Study Guide

Objective

The student extends the knowledge of vocabulary and grammar and strengthens his/her spoken and written communication skills. The student understands the main points in texts and in a clear, slow, standard and spoken language speech related to everyday topics and work. He/she understands short texts related to nursing and can find predictable information in them. The student knows, how to express emotions, opinions or plans and can participate without preparation in a conversation on familiar topics e.g. family, work and current topics.

The target level of the course is A2 on the Common European Framework of reference.

Content

The student is able to communicate in simple everyday situations e.g.:
- telling about daily life and daily work
- making appointments and phone calls
- telling about feelings, emotions, wishes and opinions
- simple daily nursing activities at work
- grammar: more word types, i-plural forms, verbs: e.g. conditional forms, past tense and perfect tense, some non-finite verb 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 49h

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 mistakes. He/she manages independently in most everyday situations and work. 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 and work. 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)