Course Catalog 2014-2015
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Course Catalog 2014-2015

KIE-33006 Written Communication in English, 3 cr

Additional information

Learning will take place online. There are no class sessions on this course and no exam. Students need to have access to email and internet throughout the term. When a course is over-subscribed, i.e. there are more sign-ups than places on the course, then we enrol the required number of students according to the sign-up time and target group. It is extremely important that students notify the responsible teacher concerned if they decide to drop-out after the sign-up deadline. Prior to the course starting, students will be asked to confirm their attendance via a message from the course leader. If students fail to confirm their intention to complete the course, we will assume that they are no longer interested and remove the sign-up from Rock. The old English Language Exam KIE-3210 corresponds to this course in terms of its key content, and is accepted as equivalent to KIE-33006. The course is only intended for degree students

Person responsible

Sarina Lewis, Sari Isokääntä

Lessons

Study type Hours Time span Implementations Lecture times and places
Online work
6 + 6 h/week
26.01.2015 - 31.05.2015
KIE-33006 2014-04  

Requirements

Completion of course modules within set deadlines.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Learning Outcomes

After completing the course, the student can produce a range of professionally relevant types of text, e.g. emails, summaries and proposals. They can write clear, coherent, and well-organised text. They can consider audience, purpose and genre-specific conventions in their writing, and select an appropriate register for a given type of context. They can engage in collaborative writing in a small team and do peer review of texts. The student can also use a range of resources to develop their written communication skills independently.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Understanding the principles of writing coherent, well-organised and cohesive text. Considering audience, purpose, and genre-specific conventions, and selecting an appropriate register.      
2. Communicating via email in professional contexts.     
3. Analysing academic texts and producing summaries.     
4. Analysing and producing data commentaries.     
5. Analysing and producing process descriptions.     
6. Analysing and producing proposals.     
7. Giving and receiving constructive peer feedback, and engaging in team writing.     
8. Making use of a range of resources to develop written communication skills independently.     

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

Successful completion of course assignments.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
KIE-33006 Written Communication in English, 3 cr KIE-3210 English Language Exam, 3 cr  
KIE-33006 Written Communication in English, 3 cr KIE-33906 English Language Exam / written, 3 cr  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
KIE-33006 2014-04 Group 4: (Open University) Starting date 12.1.2015        

Last modified04.06.2015