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Finnish 4 (3 cr)

Code: AE00CW76-3003

General information


Enrollment
17.04.2023 - 10.09.2023
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
28.08.2023 - 15.10.2023
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3 cr
Local portion
3 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Campus
SeAMK Seinäjoki, Frami
Teaching languages
English
Degree programmes
Bachelor of Engineering, Agri-food Engineering
Teachers
Virpi Masonen
Groups
AFE22
Bachelor of Engineering, Agri-Food Engineering , full time studies
Course
AE00CW76

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

Students are more confident in using Finnish in everyday situations. After the course, they are able to tell and write about their daily life by using typical expressions in Finnish and to communicate in everyday situations, such as telling about their daily life, work, health and running errands. They are able to give a short presentation in Finnish.

Content

Students are able to communicate in everyday situations, e.g.:
- telling about daily life and leisure time
- telling about business and work
- telling about health and running errands in a health care center (Level A1 - A2)
- grammar e.g. past tense, more noun and sentence types, plural

Materials

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

Gehring, Sonja & Heinzmann, Sanni: Suomen mestari 2. Helsinki: Finn Lectura.

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

Teaching methods

Contact lessons, independent studies, written and spoken assignments

Exam schedules

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

Student workload

81h, incl. lectures 26h

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.

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.

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.

Qualifications

Finnish 1, Finnish 2, Finnish 3

Further information

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Level A2

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