Study Guide

Objective

The student is able to communicate fluently in most typical professional situations with patients and colleagues. He/she understands the most common texts related to work and is able to write coherent text on professional topics. The student enhances his/her spoken Finnish skills related to familiar professional topics.

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. patient information, telephone conversation; pain, medication, measuring, vaccination, nutrition;
instructions, forms, reporting, plain Finnish

Grammar: standard vs. spoken Finnish, politeness, ways of persuasion, use of numbers (dates, fraction numbers, spoken language), word and verb types, sentence types, use of passive voice

Materials

Kela, Korpela & Lehtinen 2011: Sairaan hyvää suomea.
Mustonen, Sippola & Tuononen 2012: Hoidetaan suomeksi.
Online material

Teaching methods

- Contact lessons and 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. 26h lectures

Further information

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Level B1, B2

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1-2 The student is able to communicate both in spoken and written Finnish in routine professional situations. 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 texts. However, he/she makes mistakes in grammatical structures, which cause misunderstanding and complicate communication. He/she has some command of basic nursing vocabulary and ways of politeness and persuasive language. Other languages strongly influence the pronunciation, However, the pronunciation is understandable, but sometimes inaccurate in special terminology.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3-4 The student is able to communicate fluently both in spoken and written Finnish in the most common professional situations. He/she manages usually independently or with little help everyday working life communication situations. The student understands main ideas of professional contents and is able to write mostly coherent and grammatically flawless text. He/she has mostly a good command of nursing vocabulary and is able to use ways of politeness and persuasive language. The pronunciation is mainly understandable.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5 The student is able to communicate accurately and fluently both in spoken and written Finnish in the most common professional situations. He/she manages independently everyday working life communication situations. The student understands main ideas of professional contents and is able to write coherent and grammatically flawless text. He/she has a good command of nursing vocabulary and is able to use ways of politeness and persuasive language. The pronunciation is close to that of a native speaker.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Failed
The student does not achieve the course outcomes at a satisfactory level.

Assessment methods and criteria

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

Qualifications

B1 level or equivalent knowledge.

Further information

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