Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

After successful completion of the course students will be able to pronounce Finnish already well. They have courage enough to use their Finnish out of a classroom, too, to get their information through. They know that more language training and studying is essential to make it possible to get a job in Finland. They can tell about and describe their environment. They are able to communicate some simple environmental engineering matters, e.g. circulation or laboratory work.

Content (course unit)

Basics of the Finnish language: object cases, past tenses, passive voice, the most usual cases governed by a verb, structural exercises, vocabulary exercises, conversational and drama exercises, listening comprehension exercises, reading comprehension exercises, written exercises.

Prerequisites (course unit)

Level A2 (CEFR) Finnish skills or
Finnish for Foreigners 1 and 2

Further information (course unit)

The course is for students whose mother language is not Finnish and who have completed Finnish for Foreigners 1 and 2. If you need a credit transfer for competence for Finnish for Foreigners 1-3 -courses, please read further information on alternative ways of completing the course in the course's implementation plan and contact the teacher in charge.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

Students have been able to complete all the assignments acceptably. They can tell something about achieved course contents, but their expression stays limited and/or insufficient and includes a lot of structural mistakes. Both spoken and written language is partly hard to understand. It is difficult for them to take part to a simple discussion. Also their incomplete pronunciation may cause difficulties to understand their speech.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

Students have an active attitude towards studying Finnish language showing that by completing course tasks according to the schedule. They can cope in most achieved oral course exercises quite well. Students are able to write short texts about their environment and matters considering their becoming profession. Their pronunciation is quite good.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

Students have a positive and active attitude towards learning language. They can pronounce Finnish distinctively and are able to use suitable and varied expressions in achieved course exercises using grammar mostly correct way. Students can participate in a conversation asking and responding to questions about topics studied in the course. They can write simple descriptions or summaries and recombine words and phrases into new sentences.

Exam schedules

The times of both written and oral tests will be discussed wih students in the beginning of the course.

Assessment methods and criteria

Let's talk about the principles in the beginning of the course. Teacher's recommendation:
To pass the course a minimum attendance 80 % is required as well as completed assignments.
Course evaluation consists of two parts:
A The written test (listening comprehension + reading comprehension + writing + structure tasks) =
50 % of the course grade
B Oral skills (video task) = 50 % of the course grade
Strong class activity can raise course grade at least in borderline cases.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

study conversation, collaborative learning, discussion exercises, activating written tasks, learning simulation and games, process writing, short videos made by students

Learning materials

Study book Suomen mestari 1 uudistettu + Moodle material created and linked by the teacher.
Depending on the students' subject of interest also very pleasant extra content for them can be taken into consideration.

Student workload

Two double lessons per week plus quite much independent work at home in 9 weeks: 4 ects = work of 108 hours.

Content scheduling

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Completion alternatives

In case you have completed a similar course in another university, please fill in the application form in Pakki and add the necessary documents (transcript of records).

If you have informally accomplished the goals and want to discuss how to show your skill please contact the teacher via email and explain why you think you should be exempted from the course and how you would you like to develop your Finnish skills.

Practical training and working life cooperation

No.

International connections

The whole group is international! :o)

Further information

The first lesson on Tuesday, the 30th of August at 10.15 in the class room B6-22.

Assessment criteria - fail (0) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Students have attended contact lessons less than 80 % . They have not completed course assignments because of lack of activity or gained skills. Their ability to communicate in Finnish at the level A2.1 is insignificant and limited to make understanding possible.

Assessment criteria - satisfactory (1-2) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Students have been able to complete all the assignments acceptably. They can tell something about achieved course contents, but their expression stays limited and/or insufficient and includes a lot of structural mistakes. Both spoken and written language is partly hard to understand. It is difficult for them to take part to a simple discussion. Also their incomplete pronunciation may cause difficulties to understand their speech.

Assessment criteria - good (3-4) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Students have an active attitude towards studying Finnish language showing that by completing course tasks according to the schedule. They can cope in most achieved oral course exercises quite well. Students are able to write short texts about their environment and matters considering their becoming profession. Their pronunciation is quite good.

Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Students have a positive and active attitude towards learning language. They can pronounce Finnish distinctively and are able to use suitable and varied expressions in achieved course exercises using grammar mostly correct way. Students can participate in a conversation asking and responding to questions about topics studied in the course. They can write simple descriptions or summaries and recombine words and phrases into new sentences.