Finnish Language and CultureLaajuus (5 cr)
Code: 3Y00HG96
Credits
5 op
Objectives
During this course you will learn the basics of the Finnish language. At the same time, you will get to know the Finnish culture and the Finnish way of living, thinking, communicating and working in the Finnish business environment.
Content
Objectives
After completing the course, the students will be able to:
• pronounce Finnish quite correctly
• understand and use short and simply structured expressions that concern basic situations related to everyday life
• learn to build up their vocabulary
• learn to use the basic grammatical structures of Finnish
• know, use and understand simple spoken and written expressions connected to everyday life.
• know some typical things often connected with the Finnish culture.
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)
Students have been able to complete all the assignments acceptably. They can exchange greetings/farewells, introduce oneself and name a few objects. It is hard for them to attend a simple conversation or create a short text. Their pronunciation causes difficulties to understand meanings of produced speech.
Assessment criteria, good (3-4)
Students have been able to complete all the assignments. Students have an active attitude towards studying Finnish language showing that by completing tasks according to the schedule. They are able to cope in the most common simple everyday situations. Students can use typical grammatical structures e.g. basic verb conjugation, possessive structure and partitive in simple sentences. They can write brief texts and pronounce Finnish quite clearly.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
Students have been able to complete all the assignments acceptably. They have a positive and active attitude towards learning language. They can pronounce Finnish distinctively and are able to use suitable and varied expressions in everyday situations using grammar almost correctly. Students can participate in a conversation asking and responding to questions about topics studied in the course. They can write simple texts and recombine words and phrases into new sentences.
Further information
• alphabet and numbers
• introducing oneself
• telling about one’s family and background
• simple description of things and people
• telling about the weather
• shopping and food
• grammatical structures: basic sentences and questions, verb conjugation (positive and negative verbs), partitive, genitive, KPT-change, I have -structure
Enrolment period
01.01.2025 - 28.02.2025
Timing
01.03.2025 - 30.05.2025
Credits
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Entrepreneurship (Proacademy)
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Teachers
- Tiina Miikkulainen
Person in charge
Hanna Saraketo
Objectives (course unit)
During this course you will learn the basics of the Finnish language. At the same time, you will get to know the Finnish culture and the Finnish way of living, thinking, communicating and working in the Finnish business environment.
Content (course unit)
Objectives
After completing the course, the students will be able to:
• pronounce Finnish quite correctly
• understand and use short and simply structured expressions that concern basic situations related to everyday life
• learn to build up their vocabulary
• learn to use the basic grammatical structures of Finnish
• know, use and understand simple spoken and written expressions connected to everyday life.
• know some typical things often connected with the Finnish culture.
Further information (course unit)
• alphabet and numbers
• introducing oneself
• telling about one’s family and background
• simple description of things and people
• telling about the weather
• shopping and food
• grammatical structures: basic sentences and questions, verb conjugation (positive and negative verbs), partitive, genitive, KPT-change, I have -structure
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)
Students have been able to complete all the assignments acceptably. They can exchange greetings/farewells, introduce oneself and name a few objects. It is hard for them to attend a simple conversation or create a short text. Their pronunciation causes difficulties to understand meanings of produced speech.
Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)
Students have been able to complete all the assignments. Students have an active attitude towards studying Finnish language showing that by completing tasks according to the schedule. They are able to cope in the most common simple everyday situations. Students can use typical grammatical structures e.g. basic verb conjugation, possessive structure and partitive in simple sentences. They can write brief texts and pronounce Finnish quite clearly.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)
Students have been able to complete all the assignments acceptably. They have a positive and active attitude towards learning language. They can pronounce Finnish distinctively and are able to use suitable and varied expressions in everyday situations using grammar almost correctly. Students can participate in a conversation asking and responding to questions about topics studied in the course. They can write simple texts and recombine words and phrases into new sentences.
Assessment scale
0-5