Finnish for Registered Nurses 2 (5cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

The student extends the knowledge of vocabulary and grammar and strengthens his/her spoken and written communication skills. The student understands the main points in texts and in a clear, slow, standard and spoken language speech related to everyday topics and work. He/she understands short texts related to nursing and can find predictable information in them. The student knows, how to express emotions, opinions or plans and can participate without preparation in a conversation on familiar topics e.g. family, work and current topics.

The target level of the course is A2 on the Common European Framework of reference.

Content

The student is able to communicate in simple everyday situations e.g.:
- telling about daily life and daily work
- making appointments and phone calls
- telling about feelings, emotions, wishes and opinions
- simple daily nursing activities at work
- grammar: more word types, i-plural forms, verbs: e.g. conditional forms, past tense and perfect tense, some non-finite verb forms

Materials

Study and online material is announced at the beginning of the course.
Gehring & Heinzmann 2020. Suomen mestari 1
Gehring & Heinzmann. Suomen mestari 2
Mustonen, Sippola & Tuononen 2012. Hoidetaan suomeksi.

Teaching methods

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

Exam schedules

The exam and retake exam times are announced during the course. Participation in the course requires consent to an electronically supervised exam.

Completion alternatives

The course cannot be completed with SeAMK demonstration of competencies.

Student workload

135h, incl. lectures 50h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student knows some vocabulary of the topics learnt during the course. He/she can use simple constructions but mistakes can impede comprehension. The student can communicate in some everyday situations when helped. Other languages strongly influence the pronunciation.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student knows the most of the vocabulary of the topics learnt during the course. He/she can use simple constructions almost without mistakes. He/she manages independently in most everyday situations and work. The pronunciation is mainly understandable.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student knows the vocabulary of the topics learnt during the course. He/she can use simple constructions making hardly any mistakes. He/she manages independently and fluently in everyday situations and work. The pronunciation is close to that of a native speaker.

Further information

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