Study Guide

Objective

On completion of the course, the student will be able to participate in everyday life communication in familiar situations and his/her language skills will be sufficient to handle simple practical matters. He/she will be able to understand the main points in short, ordinary texts and also conclude details from the context. The student will be able to write short messages and describe his/her personal history and leisure time in a simple manner. The student’s communication skills will correspond to the skill level A2 as defined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Content

- oral and written communication in everyday contexts: leisure time, traveling, hobbies, health, nature, running errands, basic information about the Finnish culture and society
- grammatical structures, for example past and nominal forms of verbs, case government, using the object form, expressing necessity, new word types
- features of spoken Finnish

Prerequisites

Previous knowledge of Finnish on the A1.3 level, for example the courses Finnish 1 (5 credits) and Finnish 2 (5 credits).

Starting level: A1.3
Target level: A2

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student is able to
- answer questions in a simple conversation
- write short and simple texts concerning everyday life
- understand the main points and some details in ordinary texts
- recognize the most important features of colloquial Finnish.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student is able to
- communicate understandably in a simple conversation
- apply simple and familiar structures and vocabulary
- further a conversation to some extent, for example by asking questions and commenting on the subject
- understand texts concerning everyday life
- compose understandable texts on familiar topics
- understand basic features of colloquial Finnish.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student is able to
- participate in simple conversations concerning familiar everyday topics both as a listener and as a speaker
- further the conversation by asking questions and commenting on the subject
- understand short texts concerning everyday life even when the topic is not related to his or her immediate environment
- apply the structures he or she has learnt to new words and expressions
- use basic colloquial Finnish to some extent.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student is able to
- answer questions in a simple conversation
- write short and simple texts concerning everyday life
- understand the main points and some details in ordinary texts
- recognize the most important features of colloquial Finnish.