XENX029 Activate Your English (3 cr)

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Study level:
Other studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English
Responsible organisation:
Centre for Multilingual Academic Communication
Curriculum periods:
2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028

Description

Course description
This course provides students with opportunities to revise, restore and improve their English skills. During the course, students will carry out writing, speaking, reading, and listening tasks.

Main content

  • Reading (short) texts in English
  • Writing their own text in English
  • Taking part on both formal and informal communicative situations in English

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student is expected to

  • have revised their existing oral and literary English competences
  • be able to participate in and collaborate on group tasks in English
  • be able to express their thoughts both orally and in written form in English
  • work with and synthesize information from different English sources
  • be aware of different tools and resources to continue developing their English competences.

Additional information

TARGET GROUP: Primarily intended for JYU degree students.

Completion methods

Method 1

Evaluation criteria:
Compulsory and active participation. Successful completion of core assignments.
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Teaching (3 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English, Finnish

Teaching