Finnish for Foreigners 3 (4 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

After successful completion of the course students:

- are able to communicate professionally using the most essential and concrete matters relating to energy and environmental engineer’s work: to speak and write the basics of recycling and laboratory work
- have clearly improved their oral and written competence
- can produce past tense sentences with correct object forms quite well

Content (course unit)

- basic professional Finnish for energy and environmental engineering students using material Hyvin menee 1, authentic materials as well as the materials created by the teacher
- much speech communication and writing exercises

Prerequisites (course unit)

Level A2 (CEFR) Finnish skills or
5N00BN91 and 5N00BN94 (Finnish for Foreigners 1 and 2)

Exam schedules

The date of object exam will be discussed at once after training.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Continuos assessment based on classwork, active participation (to pass the course minimum attendance 80 % is required), accepted exercises, smaller tests and process writing texts. The mark will be given on the streght of activity, result of the object test, result of the laboratory video and written texts.

Teaching methods

contact teaching, activating writing, study conversation, games, cooperative learning, exercises

Learning materials

Sonja Gehring - Sanni Heinzmann: Suomen mestari 1, authentic materials, materials made by the teacher, Suomea oppimaan! -blog materials

Student workload

Three contact lessons every Monday.

Content scheduling

In the beginning of the course revising the contents learnt last year. Then essential themes in Finnish for environmental engineer's work.

Completion alternatives

May be discussed.

Practical training and working life cooperation

No.

International connections

The whole group is international!

Further information

Level A1.

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

Abcences more than 20 % or/and exercises undone.

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

A student has completed all the assignments acceptably and attended contact lessons at least 80 %.

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

A student has an active attitude towards studying Finnish language and culture showing that by completing written tasks according to the schedule.

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

A student has a positive and active attitude towards learning language and she/he is genuinely interested in Finnish culture and brings it up by expressing her/his findings about cultural matters.