Finnish as a Foreign Language 3 (3 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

The course builds up the use of Finnish and provides the knowledge and practices how to act as a job applicant. Estimated level A2.2.
After completing the course, the students will be able to:
Search work on the internet and from other sources
Get information on available jobs
Write a job application in Finnish

Content (course unit)

How to communicate in Finnish in business context?
How to find information on available jobs?
How to apply for a job?

Prerequisites (course unit)

Finnish as a Foreign Language 1 and Finnish as a Foreign Language 2 completed or equivalent knowledge.10 credits of studies up to the level A2.1.

Location and time

Lessons 1.5 hours per week during the period 7.9. - 30.11.
Contact lessons in TAMK, Kuntokatu 3.

Exam schedules

Final test is on Tue 30.11. at 10.15 -11.45 and the retake on 14.12. at 13.00 -14.30

Assessment methods and criteria

Assessment is based on the final test, the tasks returned to Moodle, and the activity in the lesson exercises.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

All course as contact teaching in TAMK-kampus.
Individual and group work, discussion exercises
Independent study with the help of a textbook and material shared by the teacher
Textbook exercises
Moodle-tasks (e.g. student's own short videos or recordings)

Learning materials

Book:
Gehring, Sonja & Heinzmann, Sanni: Suomen mestari 2 (book or e-book) the newest edition, Chapters 1 - 4

https://otava.kauppakv.fi/sivu/tuote/9789511355793 (You can compare also other bookshops)
or
e-book: https://otava.kauppakv.fi/sivu/tuote/9789511407737
Buy a book or borrow it from the library before the first lessons.
e-book is selled only in Finnlectura

Note!! You can´t write your answers to e-books exerices. (But you can use notes if you choose e-book).

Student workload

3 credit course means 3 x 27 hours of student work: at least 81 hours and clearly most of it is independent studying. Lessons 1.5 hours per week during the period 7.9. - 30.11.

With this course, a tuition-paying student can prepare for the spring 2023 scholarship test (probably yki-keskitaso). Finnish teaching will also continue in the spring with a follow-up course.
To be able to progress well during the follw-up course, you will need good knowledge of the Finnish as a Foreign Language 3 course. Reaching the goal level of B1.1 (intermediate level in the YKI-test, National Certificates of Language Proficiency) requires good motivation to study and use Finnish in the course and outside of studies.

Content scheduling

The frame of the study is Suomen mestari 2, chapters 1-4

Completion alternatives

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Practical training and working life cooperation

The simulations and in discussions aim to take into account the field of study, students' previous experience of working life and internships, and to provide practical benefits for future internships.

International connections

Kurssi on tarkoitettu kansainvälisille opiskelijoille.

Further information

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

Required Moodle assingments are missing and/or the final test is not passed.

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

Student has passed the final test and returned all required Moodle 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 incomplete pronunciation may cause difficulties to understand the speech.

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

Student has 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. 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.