Finnish Speech and Written Communication (5 cr)
Code: K701SL13OJ-19010
General information
Enrollment
19.03.2021 - 11.10.2021
Timing
18.10.2021 - 30.04.2022
Credits
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Bachelor of Social Services
Office
Kosmos, Tietokatu 1, Kemi
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
0 - 18
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services, Kemi
Objective
Learning Outcomes:
Student
- can develop writing and speaking skills (attitude, knowledge and skills)
- knows how to use expert communication in his / her work
- is able to utilize his / her language and text literacy in writing to analyze and produce appropriate texts for study, work and other purposes
- evaluate their own communication image and style in voice communication and be able to consider their own and listeners' goals,
communication situation and context when constructing the message
Contents:
- developing one's communication skills (verbal and non-verbal)
- work community- and interaction skills
- communication as an expert
- textual skills
- taking culture into account in communication
Content
Speech Communication: see assessment criteria
Written communication:
Lapland UAS documents and their layouts * memo * report * essay * thesis guide: cover, contents, introduction, reflection; pictures, charts, tables, formulas * referencing: text references, sources
Evaluation scale
H-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
The assessment is done through peer review of self-assessment and teacher feedback. The assessment criteria have been derived from the practised skills and are laid down at the beginning of the course and used throughout the learning process.
Speech communications (assessed on a scale of 1–5):
Performance skills
• Interaction skills, targeting and contact
• Constructing a speech
• Preparing the contents of a speech
• Selecting the mode of expression
Group communication skills
• Definition of goals
• Agreeing on an operating method
• Listening and observation
• Participation
• Creating and maintaining relations
• Ensuring the functioning of a group
Written communications (assessed on a scale of 1–5):
• Contents
• Structure
• Style and tone
• Spelling
• Sources and references
Satisfactory (1–2):
With guidance, the student can write texts that comply with the genre conventions of working life and the degree programme and are suited to the intended purpose of the text. The student’s texts do not fully comply with the genre conventions and the intended purpose of the text. The structure, language, style, tone, layout and source references of the text have deficiencies in regard to the genre conventions.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
Good (3–4):
The student can write texts that comply with the genre conventions of working life and the degree programme and are suited to the intended purpose of the text. The student’s texts comply with the genre conventions and the intended purpose of the text. The structure, language, style, tone, layout and source references support the object of the text as regards the content and communications.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
Excellent (5):
The student can independently and creatively write texts that comply with the genre conventions of working life and the degree programme and are suited to the intended purpose of the text. The student’s texts comply with the genre conventions and the intended purpose of the text. The structure, language, style, tone, layout and source references support the object of the text as regards the content and communications.
Qualifications
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