Study Guide

Objective

The student is able to tell and write about daily life by using simple expressions and to communicate in everyday situations. He/she understand the main points in clear, simple messages and announcements. The student knows the basic vocabulary, grammar and typical structures of the Finnish language. The student is also able to use some basic nursing vocabulary and understands some essential nursing activities in Finnish.

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

Content

The student is able to communicate in simple everyday situations e.g.:
- ordering food and drinks in restaurant, special diets
- telling about daily life, hobbies and daily life at work
- asking the way, telling about places and explaining directions in daily life
- running errands e.g. in a bank or post office
- simple daily nursing activities at work (Level A1)
- grammar e.g. adjectives, verb types, the most common word types, local cases, direct object, consonant gradation, passive voice, t-plural forms, typical sentence types, typical spoken language forms

Materials

Gehring & Heinzmann 2020. Suomen mestari 1
Gehring & Heinzmann. Suomen mestari 2
Mustonen, Sippola & Tuononen 2012. Hoidetaan suomeksi.
Online material given during the course

Teaching methods

Face-to-face learning, distance learning, independent studies (incl. written and spoken assignments)

Exam schedules

Exam times will be announced during the course.

Student workload

135h, incl. lectures 50h

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student knows some vocabulary of the topics learnt during the course. He/she can use simple constructions but mistakes can impede comprehension. The student can communicate in some everyday situations when helped. Other languages strongly influence the pronunciation.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student knows the most of the vocabulary of the topics learnt during the course. He/she can use simple constructions almost without any mistakes. He/she manages independently in most everyday situations. The pronunciation is mainly understandable.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student knows the vocabulary of the topics learnt during the course. He/she can use simple constructions making hardly any mistakes. He/she manages independently and fluently in everyday situations. The pronunciation is close to that of a native speaker.

Assessment methods and criteria

- active participation (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)