Study Guide

Objective

The student is able to communicate fluently and accurately in sensitive or delicate professional situations with patients and colleagues. He/she understands more detailed and complex texts related to work and is able to write coherent texts on specific professional topics. The student enhances his/her oral communication skills related to professional topics both in informal and formal situations.

The target level of the course is B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Content

interactive communication situations, telling about everyday life at work, e.g. delicate or sensitive topics: death, religion, sexuality, weight, mental health; instructions, forms, reporting

Grammar: standard vs. spoken Finnish, periphrases, requests, complex sentences

Materials

Kela, Korpela & Lehtinen 2011. Sairaan hyvää suomea.
Jääskeläinen & Välilä 2013: Puhun, kirjoita, raportoin.

Online material

Teaching methods

- Face-to-face learning/distance learning, independent studies, written and spoken Moodle assignments

Exam schedules

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

Student workload

81h, incl. lectures 24h

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1-2 The student is able to communicate in routine professional situations both in spoken and written Finnish. He/she manages everyday working life communication situations if he/she gets help. The student understands some basic professional texts and is able to write them. However, he/she makes mistakes in grammatical structures, which cause misunderstanding and complicate communication. He/she has a command of basic nursing vocabulary. Other languages strongly influence the pronunciation, However, his/her pronunciation is understandable, but sometimes inaccurate in special terminology.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3-4 The student is able to communicate fluently in most of the more detailed or specific professional situations both in spoken and written Finnish. He/she manages usually independently or with a little help in specific working life communication situations, both in informal and formal situations. The student understands the main ideas of complex professional content and is able to write mostly coherent and grammatically flawless text. He/she has a command of more specific nursing vocabulary. The pronunciation is mainly understandable.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5 The student is able to communicate accurately and fluently in more detailed and specific professional situations both in spoken and written Finnish. He/she manages independently more specific working life communication situations, both in informal and formal situations. The student understands the main ideas of complex professional content and is able to write coherent and grammatically flawless text. He/she has a good command of more specific nursing vocabulary. The pronunciation is close to that of a native speaker.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail
The student does not achieve the learning outcomes satisfactorily.

Assessment methods and criteria

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

Qualifications

Professional Finnish 1 & 2 or equivalent knowledge

Further information

- active participation (min. 80% of the lectures)
- written and spoken assignments (incl. Moodle assignments)
- exam (Students have to score a minimum of 50% of the points to pass the exam)