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Finnish for Foreigners 2 (2cr)

Code: 5N00DL89-3001

General information


Enrolment period
26.11.2018 - 13.01.2019
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
07.01.2019 - 28.03.2019
Implementation has ended.
Credits
2 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Unit
ICT Engineering
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
Finnish
Degree programmes
Bachelor's Degree Programme in Software Engineering
Teachers
Marja Oksanen
Person in charge
Hanna Kinnari-Korpela
Course
5N00DL89

Objectives (course unit)

After successful completion of the course students will be able to pronounce Finnish quite correctly, understand and use short and simply-structured Finnish expressions that concern some of the most common matters and situations related to everyday life (telling one’s family, telling the time, buying and paying, timetables, food and menu, working and studying). They can shortly discuss about these matters and understand short texts concerning such topics. After this course they are willing to study more Finnish, because they understand that only that way they can achieve a level of language skills that makes possible to get job in Finland.

Content (course unit)

- basics of the Finnish language: verb types. partitive case, local cases, k-p-t-changes
- structural exercises
- pronunciation exercises
- vocabulary exercises
- conversational and drama exercises
- listening comprehension exercises
- reading comprehension exercises
- written exercises.

Prerequisites (course unit)

Finnish for Foreigners 1

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

Students have been able to complete all the assignments acceptably. They can exchange greetings/farewells, introduce oneself, name a few objects and copy some words that they have learned. 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 an active attitude towards studying Finnish language showing that by completing course tasks according to the schedule. They are able to cope in most common everyday situations, which have been studied during the course. Students are able to write brief messages (e.g. e-mail, text message, and post card) in Finnish and are able to pronounce Finnish clearly enough. Students’ mother tongue may have an effect in pronunciation and/or sentence structure, but it doesn’t cause big problems to understand the meaning of messages.

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 everyday situations 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 stories and recombine words and phrases into new sentences.

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Failed: Students have attended contact lessons less than 80%. They have not completed course assignments because of lack of or activity or gained skills. They don’t speak and write and also understand Finnish more than a couple of words.

Location and time

On Tuesdays 8.15 - 9.45 in the class room B6-30 till the 19th of March.

Exam schedules

- the 19th of March at 8 - 9 a written part, at 9 - 10 an oral part
- retake Wednesday the 3rd of April at 16.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Continuous assessment based on classwork (activity, presence, completed exercises). To pass the course minimum attendance 80 % is required.
Final exam has two parts:
A Written test (listening comprehension + writing + structure tasks) = 60 % of the course grade
B Oral test in small groups = 40 % of the course grade
Very good class activity may improve the course grade (according to the final exam result).

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

contact teaching, activating written tasks, study conversation, discussion exercises, learning simulation and games, process writing, collaborative learning, exercises

Learning materials

Materials made by the teacher and e-materials linked on course-Tabula. Gehring - Heinzmann: Suomen mestari 1, chapters 3 - 4.

Student workload

Two lessons per week: on Tuesday mornings. Quite much independent work at home.

Content scheduling

According to the book "Suomen mestari 1".

Completion alternatives

-

Practical training and working life cooperation

-

International connections

-

Further information

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

Failed: Students have attended contact lessons less than 80%. They have not completed course assignments because of lack of or activity or gained skills. They don’t speak and write and also understand Finnish more than a couple of words.

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 exchange greetings/farewells, introduce oneself, name a few objects and copy some words that they have learned. 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) (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 are able to cope in most common everyday situations, which have been studied during the course. Students are able to write brief messages (e.g. e-mail, text message, and post card) in Finnish and are able to pronounce Finnish clearly enough. Students’ mother tongue may have an effect in pronunciation and/or sentence structure, but it doesn’t cause big problems to understand the meaning of messages.

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 everyday situations 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 stories and recombine words and phrases into new sentences.

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