SFB51015 Professional Communication I (Høst 2016)

Emnet er tilknyttet følgende studieprogram

• Mandatory course in Bachelor's Programme in International Communication
• Specialisation course in Bachelor's Programme in Business Administration, specialisation: International Communication
• Optional course in Bachelor's Programme in Business Administration

Undervisningssemester

• Bachelor's Programme in International Communication: 1^st semester (autumn)
• Bachelor's Programme in Business Administration, specialisation: International communication: 5^th semester (autumn)
• Bachelor's Programme in Business Administration: 3rd semester (autumn)

Studentens læringsutbytte etter bestått emne

Knowledge
The candidates are familiar with communication strategies and conventions regarding form and style and have gained knowledge of English for specific purposes and professional genres, in writing as well as for oral presentations.

Skills
The candidates have developed their written and oral professional English. They have acquired skills in situations relevant to working life, such as polite conversation, telephone conversations and oral business presentations. They have developed their capability for clear and effective writing in a number of genres such as emails, CVs and cover letters.

General competence
The candidates have sound general and professional communicative competence in English and have developed their social and cultural competence.

Innhold

The oral aspects of the course are various forms of professional communication, such as informative and persuasive presentations. Professional communication is placed in a cultural context. Proficiency training is in focus and all the students give presentations in teams.

The course teaches various forms of written English for business or other professional use, and relevant terminology. The students are introduced to general text production in the field of language for specific purposes.

Undervisnings- og læringsformer

Lectures and active student participation in presentations and team work. The language used is English.

Arbeidsomfang

The course will give the student approximately 280 hours of work.

Arbeidskrav - vilkår for å avlegge eksamen

• Two oral presentations.

The coursework must be approved before signing up for the final exam.

Eksamen

Portfolio assessment (50%) and oral examination (50%)

Partial exam 1
The final assessment is based on a portfolio (of about 7 pages) containing a number of individually written, shorter texts.

Partial exam 2
An oral examination, largely group-based and partly individual, lasting approx. 45 minutes per group. No aids are permitted during the individual oral examination.

Grades are individual in both partial exams. Each part counts 50% towards the final grade.

Both partial exams must be passed to be awarded the final grade. The A-F grading scale is used.

If the portfolio is given a fail, it may be improved and resubmitted.

If students wish to improve their grade, they have to submit a new portfolio at a new regular exam.

In the case of a fail in the oral exam the student will be reexamined at the next regular examination unless special reasons call for an immediate new oral test (e.g. a pending exchange to a foreign university).  

If an appeal is filed about the written result, the written part will be reassessed.  

Evaluering av emnet

The course is evaluated by the students twice each semester. The result of the evaluation is reported to the faculty's committee for study quality.

Litteratur

Theobald, Theo (2013). Develop Your Presentation Skills. London: Kogan Page. 170 pag

Simon Sweeney (2003). English for Business Communication. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 174 pages

Barker, Alan (2013). Improve Your Communication Skills. London: Kogan Page. 185 pages.

Further reading will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

All course material published on the learning platform.