Study Guide

Objectives

In this course you will improve your Finnish language skills. Estimated level is B1.1.

After completing the course, the students will be able to:
• pronounce Finnish clearly and fluently
• understand texts that consist of frequent everyday or job-related language
• discuss topics that are of personal interest or frequent in everyday life (e.g. family, hobbies, work, cultural differences, housing and current events)
• understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters and on current affairs
• write simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest
• give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans
• express opinion, agreement or disagreement
• narrate a simple story describing experiences and events

Content

• family life
• cultural differences
• housing, renovation
• sports
• arguing for opinions
• noun forms e.g. essive, translative, comparative
• verb forms e.g. puhumalla and puhumatta

Prerequisites

Finnish 5 (3 cr) or equivalent knowledge.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The student can tell some things about everyday life in Finnish comprehensively. They are able to tell few things related to general knowledge.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The student has an active attitude towards studying Finnish language and culture. They are showing that by completing written tasks according to the schedule. The student is able to use different kind of sentence structures and compare qualities of different objects. They can tell about family life, their own culture and talk about sports and other activities etc. They are able to write descriptions and texts like emails in Finnish and are able to pronounce Finnish clearly.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student has a positive and active attitude towards learning Finnish and is genuinely interested in Finnish culture and brings it up by comparing Finnish culture to their own. They can pronounce Finnish intelligibly when communicating in everyday situations. Expressions used in spoken and written communication are suitable and varied and grammar almost correct.