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Finnish 2Laajuus (3 cr)

Code: KD00CV37

Objective

Students are more confident in using Finnish. After the course, they are able to tell and write about their daily life by using simple expressions and to communicate in everyday situations, such as ordering food and drinks at a restaurant or telling about their daily lives and travelling. They extend their knowledge of the basic vocabulary, grammar and typical structures of the Finnish language. They are further acquainted with the Finnish way of life.

The target level of the course is A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Content

Students are able to communicate in simple everyday situations e.g.:
- ordering food and drinks in restaurant, travelling
- telling about their daily life and hobbies
- asking the way, telling about places and explaining directions in daily life
- travelling (Level A1)
- grammar e.g. verb conjugation, partitive case, more about consonant gradation, some typical sentence types.

Qualifications

Finnish 1

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student knows some vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences but mistakes can impede comprehension. He can communicate in some everyday situations when helped. He understands slow and clearly articulated speech to some extent and he recognizes the topic of written texts and understands some words and expressions in them. The student is able to write short and simple texts, but mistakes impede comprehension. Other languages strongly influence the pronunciation.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student knows the most of the vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences making a few mistakes. He manages independently in the most everyday situations, mistakes do not impede comprehension. He understands most of the normal speed speech and the content of written texts. He is able to write mainly understandable texts while still making some mistakes. The pronunciation is mainly understandable.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student knows the vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences making hardly any mistakes. He manages independently and fluently in everyday situations. He understands normal speed speech and the content of written texts and he can write understandable texts, which may contain minor mistakes.The pronunciation is close to that of a native speaker.

Materials

Gehring, Sonja & Heinzmann, Sanni: Suomen mestari 1. Helsinki: Finn Lectura.

Web-material given in the beginning of the course

Enrollment

02.09.2024 - 09.10.2024

Timing

21.10.2024 - 18.12.2024

Credits

3 op

Teaching languages
  • English
Seats

10 - 40

Degree programmes
  • Bachelor of Business Administration, International Business
Teachers
  • Sirkka Nieminen
Student groups
  • IB24A
    Bachelor of Business Administration, International Business

Objective

Students are more confident in using Finnish. After the course, they are able to tell and write about their daily life by using simple expressions and to communicate in everyday situations, such as ordering food and drinks at a restaurant or telling about their daily lives and travelling. They extend their knowledge of the basic vocabulary, grammar and typical structures of the Finnish language. They are further acquainted with the Finnish way of life.

The target level of the course is A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Content

Students are able to communicate in simple everyday situations e.g.:
- ordering food and drinks in restaurant, travelling
- telling about their daily life and hobbies
- asking the way, telling about places and explaining directions in daily life
- travelling (Level A1)
- grammar e.g. verb conjugation, partitive case, more about consonant gradation, some typical sentence types.

Materials

Study and online material will be announced at the beginning of the course.
(Gehring, Sonja & Heinzmann, Sanni: Suomen mestari 1. Finn Lectura.)

Teaching methods

-contact lessons, independent studies, spoken and written assignments, (distance learning only if needed)

Exam schedules

Exam and retake exam times will be announced during the course. Participation in the course requires consent to an electronically supervised exam.

Completion alternatives

Demonstration of competences (on SeAMK demonstration days)
or YKI certificate, intermediate level

Student workload

81 h, incl. lectures 24h

Further information

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Level A1

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student knows some vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences but mistakes can impede comprehension. He can communicate in some everyday situations when helped. He understands slow and clearly articulated speech to some extent and he recognizes the topic of written texts and understands some words and expressions in them. The student is able to write short and simple texts, but mistakes impede comprehension. Other languages strongly influence the pronunciation.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student knows the most of the vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences making a few mistakes. He manages independently in the most everyday situations, mistakes do not impede comprehension. He understands most of the normal speed speech and the content of written texts. He is able to write mainly understandable texts while still making some mistakes. The pronunciation is mainly understandable.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student knows the vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences making hardly any mistakes. He manages independently and fluently in everyday situations. He understands normal speed speech and the content of written texts and he can write understandable texts, which may contain minor mistakes.The pronunciation is close to that of a native speaker.

Assessment methods and criteria

- active participation in contact lessons (min. 50% to pass the course & min. 80% to get the highest grade)
- written and spoken Moodle assignments and tests
- exam (min. 50% of the points to pass the exam)

Qualifications

Finnish 1

Enrollment

02.09.2024 - 09.10.2024

Timing

21.10.2024 - 18.12.2024

Credits

3 op

Virtual proportion (cr)

3 op

Teaching languages
  • English
Degree programmes
  • Bachelor of Business Administration, International Business
Teachers
  • Virpi Masonen
Scheduling groups
  • Avoin AMK (Ei koske tutkinto-opiskelijaa) (Size: 5. Open UAS: 5.)
Student groups
  • IB24B
    Bachelor of Business Administration, International Business
Education groups
  • Open UAS (Doesn't apply to degree student)

Objective

Students are more confident in using Finnish. After the course, they are able to tell and write about their daily life by using simple expressions and to communicate in everyday situations, such as ordering food and drinks at a restaurant or telling about their daily lives and travelling. They extend their knowledge of the basic vocabulary, grammar and typical structures of the Finnish language. They are further acquainted with the Finnish way of life.

The target level of the course is A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Content

Students are able to communicate in simple everyday situations e.g.:
- ordering food and drinks in restaurant, travelling
- telling about their daily life and hobbies
- asking the way, telling about places and explaining directions in daily life
- travelling (Level A1)
- grammar e.g. verb conjugation, partitive case, more about consonant gradation, some typical sentence types.

Materials

Study and online material will be announced at the beginning of the course.
(Gehring, Sonja & Heinzmann, Sanni: Suomen mestari 1. Finn Lectura.)

Teaching methods

- distance teaching, independent studies, spoken and written assignments,

Exam schedules

Exam and retake exam times will be announced during the course. Participation in the course requires consent to an electronically supervised exam.

Completion alternatives

Demonstration of competences (on SeAMK demonstration days)
or YKI certificate, intermediate level

Student workload

81 h, incl. lectures 24h

Further information

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Level A1

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student knows some vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences but mistakes can impede comprehension. He can communicate in some everyday situations when helped. He understands slow and clearly articulated speech to some extent and he recognizes the topic of written texts and understands some words and expressions in them. The student is able to write short and simple texts, but mistakes impede comprehension. Other languages strongly influence the pronunciation.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student knows the most of the vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences making a few mistakes. He manages independently in the most everyday situations, mistakes do not impede comprehension. He understands most of the normal speed speech and the content of written texts. He is able to write mainly understandable texts while still making some mistakes. The pronunciation is mainly understandable.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student knows the vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences making hardly any mistakes. He manages independently and fluently in everyday situations. He understands normal speed speech and the content of written texts and he can write understandable texts, which may contain minor mistakes.The pronunciation is close to that of a native speaker.

Assessment methods and criteria

- active participation in contact lessons (min. 50% to pass the course & min. 80% to get the highest grade)
- written and spoken Moodle assignments and tests
- exam (min. 50% of the points to pass the exam)

Qualifications

Finnish 1

Enrollment

04.09.2023 - 11.10.2023

Timing

23.10.2023 - 17.12.2023

Credits

3 op

Teaching languages
  • English
Seats

10 - 40

Degree programmes
  • Bachelor of Business Administration, International Business
Teachers
  • Sirkka Nieminen
Student groups
  • IB23A
    Bachelor of Business Administration, International Business

Objective

Students are more confident in using Finnish. After the course, they are able to tell and write about their daily life by using simple expressions and to communicate in everyday situations, such as ordering food and drinks at a restaurant or telling about their daily lives and travelling. They extend their knowledge of the basic vocabulary, grammar and typical structures of the Finnish language. They are further acquainted with the Finnish way of life.

The target level of the course is A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Content

Students are able to communicate in simple everyday situations e.g.:
- ordering food and drinks in restaurant, travelling
- telling about their daily life and hobbies
- asking the way, telling about places and explaining directions in daily life
- travelling (Level A1)
- grammar e.g. verb conjugation, partitive case, more about consonant gradation, some typical sentence types.

Materials

Online material

Teaching methods

- Contact lessons / distance learning, independent studies, written and spoken assignments

Exam schedules

The time of the exam and retake exams will be announced during the course.

Completion alternatives

Demonstration of comptencies (on SeAMK demonstration days)

Student workload

81h, incl. lectures 24h

Further information

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Level A1

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student knows some vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences but mistakes can impede comprehension. He can communicate in some everyday situations when helped. He understands slow and clearly articulated speech to some extent and he recognizes the topic of written texts and understands some words and expressions in them. The student is able to write short and simple texts, but mistakes impede comprehension. Other languages strongly influence the pronunciation.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student knows the most of the vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences making a few mistakes. He manages independently in the most everyday situations, mistakes do not impede comprehension. He understands most of the normal speed speech and the content of written texts. He is able to write mainly understandable texts while still making some mistakes. The pronunciation is mainly understandable.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student knows the vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences making hardly any mistakes. He manages independently and fluently in everyday situations. He understands normal speed speech and the content of written texts and he can write understandable texts, which may contain minor mistakes.The pronunciation is close to that of a native speaker.

Assessment methods and criteria

- active participation in lessons (min. 50% to pass the course & min. 80% to get the highest grade)
- written and spoken assignments
- exam (min. 50% of the points to pass the exam)

Qualifications

Finnish 1

Enrollment

04.09.2023 - 11.10.2023

Timing

23.10.2023 - 17.12.2023

Credits

3 op

Teaching languages
  • English
Degree programmes
  • Bachelor of Business Administration, International Business
Teachers
  • Virpi Masonen
Student groups
  • IB23B
    Bachelor of Business Administration, International Business

Objective

Students are more confident in using Finnish. After the course, they are able to tell and write about their daily life by using simple expressions and to communicate in everyday situations, such as ordering food and drinks at a restaurant or telling about their daily lives and travelling. They extend their knowledge of the basic vocabulary, grammar and typical structures of the Finnish language. They are further acquainted with the Finnish way of life.

The target level of the course is A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Content

Students are able to communicate in simple everyday situations e.g.:
- ordering food and drinks in restaurant, travelling
- telling about their daily life and hobbies
- asking the way, telling about places and explaining directions in daily life
- travelling (Level A1)
- grammar e.g. verb conjugation, partitive case, more about consonant gradation, some typical sentence types.

Materials

Online material

Teaching methods

Distance learning, independent studies, written and spoken assignments

Exam schedules

Exams will be announced during the course.

Completion alternatives

Demonstration of competencies (on SeAMK demonstration days)

Student workload

81h, incl. lectures 24h

Further information

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Level A1

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student knows some vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences but mistakes can impede comprehension. He can communicate in some everyday situations when helped. He understands slow and clearly articulated speech to some extent and he recognizes the topic of written texts and understands some words and expressions in them. The student is able to write short and simple texts, but mistakes impede comprehension. Other languages strongly influence the pronunciation.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student knows the most of the vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences making a few mistakes. He manages independently in the most everyday situations, mistakes do not impede comprehension. He understands most of the normal speed speech and the content of written texts. He is able to write mainly understandable texts while still making some mistakes. The pronunciation is mainly understandable.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student knows the vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences making hardly any mistakes. He manages independently and fluently in everyday situations. He understands normal speed speech and the content of written texts and he can write understandable texts, which may contain minor mistakes.The pronunciation is close to that of a native speaker.

Assessment methods and criteria

- active participation in lessons (min. 50% to pass the course & min. 80% to get the highest grade)
- written and spoken assignments
- exam (min. 50% of the points to pass the exam)

Qualifications

Finnish 1

Enrollment

16.04.2022 - 12.10.2022

Timing

24.10.2022 - 18.12.2022

Credits

3 op

Virtual proportion (cr)

3 op

Teaching languages
  • English
Seats

10 - 80

Degree programmes
  • Bachelor of Business Administration, International Business
Teachers
  • Sirkka Nieminen
Student groups
  • IB22A

Objective

Students are more confident in using Finnish. After the course, they are able to tell and write about their daily life by using simple expressions and to communicate in everyday situations, such as ordering food and drinks at a restaurant or telling about their daily lives and travelling. They extend their knowledge of the basic vocabulary, grammar and typical structures of the Finnish language. They are further acquainted with the Finnish way of life.

The target level of the course is A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Content

Students are able to communicate in simple everyday situations e.g.:
- ordering food and drinks in restaurant, travelling
- telling about their daily life and hobbies
- asking the way, telling about places and explaining directions in daily life
- travelling (Level A1)
- grammar e.g. verb conjugation, partitive case, more about consonant gradation, some typical sentence types.

Materials

Online material

Teaching methods

- Contact lessons / distance learning, independent studies, written and spoken assignments

Exam schedules

The time of the exam and retake exams will be announced during the course.

Completion alternatives

Demonstration of comptencies (on SeAMK demonstration days)

Student workload

81h, incl. lectures 24h

Further information

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Level A1

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student knows some vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences but mistakes can impede comprehension. He can communicate in some everyday situations when helped. He understands slow and clearly articulated speech to some extent and he recognizes the topic of written texts and understands some words and expressions in them. The student is able to write short and simple texts, but mistakes impede comprehension. Other languages strongly influence the pronunciation.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student knows the most of the vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences making a few mistakes. He manages independently in the most everyday situations, mistakes do not impede comprehension. He understands most of the normal speed speech and the content of written texts. He is able to write mainly understandable texts while still making some mistakes. The pronunciation is mainly understandable.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student knows the vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences making hardly any mistakes. He manages independently and fluently in everyday situations. He understands normal speed speech and the content of written texts and he can write understandable texts, which may contain minor mistakes.The pronunciation is close to that of a native speaker.

Assessment methods and criteria

- active participation in lessons (min. 50% to pass the course & min. 80% to get the highest grade)
- written and spoken assignments
- exam (min. 50% of the points to pass the exam)

Qualifications

Finnish 1

Enrollment

16.04.2022 - 12.10.2022

Timing

24.10.2022 - 18.12.2022

Credits

3 op

Virtual proportion (cr)

3 op

Teaching languages
  • English
Seats

10 - 80

Degree programmes
  • Bachelor of Business Administration, International Business
Teachers
  • Virpi Masonen
Student groups
  • IB22B

Objective

Students are more confident in using Finnish. After the course, they are able to tell and write about their daily life by using simple expressions and to communicate in everyday situations, such as ordering food and drinks at a restaurant or telling about their daily lives and travelling. They extend their knowledge of the basic vocabulary, grammar and typical structures of the Finnish language. They are further acquainted with the Finnish way of life.

The target level of the course is A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Content

Students are able to communicate in simple everyday situations e.g.:
- ordering food and drinks in restaurant, travelling
- telling about their daily life and hobbies
- asking the way, telling about places and explaining directions in daily life
- travelling (Level A1)
- grammar e.g. verb conjugation, partitive case, more about consonant gradation, some typical sentence types.

Materials

Online material

Teaching methods

- Distance learning, independent studies, written and spoken assignments

Exam schedules

The time of the exam and retake exams will be announced during the course.

Completion alternatives

Demonstration of comptences (on SeAMK demonstration days)

Student workload

81h, incl. lectures 24h

Further information

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Level A1

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student knows some vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences but mistakes can impede comprehension. He can communicate in some everyday situations when helped. He understands slow and clearly articulated speech to some extent and he recognizes the topic of written texts and understands some words and expressions in them. The student is able to write short and simple texts, but mistakes impede comprehension. Other languages strongly influence the pronunciation.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student knows the most of the vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences making a few mistakes. He manages independently in the most everyday situations, mistakes do not impede comprehension. He understands most of the normal speed speech and the content of written texts. He is able to write mainly understandable texts while still making some mistakes. The pronunciation is mainly understandable.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student knows the vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences making hardly any mistakes. He manages independently and fluently in everyday situations. He understands normal speed speech and the content of written texts and he can write understandable texts, which may contain minor mistakes.The pronunciation is close to that of a native speaker.

Assessment methods and criteria

- active participation in lessons (min. 50% to pass the course & min. 80% to get the highest grade)
- written and spoken assignments
- exam (min. 50% of the points to pass the exam)

Qualifications

Finnish 1

Enrollment

16.04.2022 - 12.10.2022

Timing

24.10.2022 - 18.12.2022

Credits

3 op

Teaching languages
  • English
Degree programmes
  • Bachelor of Business Administration, International Business
Teachers
  • Viivi Heikura
Student groups
  • IB22C

Objective

Students are more confident in using Finnish. After the course, they are able to tell and write about their daily life by using simple expressions and to communicate in everyday situations, such as ordering food and drinks at a restaurant or telling about their daily lives and travelling. They extend their knowledge of the basic vocabulary, grammar and typical structures of the Finnish language. They are further acquainted with the Finnish way of life.

The target level of the course is A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Content

Students are able to communicate in simple everyday situations e.g.:
- ordering food and drinks in restaurant, travelling
- telling about their daily life and hobbies
- asking the way, telling about places and explaining directions in daily life
- travelling (Level A1)
- grammar e.g. verb conjugation, partitive case, more about consonant gradation, some typical sentence types.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student knows some vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences but mistakes can impede comprehension. He can communicate in some everyday situations when helped. He understands slow and clearly articulated speech to some extent and he recognizes the topic of written texts and understands some words and expressions in them. The student is able to write short and simple texts, but mistakes impede comprehension. Other languages strongly influence the pronunciation.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student knows the most of the vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences making a few mistakes. He manages independently in the most everyday situations, mistakes do not impede comprehension. He understands most of the normal speed speech and the content of written texts. He is able to write mainly understandable texts while still making some mistakes. The pronunciation is mainly understandable.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student knows the vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences making hardly any mistakes. He manages independently and fluently in everyday situations. He understands normal speed speech and the content of written texts and he can write understandable texts, which may contain minor mistakes.The pronunciation is close to that of a native speaker.

Qualifications

Finnish 1