Finnish 3 (3 cr)
Code: AE00CW70-3011
General information
- Enrollment
- 10.11.2025 - 14.01.2026
- Registration for introductions has not started yet. Registration starts :startDate
- Timing
- 12.01.2026 - 06.03.2026
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 3 cr
- Local portion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- SeAMK Hospitality Management
- Campus
- SeAMK Seinäjoki, Frami
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 10 - 50
- Degree programmes
- Bachelor of Hospitality Management
- Teachers
- Noora Kivimäki
- Groups
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HOSBA25Bachelor of Hospitality Management, Full-time studies
- Course
- AE00CW70
Evaluation scale
1-5
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 studies (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 competences (on SeAMK demonstration days)
or YKI certificate, intermediate level
Student workload
81 h, incl. lectures 24h
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.
Qualifications
Finnish 1 and Finnish 2
Further information
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Level A1