Finnish 2

Structure Type: Course
Code: KD19APFIN02
Type: Compulsory
Level: Bachelor
Credits: 3.0 points
Responsible Teacher: Simon, Heli
Teacher Team: Nieminen, Sirkka
Language of Instruction: English

Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester

Curriculum  Semester  Credits  Start of Semester  End of Semester
INBUS2-2015   1 spring   3.0   2016-01-01   2016-07-31  
INBUS2-2016   1 spring   3.0   2017-01-01   2017-07-31  

Learning Outcomes

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 ordering food and drinks at a restaurant or telling about their daily lives and travelling. They extend their knowledge of the basic vocabulary, grammar and typical structures of the Finnish language. They are further acquainted with the Finnish way of life.

Student's Workload

Total work load of the course: 81 h
- of which lectures and exercises: 30 h
- of which independent work: 51 h

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

Finnish 1

Contents

Students are able to communicate in simple everyday situations e.g.:
- ordering food and drinks in restaurant, travelling
- telling about their daily life and hobbies
- asking the way, telling about places and explaining directions in daily life
- travelling (Level A1)
- grammar e.g. verb conjugation, partitive case, more about consonant gradation, some typical sentence types.

Recommended or Required Reading

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

Web-material given in the beginning of the course

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

- Face-to-face learning, independent studies (exercises)

Assessment Criteria

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.
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 the most 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.
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 Methods

- active participation in exercises in contact lessons
- written and oral exercises
- exam (Students have to score a minimum of 50% of the points to pass the exam)

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