1. CeLCS Developing language studies for students in all
university faculties
Presentation on the mission and quality
management policy of CelcS
Case: English studies
CeLCS

2. Today i will tell you about
Centre for Language and Communication Studies
Our quality management system
Linking language and university studies: preparing for working life
General and faculty-specific courses
Examples of integrating language and university studies

3. The core tasks of the Centre for Language and Communication Studies are as follows:
to implement and develop research-informed language and communication teaching for degree and graduate students in both study and working life skills
to support the university in its internationalization and implementation of its language policy
to promote by its activities multilingualism, cultural knowledge and intercultural communication
to create, maintain and develop national and international connections and collaboration
to arrange, when necessary, language and communication teaching for all university staff
CeLCS

4. Staff:
54 teachers
21 part-time teachers
6 administrative staff
Teaching in all faculties

5. Diversity
Teaching in 11 languages: English, Finnish, Swedish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Bahasa, Russian, Spanish, Chinese
Teachers from 11 different countries
Students from every continent
Over hours of teaching every year
5. The Language Centre offers courses in over a dozen languages. We have students from every continent and teachers from more than ten countries. Our major task is providing the courses needed by most students to complete their degree requirements, but we also have courses geared to post-graduate students and researchers.

6. Language and Communication Skills
Beginners’ and Intermediate courses Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) Study modules (20-25 op) Minor in languages in business communication Integrated courses
Examples:
Medicine
Business communication
Dentistry
Nursing
Physics
Chemistry
Biology
Education
Information Technology
Biochemistry
Law
6. The Language Centre offers beginners’ and intermediate courses in languages that may not have been widely taught at school. Other courses in LSP (Languages for Special Purposes) are intended to extend general language skills to include the academic and future professional discourses of the various fields of study. Reading skills, oral skills and academic writing courses are to be found side by side with integrated courses.

7. Cultural Awareness
Multilingual / Multicultural teaching staff Intercultural Communication courses Language Study Modules Language Circles Language and Culture Tandem
9. Language and culture are inseparable. The Language Centre provides both formal and informal settings in which students can learn about other cultures and at the same time practice using language in authentic situations.

8. Internationalisation
1. Finnish for Foreigners
2. FALCS: First Article Language Checking Service:
Working together with the Graduate School to assist in international
publications
3. Doctoral level language courses:
Writing Grant Proposals
Academic Writing for Researchers
Presentation Skills
4. International exchange students as tutors
10. Internationalisation finds its natural home in the Language Centre. Finnish for Foreigners’ courses are offered for international exchange students; several of the same students offer their services as tutors in their own language to support Finnish and other students. International Teaching Assistants are and will be involved more in teaching situations. Networking with colleagues in other countries and membership of the European Confederation of Language Centres in Higher Education (CercleS) are also important ways of maintaining international contacts.

10. research Own journal Kielikeskus tutkii Vol. 1 2013 Vol. 2 2015
Doctoral research

11. Quality management

12. feedback
Feedback in CeLCS is essentially gathered in four different but complementary ways.
Teaching development – done by teachers
Centralized system of feedback operating utilizing Webropol.
Student input: Directors and Head of Academic and Student Affairs meet with TYY four times per year to analyse current issues and needs for development.
Student input: Finally, TYY takes their own feedback of our activities once per year and present their findings to our staff.

14. LINKING LANGUAGE AND SUBJECT STUDIES
Learning outcomes in line with faculty learning outcomes
Language studies for all faculties and faculty specific courses
Transferrable skills
Increasing focus on integration of language studies and subject studies

15. Curricula learning outcomes
Faculty-level
Language-level
Course-level

16. Faculty of Humanities
In the language and communication studies of the Faculty of Humanities, the student develops his / her academic interaction and communication skills and strengthens his / her own perception as a communicator. After completing the studies, the student understands the importance of language and communication skills in studying and working life. The student is able to communicate objectively, both verbally and in writing, and takes into consideration the situation and the target group. The student is familiar with the tools of language learning and use and is able to utilize them. The student is able to apply the skills he/she has acquired in future work. The student recognizes their strengths and development needs as a learner and as a communicator.

17. Faculty language requirements
Finnish, Swedish and one foreign language (TSE two foreign languages)
Study point amounts vary from faculty to faculty
Humanities ECTS
Natural Sciences and Engineering 10 ECTS
Medicine ECTS
Law ECTS
Social Sciences ECTS
Education ECTS
TSE ECTS

18. English studies B1
B1-B2
B2-C1
B1-C1

19. All-faculty english courses

21. FACULTY-SPECIFIC COURSES

26. Examples of integration
Faculty of Education (OKL):
students reflect (in English) on their student teaching experiences that take place during the course
students develop lesson plans in English to use in their student teaching in bilingual (CLIL) classrooms
Faculty of Social Sciences (Political Science, Contemporary History, and Philosophy):
students analyze English texts in use in their faculty courses
students take notes in English during faculty lectures (in either Finnish or English)

28. Take home message Language and communication skills are a key part of professional skills