English language and communication (5cr)

Objective

Students:
• are familiar with the terminology of their own professional field
• are able to evaluate their own communication skills and to understand different communication processes and means to create and maintain interaction
• know the basics of group communication and characteristics of interactional situations in communities
• are able to interact in different international situations within the professional field
• are familiar with the characteristics formal communication, both written and spoken, and with the essential text types of working life as well as with related language use recommendations
• know the characteristics of scientific texts
• identify needs for information, are able to retrieve and localise information essential for studies and professional growth and are able to use and evaluate information critically and ethically

Content

During the course, students familiarise themselves with the different factors of communication, group communication and their own communication skills. Professional terminology, formal communication, research communication, identifying needs for information, the basics of information retrieval and information management.