Study Guide

Objective

You are able to express yourself in Finnish in everyday situations both orally and in writing.

You are able to follow simple speech and read short texts on familiar topics.

You have command of different phrases, structures and vocabulary (CEFR level A1.2 - A1.3). You will get to know some basic vocabulary of your own professional field.
You are familiar with a large variety of grammatical features, like consonant and vowel changes (verbs and nouns), singular case forms and basic plural form (nouns).
You are also able to expand your vocabulary and knowledge of language usage independently using different sources.
You become more familiar with the Finnish culture.

Content

Which phrases and what kind of vocabulary and grammatical knowledge do you need for everyday communication and for understanding and writing simple texts on various topics?

Which sources and tools can you use in order to continue your elementary Finnish studies during the course and independently?

How to use your cultural knowledge in communication?

Materials

White: From Start to Finnish, chapters 15-25 and
material on Learn

Teaching methods

Scheduled track:
Contact lessons at Kouvola Campus.

Student workload

5x27 hours

Content scheduling

The parts of the course:
Exercises at the contact sessions, exercise online (on Learn and on the Internet), exercises of the book
wordtests
written and oral assignments on Learn
final exam

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Active participation and following the schedule on Learn, wordtests, written and oral assignments and the final exam.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

A student who has reached the grade 1 or 2 can:
a) use some of the basic level (A1.1-A1.2) phrases, vocabulary and structures in every day life situations.
b) search information from textbooks and other basic information sources.
c) realise some variation in the use of language in different situations and organize somehow her or his own learning.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

A student who has reached grade 3 can:
a) use the basic level (A1.1-A1.2) phrases, vocabulary and structures in every day life ituations.
b) search information from textbooks and other basic information sources.
c) realise the variation in the use of language in different situations and organize her or his own learning

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

A student who has reached the grade 5 can:
a) use excellent the basic level (A1.1-A1.2) phrases, vocabulary and structures in every day life situations.
b) search information from textbooks and other basic information sources.
c) realise the variation in the use of language in different situations and organize flexible her or his own learning.

Qualifications

Finnish 1 and sufficient English skills.