Occupational Finnish for Foreigners (5cr)

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. Also they can express simple things concerning acting in a media profession. 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, passive voice, positive past tense imperfect, object cases
- vocabulary concerning a media field
- structural exercises
- pronunciation exercises
- vocabulary exercises
- conversational and drama exercises
- listening comprehension exercises
- reading comprehension exercises
- written exercises
- for advanced students exercises concerning a job searching.

Prerequisites (course unit)

Completed course Finnish for Foreigners (5 ECTS) or the same level of skills.

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

During the whole spring semester on Mondays and Tuesdays at 15.30 - 17.00 in Kuntokatu campus, class room B6-22

Exam schedules

According to the dates marked on course Moodle.

Assessment methods and criteria

Continuous assessment based on classwork (activity, presence, completed exercises). To pass the course minimum attendance 80 % is required.

Course grade consists of two parts:
A Written tests (listening comprehension + reading comprehension + writing + structure tasks) =
50 % of the course grade
B Class activity = 50 % of the course grade

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

study conversation, collaborative learning, discussion exercises, activating written tasks, learning simulation and games, process writing, learning diary, short videos made by students

Learning materials

Study book Suomen mestari 1: gain the book - and later on partly Suomen mestari 2. Moodle material created/linked by the teacher.

Student workload

Learning language always takes time, especially when 2 double contact lessons take place twice a week! It is important to train regularly during the week, with time!

Content scheduling

Mainly according to the book Suomen mestari 1 uudistettu but adding also authentic and activating materials and exercises, paying attention to speaking.

Completion alternatives

No.

Practical training and working life cooperation

No.

International connections

The whole group is international!

Further information

The course objective is A2 level.

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 activity or gained skills. Their ability to communicate in Finnish at the level A2 is insignificant and limited. Sometimes students have also big difficulties to get understood. .

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.