Study Guide

Teaching methods

The course is named as English in Social and Health Care and Intercultural cmmunication alias Naegleria Fowleri on Moodle and is written in a form of a thriller encompassing listening and reading comprehension tasks meant for everyone on the course and separate folders intended solely for different degree programs in social and health care with degree-program-specific assignments. The degree-program specific tasks are thought to be done preferably with a fellow student studying in the same degree program. On the course you will learn your degree program-specific material in English and essential professional vocabulary and you will be doing Powerpoint presentations relevant to your own field and they will be evaluated. Also, multicultural element is included in the tasks.

Having completed the course the student is able to
- use English in his or her work at the level required for his or her professional development
- tell about his or her working environment and duties in English
- interview and guide, mentor and care for different clients in English
- use essential professional vocabulary and source books
- know how to act culturally sensitively and support equality in customer- and nursing work and in the work community

Student workload

The 5 credits of the course will be divided as follows:

- Getting acquainted with the course instructions, working method, choosing your study peer and keeping in contact with him/her, getting used to the tools needed and studying the thriller story by means of listening and reading and doing the relevant tasks: 40 hours
- Independent and pair-based work, home work and peer-based exams 65 hours
- Returnable learning tasks, study peer evaluations 15 hours
- Getting ready for the Moodle exam and the exam 15 hours

Materials

The course material is on Moodle