Intermediate Finnish (5op)

Opetusmenetelmät

At the campus, on weekly basis, Optima/Canvas will be used also. NOTICE! THE STUDENTS HAVE TO BE PRESENT AT THE 1ST SESSION OR INFORM THE TEACHER IN ADVANCE ON THEIR ABSENCE. Otherwise they may loose their place at the course.

Aika ja paikka

At the Leppävaara campus.
The course will be held on weekly basis (once a week, 3 lessons). Exceptions in the course schedule in Pakki after the course has started.
Course ends in the middle of December.
NOTICE! THE STUDENTS HAVE TO BE PRESENT AT THE 1ST SESSION OR INFORM THE TEACHER IN ADVANCE ON THEIR ABSENCE. Otherwise they may loose their place at the course.

Oppimateriaalit

Study material can be printed out in Optima/Canvas at "Intermediate Finnish" work space after the course has started. Master copy is also available in the Laurea Leppävaara library (Ask the staff for teachers' materials!). It has about 35 pages and is called "Intermediate Finnish". THE STUDENTS COPY/PRINT OUT THE MATERIAL THEMSELVES.

Tenttien ajankohdat ja uusintamahdollisuudet

Exam (written and oral) schedule will be announced in the beginning of the course.

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

According to Laurea mathematics, 5 credits requires a workload of 135 hours. About 40-45 of them will be used for weekly lessons in classroom. Homework and home studies will take the rest of the hours, however, it may vary depending on students' personal activeness, skills and goals.

Sisällön jaksotus

Small talk (colloquial Finnish), studying vocabulary, describing one's home country, grammar (negative past tense, past perfect, pluperfect, more expressions of time, adjective comparison), expressings one's opionion - agreeing and disagreeing - , dates and ordinal numbers etc

Lisätietoja opiskelijoille

Prerequisites: 10 cr in Finnish (or otherwise aquired basic skills).Starting level: A1.2.

Tavoitteet

The student is able to
- interact in various social situations
- develop her/his Finnish skills independently
- understand Finnish lifestyle and Finns more deeply
- use most frequent grammar structures to convey her/his message in spite of possible mistakes
- reach the target level A1.3-A2.1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Arviointiasteikko

H-5

Lisätiedot

Prerequisites: 10 cr in Finnish (or otherwise aquired basic skills).Starting level: A1.2.