Finnish for Foreigners 2 (3 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

After successful completion of the course students will be able to pronounce Finnish quite correctly. They can tell about their typical day, their home, their clothes and about buying clothes. They can also tell about travelling, moving and weather. Students can shortly discuss and write about these matters and understand short texts concerning such topics.

Content (course unit)

Basics of the Finnish language: verb types, noun 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)

Before taking this course, student must have completed Finnish for Foreigners 1 or equivalent course.

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

Students have been able to complete all the assignments acceptably. They can tell about few of the achieved course contents, but their expression stays limited: both spoken and written language is partly hard to understand. It is difficult for them to take part to a simple discussion. Also their incomplete pronunciation may cause difficulties to understand their 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 achieved oral course exercises. Students are able to write short texts about their home, travelling or clothes 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 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 achieved course exercises using grammar mostly correct way. A student can participate in a conversation asking and responding to questions about topics studied in the course. She/he can write simple descriptions or stories and recombine words and phrases into new sentences. They understand the importance of good Finnish language skills to get a job in Finland.

Location and time

Periods 3 & 4 on Mondays at 8.15 - 9.45 in the class room B6-30.

Exam schedules

Oral tests in the week 17, written test 27.4., retake 4.5.

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 + reading comprehension + writing + structure tasks) = 40 % of the course grade
B Oral test in small groups = 60 % 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 diary, videos made by students

Learning materials

Textbook with exercises: Kristiina Kuparinen - Terhi Tapaninen - Karoliina Kuisma: "SUN SUOMI".
Materials made by the teacher and e-materials linked on course-Tabula.

Student workload

Two lessons per week plus quite much independent work at home. 3 ects = 81 hours work.

Content scheduling

According to the textbook.

Completion alternatives

No.

Practical training and working life cooperation

No.

International connections

The whole group is international! :o)

Further information

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

Students have attended contact lessons less than 80 % . They have not completed course assignments because of lack of or activity or gained skills. Their ability to communicate in Finnish is insignificant and limited to make understanding possible.

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 tell about few of the achieved course contents, but their expression stays limited: both spoken and written language is partly hard to understand. It is difficult for them to take part to a simple discussion. Also their incomplete pronunciation may cause difficulties to understand their 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 achieved oral course exercises. Students are able to write short texts about their home, travelling or clothes 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 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 achieved course exercises using grammar mostly correct way. Students can participate 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. They understand the importance of good Finnish language skills to get a job in Finland.