for improvement
- search for information from professional publications and databases
Evaluation scale
H-5