Finnish 1 (3 cr)
Code: AE00CW66-3010
General information
- Enrollment
- 22.04.2025 - 03.09.2025
- Registration for the implementation has begun.
- Timing
- 01.09.2025 - 12.10.2025
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 3 cr
- Local portion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- SeAMK Food Processing and Biotechnology
- Campus
- SeAMK Seinäjoki, Frami
- Teaching languages
- English
- Degree programmes
- Bachelor of Engineering, Automation Engineering
- Bachelor of Engineering, Agri-food Engineering
- Teachers
- Virpi Masonen
- Groups
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AFE25Bachelor of Engineering, Agri-Food Engineering , full time studies
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AE25Bachelor of Engineering, Automation Engineering
- Course
- AE00CW66
Evaluation scale
1-5
Objective
Students know some basic vocabulary, grammar and phrases of the Finnish language. After the course, they are able to tell and write about themselves using simple expressions and to communicate in simple everyday situations. Furthermore, students are acquainted with Finland as a country and also have a better understanding of the Finnish way of life.
Content
This course provides students with an introduction to Finland and the Finnish language and culture:
- greetings, basic phrases, numbers
- introducing and telling about oneself (name, address, age, country, nationality, language skills), family and housing
- some expressions of time (weekdays, months, seasons, telling time)
- weather
- basic vocabulary (e.g. numbers, time, family, home, weather)
- simple everyday situations, e.g. telling about oneself, shopping and asking prices (Level A1)
- grammar, e.g. personal pronouns, possessive construction, verb conjugation, question and negative sentence, partitive case, genitive, local cases, consonant gradation
- main features of the spoken language
- basic information about Finland and Finnish culture.
Materials
Online material
Gehring, Sonja & Heinzmann, Sanni: Suomen mestari 1. Helsinki: Finn Lectura.
Teaching methods
Contact lessons, independent studies, spoken and written exam
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 competences (on SeAMK demonstration days) or YKI certificate, intermediate level
Student workload
81 h, incl. 26 h lectures
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
The student knows some vocabulary and polite phrases learnt during the course. He 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. The student can tell only a few main facts about the country and its culture.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
The student knows the most of the vocabulary and polite phrases learnt during the course. He can use simple constructions almost without mistakes. He manages independently in most everyday situations. The pronunciation is mainly understandable. The student knows detailed facts widely - although some false information might appear - and is therefore relatively well acquainted with the country and its culture.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
The student knows the vocabulary and polite phrases learnt during the course. He can use simple constructions making hardly any mistakes. He manages independently and fluently in everyday situations. The pronunciation is close to that of a native speaker. The student knows precise and detailed facts and is well acquainted with the country and its culture.
Qualifications
No prerequisites
Further information
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Level A1