Finnish 4, CEFR A2.2, online (4 ECTS)

Location and time

Online lessons (36 hours) in HILL-room

Materials

Uudistettu Suomen mestari 2 (new edition 2022): Suomen kielen oppikirja aikuisille (Gehring, Heinzmann, Peltomäki, Päivärinne, Udd)

Employer connections

The content of studying Finnish will help you cope with everyday situations and in the workplace in Finnish.

Exam schedules

Lectures and exam during weeks 3-18. The final exam will be organised in an Examination Room (no Moodle exam). Resit exams will be announced later.

International connections

HILL Moodle

Completion alternatives

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Student workload

Lectures + exam 38 h Homework / self-studying 70h

Content scheduling

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Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The student - communicates in some situations in everyday life - recognizes the topics in a conversation, easy general speech and text concerning everyday life - has the ability to guess the meaning of some unfamiliar words in a text or in a conversation in a clear context - writes short and simple texts on familiar and everyday topics - knows some common vocabulary (e.g. running errands, traditions and holidays, and education and work) - knows some common structures (e.g. verb tenses, plural nouns and some other noun structures, and different sentence types)

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

In addition to the lower grade requirements, the student - communicates in some official settings - writes short texts on familiar and everyday topics with little errors - uses some common vocabulary and structures

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

In addition to the lower grade requirements, the student - recognizes some details in short texts and communicative situations concerning everyday life - communicates in everyday life and in some work-related communicative situations - uses the most common cohesive devices

Teaching methods

The student will strengthen and expand their basic skills in Finnish language at the level A2. The student can communicate with simple sentences in everyday life and some professional communicative situations. They understand general speech and recognize the topics in a conversation. They have learnt to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words and categories of words. The student is able to write short texts on familiar and everyday topics with the most common vocabulary and structures.

Further information

It is important to practice the Finnish language also in your own time - in everyday life!

Evaluation scale

1-5