Study Guide

Objective

The student has learned more basics of French. The student is able to understand and use the key vocabulary and structures of the language both in speech and in writing. Having taken the course, the student is able to talk about events using the tenses of past, is able to talk about their hobbies, and is able to talk about their home country and home town in French.

Content

- talking about one?s hobbies
- different communication situations
- talking about travel
- tenses of past

Materials

Material provided by the teacher

Teaching methods

Classroom teaching

Student workload

Total student workload 81 hours, of which 27 h classroom teaching and 54 h independent work

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1: The student is able to communicate in some everyday oral situations when helped. The student makes mistakes in pronunciation. The student understands some slow speech and recognizes the topic of written texts as well as understands some words and expressions in them. The student is able to read and write simple text, but mistakes impede comprehension.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3: The student is able to communicate independently in everyday speech situations, mistakes do not impede comprehension. Their pronunciation is mainly understandable. The student can understand the main points of slow speech and easy texts. The student is able to write mainly understandable texts, even though they still make some mistakes. The student is able to read and write texts but still makes some mistakes.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5: The student is capable of active, independent and understandable communication in everyday speech situations. Their pronunciation is close to that of a native speaker. The student understands normal-rate speech and easy written texts. They can write understandable text, which may contain minor mistakes.

Assessment methods and criteria

Attendance in classroom teaching (80%), passing a written exam and assignments.

Qualifications

French 1 or similar

Further information

If there are other than Finnish-speakers on the course, the language of instruction is either Finnish and English or exclusively English ? which is agreed on with the group