Finnish for Foreigners 3

Code: FIN1LC003
Extent: 6 cr (162 h)
Timing: 3rd semester
Language: English, Finnish
Level: core studies, CEFR level A2
Type: compulsory (international students)

Starting level and linkage with other courses

Prerequisites: Finnish for Foreigners 1 and 2 

Learning outcomes

After completing this course, the student is able to

  • give orders and warnings
  • handle in different social situation
  • make propositions and tell about the plans
  • tell about the past
  • write notes
  • cope with travelling situations
  • talk about work
  • understand basic media text
  • understand more demanding aspects of Finnish culture and society.

Course contents

  • different situations in everyday life: daily rutines, applying for a job, travelling, telephone conversations, health and sickness, autobiography
  • grammar: imperative, past tense, 3rd infinitive
  • aspects of Finnish society

Teaching and learning methods

Contact hours 64 h
Independent studies, exam and group work 96 h

Alternative completions

Without the course attendance (50 %) written and oral examination based on the book Heikkilä & Majakangas: Hyvin menee 1, chapters 17 – 23.

Recognition of prior learning (RLP)

The students who already have taken courses in Finnish or otherwise obtained a good/excellent knowledge of Finnish language can pass the course by attending written and oral level test.

Teacher responsible

Antti Kurhinen, Porvoo

Course materials

Teacher's own material

Assessment criteria

The course is evaluated on scale 1 to 5. The assessment criteria is presented on scale 1 – 3 – 5.

1 (50 % ) 3 (70 % ) 5 (90 % )
The student can produce short loose sentences, though he/she has many difficulties in the pronounciation and the written outcome.  The student uses the essential vocabulary and the constructions of the course satisfactory. The student has returned the assignments with deficiencies and/or not on time. The student has participated at least 50 % of the classes.

 		   The student can produce short loose sentences, though he/she has  some difficulties in the pronounciation and the written outcome.  The student uses quite well the essential vocabulary and the constructions of the course. The student has returned most of the assignments on time. The student has participated at leat 50 % of the classes.

   		 The student can produce short loose sentences with pretty good pronunciation and written outcome.  The student masters the essential vocabulary and the constructions of the course. The student has returned all the assignments on time. The student has participated at least 50 % of the classes.      

Assessment components and their respective weights

Written and oral examinations 90 %

Word tests and written assignments 10 %

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