Finnish for Foreigners 2 (2op)

Osaamistavoitteet (Opintojakso)

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.

Sisältö (Opintojakso)

- 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.

Esitietovaatimukset (Opintojakso)

Finnish for Foreigners 1

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1-2) (Opintojakso)

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.

Arviointikriteerit, hyvä (3-4) (Opintojakso)

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.

Arviointikriteerit, kiitettävä (5) (Opintojakso)

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.

Arviointikriteerit, hyväksytty/hylätty (Opintojakso)

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.

Aika ja paikka

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

Tenttien ja uusintatenttien ajankohdat

- 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

Arviointimenetelmät ja arvioinnin perusteet

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).

Arviointiasteikko

0-5

Opiskelumuodot ja opetusmenetelmät

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

Oppimateriaalit

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

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

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

Sisällön jaksotus

According to the book "Suomen mestari 1".

Toteutuksen valinnaiset suoritustavat

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Harjoittelu- ja työelämäyhteistyö

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Kansainvälisyys

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Lisätietoja opiskelijoille

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Arviointikriteerit - hylätty (0) (Ei käytössä, kts Opintojakson Arviointikriteerit ylempänä)

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.

Arviointikriteerit - tyydyttävä (1-2) (Ei käytössä, kts Opintojakson Arviointikriteerit ylempänä)

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.

Arviointikriteerit - hyvä (3-4) (Ei käytössä, kts Opintojakson Arviointikriteerit ylempänä)

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.

Arviointikriteerit - kiitettävä (5) (Ei käytössä, kts Opintojakson Arviointikriteerit ylempänä)

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.