Study Guide

Objective

Students are more confident in using Finnish. After the course, they are able to tell and write about their daily life by using simple expressions and to communicate in everyday situations, such as telling about their daily life at work and running errands in a bank, post office and hotel. They are acquainted with the Finnish enterprises and working life.

Content

Students are able to communicate in everyday situations, e.g.:
- telling about daily life, holiday and travelling
- telling about work and professions
- running errands in bank, post office and hotel
- seeking a job (Level A1)
- telling the basic information of an enterprise in Finnish.
- grammar e.g. the most common noun types, object, more about the consonant gradation and the use of the local cases

Materials

Gehring, Sonja & Heinzmann, Sanni: Suomen mestari 1. Helsinki: Finn Lectura.

Teacher's material and Web-material given in the beginning of the course

Teaching methods

Contact lessons
Independent study: exercises
Written and spoken individual and group assignments
Exam

Exam schedules

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

Student workload

81h, incl. lectures 28h

Further information

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Level A1

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student knows some vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences but mistakes can impede comprehension. He can communicate in some everyday situations when helped. He understands slow and clearly articulated speech to some extent and he recognizes the topic of written texts and understands some words and expressions in them. The student is able to write short and simple texts, but mistakes impede comprehension. Other languages strongly influence the pronunciation. The student can tell only a few main facts about Finnish enterprises.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student knows the most of the vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences making a few mistakes. He manages independently in most of the everyday situations, mistakes do not impede comprehension. He understands most of the normal speed speech and the content of written texts. He is able to write mainly understandable texts while still making some mistakes. The pronunciation is mainly understandable. The student knows detailed facts widely about Finnish enterprises - although some false information might appear.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student knows the vocabulary learnt during the course. He can use simple sentences making hardly any mistakes. He manages independently and fluently in everyday situations. He understands normal speed speech and the content of written texts and he can write understandable texts, which may contain minor mistakes.The pronunciation is close to that of a native speaker. The student knows precise and detailed facts about Finnish enterprises.

Assessment methods and criteria

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

Qualifications

Finnish 1 and Finnish 2