Study Guide

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 talking about their daily life, work, health and running errands.

The target level of the course is A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

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 word and sentence types, some plural forms

Materials

Study and online material will be announced at the beginning of the course.

Teaching methods

- Contact lessons, independent studies, written and spoken assignments, (distance learning only if needed)

Exam schedules

Exam and retake exam times will be announced during the course. Participation in the course requires consent to an electronically supervised exam.

Completion alternatives

Demonstration of competencies (on SeAMK demonstration days)
The course cannot be completed with a YKI certificate of any level.

Student workload

81h, incl. 24h lectures

Further information

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Level A1 - A2

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.

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.

Assessment methods and criteria

- active participation in contact lessons (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)

Qualifications

Finnish 1, Finnish 2, Finnish 3