Title: Study Instructions and Assessment
Course: Study PrepProg - Improve Your English from B1 to B2 Level > Section: General

Study Instructions

Guide the student: The course consists of 12 weeks of studies. Each week has both on-line meetings as well as independent materials to be studied and tasks to do in Moodle. In order to get the most out of the course, both on-line meetings and independent materials need to be studied - just taking part in the on-line meetings or just studying the materials will not give you the skills the course aims at.

To see the tasks and materials, see the tabs on the front page of the course ("Introductions", etc.)

The idea is to study one topic at the time, for roughly two weeks: the on-line meetings and the materials support each other. For more detailed schedule about the topics, see the Schedule page.

Grammar is studied all along the course independently. Make sure you schedule time for it!

Taking part in the on-line meetings is an important part studying, as languages can only be learned by using them. As the on-line meetings consist of discussions and active participation from the students, they will not be recorded - the on-line meetings are not lectures but interactive communication situations. This is not a self-study course!

Assessment

This course has 8 learning tasks that are designed to support your learning process and help you achieve the learning outcomes of this course. Some of these are worth maximum 20 points, others 2 - see each task for its detailed assessment once it opens. You need to do all the assignments, even the ones worth 2p.

The tasks are:
Meeting task (20p)
Academic research paper (20p)
Cultural communication (20p)

Introduction (2p)
Trying a learning style (2p)
Formal business letter (2p)
Academic writing mind map (2p)
Academic writing sources (2p)

In addition, there is a mandatory attendance of 60% of the Zoom classes. You will need to be both in present and active in order to gain points for attendance: just opening your Zoom will not be enough.

0p - Less than 60% attendance
10p - at least 60% attendance, no or very little activity in class
20p - at least 60% attendance, some activity in class, little iniative in class
30p - at least 60% attendance - much activity in class, much iniative in class

Successful passing of the course requires completing all learning tasks with passing grades. Study time allocation for the assignments is 50h.

The assessment is on scale 0-5: total number of points/20. The scale 0-5 is the typical scale used in higher education in Finland.