XENH001 Academic Reading (3 op)
Kuvaus
Sisältö
This course focuses on information management and evaluation, critical reading, and academic communication skills in English. During the course students will, among other tasks, deliver research summaries, work in teams, and read and discuss discipline-specific research. The coursework develops intercultural communication, peer- and self-assessment, terminology, and academic study skills as well as confidence in English and student’s ability to develop themselves further in one’s own field and future profession.
Suoritustavat
Classroom teaching, small group activities, self-access tasks.
Arviointiperusteet
Compulsory and active participation. Successful completion of core assignments. Final grading is based on the applicable grading scale for the course.
Osaamistavoitteet
- have developed academic study skills and strategies required for information management and evaluation (e.g. extensive and intensive reading; locating and evaluating information; etc.),
- critically evaluate texts and identify types of academic reporting and argumentation, as well as discipline specific conventions, concepts and terminology,
- communicate and interact competently in various formal and informal situations in both general and field-specific academic contexts as well as in professional situations, using a variety of strategies.
- work purposefully in teams, negotiating to complete tasks and presenting information clearly, concisely, and persuasively to others,
- discuss, summarise, synthesise, and formulate research information in their own words using Finnish Sign Language and in written form,
- direct, monitor, and assess their own and peer learning for the development of further skills and confidence.
Lisätietoja
Compulsory course for undergraduate degrees in Finnish Sign Language (students who have Finnish Sign Language as a native language)
TARGET GROUP: Second year students (and above)