Finnish for Foreigners 2 (2 cr)

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

Weeks 3 - 7 on Mondays at 11-13 and on Tuesdays at 8-10 in the class room B6-30.

Exam schedules

Test on Tuesday 11.2. at 8.15, Retake on Monday 4.5. at 8.15.

Assessment methods and criteria

journal 1/3, video made in group 1/3, written test 1/3

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

contact teaching, study conversation, oral and written exercises, cooperative learning, e-learning, creating communicative videos

Learning materials

Materials made or selected by the teacher - loaded or linked on course-Tabula.

Student workload

21 contact lessons during the first period. Also quite much independent work is needed to make it possible to learn the basics properly! For the most of us learning a new language demands hard work and time! 2 ECTs course means 2 x 27 hours (54 hours) work! To build up one's motivation is very important: to find useful, fun and creative ways to learn, use and understand Finnish. So have Finnish as a hobby also in your free time!

Completion alternatives

No.

Practical training and working life cooperation

No.

International connections

The whole group is international!

Further information

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