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Työelämän suomea / Working Life Finnish

Date of Publication

2019

Target Group

Lecturers
Students

Domain Area

Business & Communication

Learning Scenario

Autonomous learning
Classroom Context

Target Language

Finnish

Language of Instruction

Finnish

CEFR level

A2
B1
B2

Type of Material

Activity/task
Audio
Simulation
Test
Video

Linguistic Features

Vocabulary
Grammar
Pragmatics

Skills

Listening
Speaking
Writing
Reading

Description

TTyöelämän suomea is a learning material on professional Finnish in business and administration for students with basic Finnish level (A2-B2). It is a full online course that contains 8 different modules on business and administration related vocabulary and simulations of different kinds of tasks in authentic professional context. The material includes videos, exercises and tests, and proposes also a portfolio work as assessment method of all the course activities and suggests digital tool to be used. Relative grammar is included in the specific Kielitreeniä -section and the material has detailed guidelines for teachers. The material is suitable for autonomous study and classroom activities.

Case study

The course provides a wide range of authentic learning material on business and administration area language and culture skills. It suits well for Process-Oriented Learning and proposes as learning method a student portfolio. Portfolio-based assessment focuses on the entire process rather than individual tasks. It is flexible and motivates the learner. From the modules proposed in the teaching source, the learner selects tasks that best meet their needs and compiles a digital portfolio of the selected activities. The number of credits can be determined by the teacher according to the type of the assignments chosen and the needs of the student.
The portfolio encourages the learner to set their own goals and to reflect on their own learning and linguistic and cultural competence. The digital portfolio easily adapts for different types of assignments that allow to practice different areas of language and cultural skills proposed in the course.
Important in portfolio work is to give clear and adequate instructions for both assignments and portfolio work, to help students to select the material that meets their specific needs, to give regular feedback and finally to give clear information on evaluation criteria.

Guidelines

Course contents may be adapted for student’s specific needs. All modules can be done or teacher can select the suitable ones for his/her class.
Step 1,
See on section 7 the presentation of register use, useful phrases and vocabulary on business communication by email.
Step 2.
Do the exercises of section 7.

Review

Category
Rate
Comprehensive approach
Capacity to match the needs of lecturers and students

5

Added value
The provided tangible improvements

5

Motivation enhancement
The capacity to motivate students to improve their language skills

5

Innovation
Effectiveness in introducing innovative, creative and previously unknown approaches to LSP learning

4

Transferability
Measurement of the transferable potential and possibility to be a source of further capitalisation/application for other language projects in different countries

3

Skills assessment and validation
Availability of appropriate tools for lecturers to monitor students’ progress and for students to assess own progress and to reflect on learning

5

Adaptability
Flexibility of the contents and possibilities for the LSP lecturers to adapt the contents to their and to students’ need

4

Usability
Assess the technical usability from the point of view of the lecturer and the student

5

Accessibility
Assess the accessibility from the point of view of the lecturer and the student

5

Comments:
This learning material is a full course that comprises high-quality teaching and learning material suitable for self-study and classroom teaching. The material gives space to the students reflection on their learning strategies and the course starts with tasks that help students to think about their skills and goals. The material suggests some technical digital tools that suit for the tasks, but the student can change the digital tools suggested in the task instructions to more suitable ones. Also the portfolio assessment method encourage students to reflect on their knowledge and skills and help to assess their competences, monitor their progress and to record their learning experience in an innovative way.
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