Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- ask about the health and describe their own health.
- describe places, things and people.
- understand and write short messages about everyday life (e.g., invitations, requests, messages of absence).
- understand short messages and advertiments related to celebrations and events.
- tell about matters and events using the most common verbs in the past tense.

Proficiency level: A1

Implementation and methods of teaching

Lessons (15 x 2 hours) on campus, assignments in Moodle, independent work (53 hours)
Please note, that the course is primarily not designed for completely independent studying, but the participants are expected to be active in the lessons.

Timing and attendance

4rd period, Autumn 2024

Learning material and recommended literature

Material offered by teacher

Exam retakes

Exam dates will be announced later.

Learning environment

Classroom on campus, Moodle

Student time use and work load

15 lessons (30 hours) and independent work (51 hours)

Contents

- Health, sickness, body parts and appearance

- events and celebrations related to student life (e.g., birthdays, student events, town festivals)

- short messages about free time, studies, and work (formal and informal)

- must sentence

- verbs can, may and get

- basic information on the plural partitive

- KPT variation in verb types 3 and 4

- word types

-basic information on the past tense

-basic information on the object

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Finnish 3 or equivalent skills

Assessment criteria

The evaluation of student's performance consists of 2-3 parts:

1) Continuous assessment

2) An exam to evaluate, how well the student can
- write in Finnish
- understand Finnish texts
- understand spoken Finnish.

3) In some cases, an oral exam to evaluate the student's ability to speak Finnish. (More information will be available in the course introduction material in Moodle.)

Assessment scale

1-5

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student partly masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time.
The student understands some main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react with few words.
The student can produce short written and spoken texts related to the topics of the course, but there are flaws in vocabulary and structures.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time well.
The student understands the main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react with short sentences.
The student can produce short written and spoken texts related to the topics of the course, but there are flaws that can cause misunderstandings.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time in an excellent way.
The student understands the main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react in their own words.
The student can produce mainly flawless written and spoken texts.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- ask about the health and describe their own health.
- describe places, things and people.
- understand and write short messages about everyday life (e.g., invitations, requests, messages of absence).
- understand short messages and advertiments related to celebrations and events.
- tell about matters and events using the most common verbs in the past tense.

Proficiency level: A1

Implementation and methods of teaching

Individual, pair and group work. Online-classes via Zoom.

Timing and attendance

Active participation is required.

Learning material and recommended literature

Materials in Moodle.

Exam retakes

Written and oral exam. The exam dates will be announced at the beginning of the course.

Learning environment

Zoom and Moodle.

Student time use and work load

Approximately 81 hours (meetings + independent studying).

Contents

The course content will be the following:
- health, sickness
- short messages related to studying and working (phone, email)
- must sentence
- verbs can, may and get
- basic information on the plural partitive
- K, P, T -variation
- word types
- basic information on the past tense
- basic information on the object

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Finnish 1 - 3 -courses or equivalent skills

Assessment criteria

A written and oral exam.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

The student has not reached the learning objectives.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student has reached the learning objectives at a satisfactory level.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student has reached the learning objectives well.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student has reached the learning objectives in an excellent way.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- ask about the health and describe their own health.
- describe places, things and people.
- understand and write short messages about everyday life (e.g., invitations, requests, messages of absence).
- understand short messages and advertiments related to celebrations and events.
- tell about matters and events using the most common verbs in the past tense.

Proficiency level: A1

Implementation and methods of teaching

Lessons (14 x 2 hours) in Zoom, assignments in Moodle, independent work (53 hours)

Timing and attendance

2nd period, Autumn 2024

Learning material and recommended literature

Material given by teacher

Exam retakes

The exam dates will be announced later.

Learning environment

Moodle

Student time use and work load

14 lessons in Zoom (28 hours) and independent work (53 hours)

Contents

- Health, sickness, body parts and appearance

- events and celebrations related to student life (e.g., birthdays, student events, town festivals)

- short messages about free time, studies, and work (formal and informal)

- must sentence

- verbs can, may and get

- basic information on the plural partitive

- KPT variation in verb types 3 and 4

- word types

-basic information on the past tense

-basic information on the object

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Finnish 3 or equivalent skills

Assessment criteria

An exam to evaluate, how well the student can
- write in Finnish
- understand Finnish texts
- understand Finnish talk
- speak in Finnish.

Active participation is expected in the course.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

The student has not reached the learning objectives.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student partly masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time.
The student understands some main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react with few words.
The student can produce short written and spoken texts related to the topics of the course, but there are flaws in vocabulary and structures.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time well.
The student understands the main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react with short sentences.
The student can produce short written and spoken texts related to the topics of the course, but there are flaws that can cause misunderstandings.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time in an excellent way.
The student understands the main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react in their own words.
The student can produce mainly flawless written and spoken texts.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- ask about the health and describe their own health.
- describe places, things and people.
- understand and write short messages about everyday life (e.g., invitations, requests, messages of absence).
- understand short messages and advertiments related to celebrations and events.
- tell about matters and events using the most common verbs in the past tense.

Proficiency level: A1

Implementation and methods of teaching

Individual, pair and group work on campus.

Timing and attendance

Active participation is required.

Learning material and recommended literature

Materials given by the teacher.

Exam retakes

Written and oral exam. The exam dates will be announced at the beginning of the course.

Learning environment

In class.

Student time use and work load

Approximately 81 hours (meetings + independent studying).

Contents

The course content will be the following:
- health, sickness
- short messages related to studying and working (phone, email)
- must sentence
- verbs can, may and get
- basic information on the plural partitive
- K, P, T -variation
- word types
- basic information on the past tense
- basic information on the object

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Finnish 1 - 3 -courses or equivalent skills

Assessment criteria

A written and oral exam to evaluate, how well the student can
- write in Finnish
- understand Finnish texts
- understand Finnish talk
- speak in Finnish.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

The student has not reached the learning objectives.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- recognizes and can use some phrases studied in the course
- can tell about someone's appearance and her/his health condition by few sentences
- can recognize and use few words studied in the course
- can write a short message and a story in Finnish on a given topic
- pronounces Finnish understandably

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- understands and can use many phrases studied in the course
- tells about someone's appearance and her/his health condition in quite versatile way
- understands and uses the basic vocabulary studied in the course
- can write a message and a story in Finnish with only quite flawless
- pronounces Finnish understandably.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- understands and can use all or almost all phrases studied in the course
- tells about someone's appearance and her/his health condition in versatile way
- understands and uses vocabulary studied in the course quite extensively
- can write a quite long message and story in Finnish mainly flawless
- pronounces Finnish quite well.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- ask about the health and describe their own health.
- describe places, things and people.
- understand and write short messages about everyday life (e.g., invitations, requests, messages of absence).
- understand short messages and advertiments related to celebrations and events.
- tell about matters and events using the most common verbs in the past tense.

Proficiency level: A1

Implementation and methods of teaching

Individual, pair and group work on campus.

Learning material and recommended literature

Materials given by the teacher.

Exam retakes

Written and oral exam. The exam dates will be announced at the beginning of the course.

Learning environment

In class.

Student time use and work load

Approximately 81 hours (meetings + independent studying).

Contents

The course content will be the following:
- health, sickness
- short messages related to studying and working (phone, email)
- must sentence
- verbs can, may and get
- basic information on the plural partitive
- K, P, T -variation
- word types
- basic information on the past tense
- basic information on the object

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Finnish 1 - 3 -courses or equivalent skills

Assessment criteria

A written and oral exam to evaluate, how well the student can
- write in Finnish
- understand Finnish texts
- understand Finnish talk
- speak in Finnish.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

The student has not reached the learning objectives.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- recognizes and can use some phrases studied in the course
- can tell about someone's appearance and her/his health condition by few sentences
- can recognize and use few words studied in the course
- can write a short message and a story in Finnish on a given topic
- pronounces Finnish understandably

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- understands and can use many phrases studied in the course
- tells about someone's appearance and her/his health condition in quite versatile way
- understands and uses the basic vocabulary studied in the course
- can write a message and a story in Finnish with only quite flawless
- pronounces Finnish understandably.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- understands and can use all or almost all phrases studied in the course
- tells about someone's appearance and her/his health condition in versatile way
- understands and uses vocabulary studied in the course quite extensively
- can write a quite long message and story in Finnish mainly flawless
- pronounces Finnish quite well.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- ask about the health and describe their own health.
- describe places, things and people.
- understand and write short messages about everyday life (e.g., invitations, requests, messages of absence).
- understand short messages and advertiments related to celebrations and events.
- tell about matters and events using the most common verbs in the past tense.

Proficiency level: A1

Implementation and methods of teaching

Lessons (14 x 2 hours) on campus, assignments in Moodle, independent work (53 hours)

Timing and attendance

04.03.2024 - 21.04.2024

Learning material and recommended literature

Material given by teacher

Learning environment

Moodle

Student time use and work load

14 lessons on campus (28 hours) and independent work (53 hours)

Contents

- Health, sickness, body parts and appearance

- events and celebrations related to student life (e.g., birthdays, student events, town festivals)

- short messages about free time, studies, and work (formal and informal)

- must sentence

- verbs can, may and get

- basic information on the plural partitive

- KPT variation in verb types 3 and 4?

- word types??

-basic information on the past tense?

-basic information on the object

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Finnish 3 or equivalent skills

Assessment criteria

An exam to evaluate, how well the student can
- write in Finnish
- understand Finnish texts
- understand Finnish talk
- speak in Finnish.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

The student has not reached the learning objectives.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student partly masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time.
The student understands some main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react with few words.
The student can produce short written and spoken texts related to the topics of the course, but there are flaws in vocabulary and structures.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time well.
The student understands the main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react with short sentences.
The student can produce short written and spoken texts related to the topics of the course, but there are flaws that can cause misunderstandings.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time in an excellent way.
The student understands the main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react in their own words.
The student can produce mainly flawless written and spoken texts.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- ask about the health and describe their own health.
- describe places, things and people.
- understand and write short messages about everyday life (e.g., invitations, requests, messages of absence).
- understand short messages and advertiments related to celebrations and events.
- tell about matters and events using the most common verbs in the past tense.

Proficiency level: A1

Implementation and methods of teaching

Lessons (15 x 2 hours) on campus, assignments in Moodle, independent work (53 hours)

Timing and attendance

4rd period, Spring 2024

Learning material and recommended literature

Material offered by teacher

Learning environment

Classroom on campus, Moodle

Student time use and work load

14 lessons (28 hours) and independent work (53 hours)

Contents

- Health, sickness, body parts and appearance

- events and celebrations related to student life (e.g., birthdays, student events, town festivals)

- short messages about free time, studies, and work (formal and informal)

- must sentence

- verbs can, may and get

- basic information on the plural partitive

- KPT variation in verb types 3 and 4

- word types

-basic information on the past tense

-basic information on the object

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Finnish 3 or equivalent skills

Assessment criteria

The evaluation of student's performance consists of 2-3 parts:

1) Continuous assessment

2) An exam to evaluate, how well the student can
- write in Finnish
- understand Finnish texts
- understand spoken Finnish.

3) In some cases, an oral exam to evaluate the student's ability to speak Finnish. (More information will be available in the course introduction material in Moodle.)

Assessment scale

1-5

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student partly masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time.
The student understands some main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react with few words.
The student can produce short written and spoken texts related to the topics of the course, but there are flaws in vocabulary and structures.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time well.
The student understands the main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react with short sentences.
The student can produce short written and spoken texts related to the topics of the course, but there are flaws that can cause misunderstandings.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time in an excellent way.
The student understands the main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react in their own words.
The student can produce mainly flawless written and spoken texts.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- ask about the health and describe their own health.
- describe places, things and people.
- understand and write short messages about everyday life (e.g., invitations, requests, messages of absence).
- understand short messages and advertiments related to celebrations and events.
- tell about matters and events using the most common verbs in the past tense.

Proficiency level: A1

Implementation and methods of teaching

Contact lessons on Lahti campus as well as independent studying.

Timing and attendance

- The course will be organized during one period.
- Active participation is required.

Learning material and recommended literature

Textbook: Oma suomi 1.Suomea aikuisille (2nd edition)
Authors: Terhi Tapaninen & Kristiina Kuparinen
Publisher: Finn Lectura


Material provided by the teacher.

Exam retakes

The exam dates will be announced later.

Learning environment

Classroom and Moodle online learning platform

Student time use and work load

3 credits corresponds to approximately 80 hours of study.
Classes approx. 28 hours.
Independent study, including homework and learning assignments, and preparing for exams approx. 50 hours.

Contents

The course content will be the following:
- health, sickness, body parts and appearance
- events and celebrations related to student life (e.g., birthdays, student events, town festivals)
- short messages about free time, studies, and work (formal and informal)
- must sentence
- verbs can, may and get
- basic information on the plural partitive
- K, P, T -variation
- word types
- basic information on the past tense
- basic information on the object
Objective
The student is able to
- ask about the health and describe their own health.
- describe places, things and people.
- understand and write short messages about everyday life (e.g., invitations, requests, messages of absence).
- understand short messages and advertisements related to celebrations and events.
- tell about matters and events using the most common verbs in the past tense.

Proficiency level: A1

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Finnish 1—3 -courses or equivalent skills.

Assessment criteria

Ongoing evaluation and written and oral exam to evaluate, how well the student can
- write in Finnish
- understand Finnish texts
- understand Finnish talk
- speak in Finnish.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

The student has not reached the learning objectives.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student has reached the learning objectives at a satisfactory level.
Student
- recognizes and can use some phrases studied in the course
- can tell about someone's appearance and her/his health condition by few sentences
- can recognize and use few words studied in the course
- can write a short message and a story in Finnish on a given topic
- pronounces Finnish understandably.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student has reached the learning objectives well.
Student
- understands and can use many phrases studied in the course
- tells about someone's appearance and her/his health condition in quite versatile way
- understands and uses the basic vocabulary studied in the course
- can write a message and a story in Finnish with only quite flawless
- pronounces Finnish understandably.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student has reached the learning objectives in an excellent way.
Student
- understands and can use all or almost all phrases studied in the course
- tells about someone's appearance and her/his health condition in versatile way
- understands and uses vocabulary studied in the course quite extensively
- can write a quite long message and story in Finnish mainly flawless
- pronounces Finnish quite well.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- ask about the health and describe their own health.
- describe places, things and people.
- understand and write short messages about everyday life (e.g., invitations, requests, messages of absence).
- understand short messages and advertiments related to celebrations and events.
- tell about matters and events using the most common verbs in the past tense.

Proficiency level: A1

Implementation and methods of teaching

Individual, pair and group work. Online-classes via Zoom.

Timing and attendance

Active participation is required.

Learning material and recommended literature

Materials in Moodle.

Exam retakes

Written and oral exam. The exam dates will be announced at the beginning of the course.

Learning environment

Zoom and Moodle.

Student time use and work load

Approximately 81 hours (meetings + independent studying).

Contents

The course content will be the following:
- health, sickness
- short messages related to studying and working (phone, email)
- must sentence
- verbs can, may and get
- basic information on the plural partitive
- K, P, T -variation
- word types
- basic information on the past tense
- basic information on the object

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Finnish 1 - 3 -courses or equivalent skills

Assessment criteria

A written and oral exam.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

The student has not reached the learning objectives.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- recognizes and can use some phrases studied in the course
- can tell about someone's appearance and her/his health condition by few sentences
- can recognize and use few words studied in the course
- can write a short message and a story in Finnish on a given topic
- pronounces Finnish understandably

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- understands and can use many phrases studied in the course
- tells about someone's appearance and her/his health condition in quite versatile way
- understands and uses the basic vocabulary studied in the course
- can write a message and a story in Finnish with only quite flawless
- pronounces Finnish understandably.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- understands and can use all or almost all phrases studied in the course
- tells about someone's appearance and her/his health condition in versatile way
- understands and uses vocabulary studied in the course quite extensively
- can write a quite long message and story in Finnish mainly flawless
- pronounces Finnish quite well.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- ask about the health and describe their own health.
- describe places, things and people.
- understand and write short messages about everyday life (e.g., invitations, requests, messages of absence).
- understand short messages and advertiments related to celebrations and events.
- tell about matters and events using the most common verbs in the past tense.

Proficiency level: A1

Implementation and methods of teaching

Individual, pair and group work. Online-classes via Zoom.

Timing and attendance

Active participation is required.

Learning material and recommended literature

Materials in Moodle.

Exam retakes

Written and oral exam. The exam dates will be announced at the beginning of the course.

Learning environment

Zoom and Moodle.

Student time use and work load

Approximately 81 hours (meetings + independent studying).

Contents

The course content will be the following:
- health, sickness
- short messages related to studying and working (phone, email)
- must sentence
- verbs can, may and get
- basic information on the plural partitive
- K, P, T -variation
- word types
- basic information on the past tense
- basic information on the object

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Finnish 1 - 3 -courses or equivalent skills

Assessment criteria

A written and oral exam.

Assessment scale

1-5

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- recognizes and can use some phrases studied in the course
- can tell about someone's appearance and her/his health condition by few sentences
- can recognize and use few words studied in the course
- can write a short message and a story in Finnish on a given topic
- pronounces Finnish understandably

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- understands and can use many phrases studied in the course
- tells about someone's appearance and her/his health condition in quite versatile way
- understands and uses the basic vocabulary studied in the course
- can write a message and a story in Finnish with only quite flawless
- pronounces Finnish understandably.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- understands and can use all or almost all phrases studied in the course
- tells about someone's appearance and her/his health condition in versatile way
- understands and uses vocabulary studied in the course quite extensively
- can write a quite long message and story in Finnish mainly flawless
- pronounces Finnish quite well.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- ask about the health and describe their own health.
- describe places, things and people.
- understand and write short messages about everyday life (e.g., invitations, requests, messages of absence).
- understand short messages and advertiments related to celebrations and events.
- tell about matters and events using the most common verbs in the past tense.

Proficiency level: A1

Implementation and methods of teaching

Lessons (16 x 2 hours) in Zoom, assignments in Moodle, independent work
Exam in the Exam room.

Timing and attendance

2nd period, Autumn 2023

Learning material and recommended literature

Material given by teacher

Learning environment

Moodle

Student time use and work load

16 lessons in Zoom (30 hours) and independent work (51 hours)

Contents

- Health, sickness, body parts and appearance

- events and celebrations related to student life (e.g., birthdays, student events, town festivals)

- short messages about free time, studies, and work (formal and informal)

- must sentence

- verbs can, may and get

- basic information on the plural partitive

- KPT variation in verb types 3 and 4

- word types

-basic information on the past tense

-basic information on the object

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Finnish 3 or equivalent skills

Assessment criteria

An exam to evaluate, how well the student can
- write in Finnish
- understand Finnish texts
- understand Finnish talk
- speak in Finnish.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

The student has not reached the learning objectives.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student partly masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time.
The student understands some main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react with few words.
The student can produce short written and spoken texts related to the topics of the course, but there are flaws in vocabulary and structures.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time well.
The student understands the main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react with short sentences.
The student can produce short written and spoken texts related to the topics of the course, but there are flaws that can cause misunderstandings.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time in an excellent way.
The student understands the main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react in their own words.
The student can produce mainly flawless written and spoken texts.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- ask about the health and describe their own health.
- describe places, things and people.
- understand and write short messages about everyday life (e.g., invitations, requests, messages of absence).
- understand short messages and advertiments related to celebrations and events.
- tell about matters and events using the most common verbs in the past tense.

Proficiency level: A1

Implementation and methods of teaching

Lessons and independent studying. Contents of the course are studied mainly with functional exercises.

Timing and attendance

The course will be organized during one period. Active participation is required.

Learning material and recommended literature

Materials given by the teacher. Most of the material is in Moodle.

Exam retakes

Written and oral exam on campus. The exam dates will be announced at the beginning of the course. Written exam can be taken also in Exam Room. Exam retake in Exam Room.

Learning environment

Lessons are at the campus and exercises in Moodle.

Student time use and work load

Approximately 81 hours (meetings + independent studying).

Contents

The course content will be the following:
- health, sickness, body parts and appearance
- events and celebrations related to student life (e.g., birthdays, student events, town festivals)
- short messages about free time, studies, and work (formal and informal)
- must sentence
- verbs can, may and get
- basic information on the plural partitive
- K, P, T -variation
- word types
- basic information on the past tense
- basic information on the object

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Finnish 1 - 3 -courses or equivalent skills

Assessment criteria

A written and oral exams to evaluate, how well the student can
- write in Finnish
- understand Finnish texts
- understand Finnish talk
- speak in Finnish.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

The student has not reached the learning objectives.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- recognizes and can use some phrases studied in the course
- can tell about someone's appearance and her/his health condition by few sentences
- can recognize and use few words studied in the course
- can write a short message and a story in Finnish on a given topic
- pronounces Finnish understandably.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- understands and can use many phrases studied in the course
- tells about someone's appearance and her/his health condition in quite versatile way
- understands and uses the basic vocabulary studied in the course
- can write a message and a story in Finnish with only quite flawless
- pronounces Finnish understandably.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- understands and can use all or almost all phrases studied in the course
- tells about someone's appearance and her/his health condition in versatile way
- understands and uses vocabulary studied in the course quite extensively
- can write a quite long message and story in Finnish mainly flawless
- pronounces Finnish quite well.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- ask about the health and describe their own health.
- describe places, things and people.
- understand and write short messages about everyday life (e.g., invitations, requests, messages of absence).
- understand short messages and advertiments related to celebrations and events.
- tell about matters and events using the most common verbs in the past tense.

Proficiency level: A1

Implementation and methods of teaching

Individual, pair and group work on campus.

Timing and attendance

25.09.2023 - 17.11.2023
Active participation is required.

Learning material and recommended literature

Materials given by the teacher.

Exam retakes

Written and oral exam. The exam dates will be announced at the beginning of the course.

Learning environment

In class.

Student time use and work load

Approximately 81 hours (meetings + independent studying).

Contents

The course content will be the following:
- health, sickness
- short messages related to studying and working (phone, email)
- must sentence
- verbs can, may and get
- basic information on the plural partitive
- K, P, T -variation
- word types
- basic information on the past tense
- basic information on the object

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Finnish 1 - 3 -courses or equivalent skills

Assessment criteria

A written and oral exam to evaluate, how well the student can
- write in Finnish
- understand Finnish texts
- understand Finnish talk
- speak in Finnish.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

The student has not reached the learning objectives.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- recognizes and can use some phrases studied in the course
- can tell about someone's appearance and her/his health condition by few sentences
- can recognize and use few words studied in the course
- can write a short message and a story in Finnish on a given topic
- pronounces Finnish understandably

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- understands and can use many phrases studied in the course
- tells about someone's appearance and her/his health condition in quite versatile way
- understands and uses the basic vocabulary studied in the course
- can write a message and a story in Finnish with only quite flawless
- pronounces Finnish understandably.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- understands and can use all or almost all phrases studied in the course
- tells about someone's appearance and her/his health condition in versatile way
- understands and uses vocabulary studied in the course quite extensively
- can write a quite long message and story in Finnish mainly flawless
- pronounces Finnish quite well.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- ask about the health and describe their own health.
- describe places, things and people.
- understand and write short messages about everyday life (e.g., invitations, requests, messages of absence).
- understand short messages and advertiments related to celebrations and events.
- tell about matters and events using the most common verbs in the past tense.

Proficiency level: A1

Implementation and methods of teaching

Lessons and independent studying. Contents of the course are studied mainly with functional exercises.

Timing and attendance

The course will be organized during one period. Active participation is required.

Learning material and recommended literature

Materials given by the teacher. Most of the material is in Moodle.

Exam retakes

Written and oral exam. The exam dates will be announced at the beginning of the course.

Learning environment

Lessons are at the campus and exercises in Moodle.

Student time use and work load

Approximately 81 hours (meetings + independent studying).

Contents

The course content will be the following:
- health, sickness, body parts and appearance
- events and celebrations related to student life (e.g., birthdays, student events, town festivals)
- short messages about free time, studies, and work (formal and informal)
- must sentence
- verbs can, may and get
- basic information on the plural partitive
- K, P, T -variation
- word types
- basic information on the past tense
- basic information on the object

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Finnish 1 - 3 -courses or equivalent skills

Assessment criteria

A written and oral exams to evaluate, how well the student can
- write in Finnish
- understand Finnish texts
- understand Finnish talk
- speak in Finnish.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

The student has not reached the learning objectives.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- recognizes and can use some phrases studied in the course
- can tell about someone's appearance and her/his health condition by few sentences
- can recognize and use few words studied in the course
- can write a short message and a story in Finnish on a given topic
- pronounces Finnish understandably.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- understands and can use many phrases studied in the course
- tells about someone's appearance and her/his health condition in quite versatile way
- understands and uses the basic vocabulary studied in the course
- can write a message and a story in Finnish with only quite flawless
- pronounces Finnish understandably.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- understands and can use all or almost all phrases studied in the course
- tells about someone's appearance and her/his health condition in versatile way
- understands and uses vocabulary studied in the course quite extensively
- can write a quite long message and story in Finnish mainly flawless
- pronounces Finnish quite well.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- ask about the health and describe their own health.
- describe places, things and people.
- understand and write short messages about everyday life (e.g., invitations, requests, messages of absence).
- understand short messages and advertiments related to celebrations and events.
- tell about matters and events using the most common verbs in the past tense.

Proficiency level: A1

Implementation and methods of teaching

Lessons (14 x 2 hours) in Zoom, assignments in Moodle, independent work (53 hours)

Timing and attendance

4rd period, Spring 2023

Learning material and recommended literature

Material given by teacher

Learning environment

Moodle

Student time use and work load

14 lessons in Zoom (28 hours) and independent work (53 hours)

Contents

- Health, sickness, body parts and appearance

- events and celebrations related to student life (e.g., birthdays, student events, town festivals)

- short messages about free time, studies, and work (formal and informal)

- must sentence

- verbs can, may and get

- basic information on the plural partitive

- KPT variation in verb types 3 and 4?

- word types??

-basic information on the past tense?

-basic information on the object

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Finnish 3 or equivalent skills

Assessment criteria

An exam to evaluate, how well the student can
- write in Finnish
- understand Finnish texts
- understand Finnish talk
- speak in Finnish.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

The student has not reached the learning objectives.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student partly masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time.
The student understands some main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react with few words.
The student can produce short written and spoken texts related to the topics of the course, but there are flaws in vocabulary and structures.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time well.
The student understands the main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react with short sentences.
The student can produce short written and spoken texts related to the topics of the course, but there are flaws that can cause misunderstandings.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time in an excellent way.
The student understands the main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react in their own words.
The student can produce mainly flawless written and spoken texts.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- ask about the health and describe their own health.
- describe places, things and people.
- understand and write short messages about everyday life (e.g., invitations, requests, messages of absence).
- understand short messages and advertiments related to celebrations and events.
- tell about matters and events using the most common verbs in the past tense.

Proficiency level: A1

Implementation and methods of teaching

Lessons online and independent studying. Contents of the course are studied mainly with functional exercises.

Timing and attendance

The course will be organized during one period in November - December 2022. Active participation is required.

Learning material and recommended literature

Materials given by the teacher. Most of the material is in Moodle. You need computer with functioning microphone and camera. We keep camera on during the online meetings because it makes communicating easier.

Exam retakes

Written and oral exam. The exam dates will be announced at the beginning of the course.

Learning environment

Lessons are in Zoom and exercises in Moodle.

Student time use and work load

Approximately 81 hours (meetings + independent studying).

Contents

The course content will be the following:
- health, sickness, body parts and appearance
- events and celebrations related to student life (e.g., birthdays, student events, town festivals)
- short messages about free time, studies, and work (formal and informal)
- must sentence
- verbs can, may and get
- basic information on the plural partitive
- K, P, T -variation
- word types
- basic information on the past tense
- basic information on the object

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Finnish 1 - 3 -courses or equivalent skills

Assessment criteria

A written and oral exam to evaluate, how well the student can
- write in Finnish
- understand Finnish texts
- understand Finnish talk
- speak in Finnish.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

The student has not reached the learning objectives.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- recognizes and can use some phrases studied in the course
- can tell about someone's appearance and her/his health condition by few sentences
- can recognize and use few words studied in the course
- can write a short message and a story in Finnish on a given topic
- pronounces Finnish understandably

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- understands and can use many phrases studied in the course
- tells about someone's appearance and her/his health condition in quite versatile way
- understands and uses the basic vocabulary studied in the course
- can write a message and a story in Finnish with only quite flawless
- pronounces Finnish understandably.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- understands and can use all or almost all phrases studied in the course
- tells about someone's appearance and her/his health condition in versatile way
- understands and uses vocabulary studied in the course quite extensively
- can write a quite long message and story in Finnish mainly flawless
- pronounces Finnish quite well.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- ask about the health and describe their own health.
- describe places, things and people.
- understand and write short messages about everyday life (e.g., invitations, requests, messages of absence).
- understand short messages and advertiments related to celebrations and events.
- tell about matters and events using the most common verbs in the past tense.

Proficiency level: A1

Implementation and methods of teaching

Lessons and independent studying.

Timing and attendance

The course will be organized in September - November 2022. Active participation is required.

Learning material and recommended literature

Materials given by the teacher. Most of the material is in Moodle.

Exam retakes

Written and oral exam. The exam dates will be announced later.

Learning environment

Lessons are in classroom, possibly also some Zoom-lessons.

Student time use and work load

Approximately 81 hours (meetings + independent studying).

Contents

The course content will be the following:
- health, sickness, body parts and appearance
- events and celebrations
- short messages about free time, studies, and work (formal and informal)
- must sentence
- verbs can, may and get
- basic information on the plural partitive
- K, P, T -variation
- word types
- basic information on the past tense
- basic information on the object

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Finnish 1 - 3 -courses or equivalent skills

Assessment criteria

A written and oral exam to evaluate, how well the student can
- write in Finnish
- understand Finnish texts
- understand Finnish talk
- speak in Finnish.

Assessment scale

1-5

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- recognizes and can use some phrases studied in the course
- can tell about someone's appearance and her/his health condition by few sentences
- can recognize and use few words studied in the course
- can write a short message and a story in Finnish on a given topic
- pronounces Finnish understandably

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- understands and can use many phrases studied in the course
- tells about someone's appearance and her/his health condition in quite versatile way
- understands and uses the basic vocabulary studied in the course
- can write a message and a story in Finnish with only quite flawless
- pronounces Finnish understandably.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student
- understands and can use all or almost all phrases studied in the course
- tells about someone's appearance and her/his health condition in versatile way
- understands and uses vocabulary studied in the course quite extensively
- can write a quite long message and story in Finnish mainly flawless
- pronounces Finnish quite well.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- ask about the health and describe their own health.
- describe places, things and people.
- understand and write short messages about everyday life (e.g., invitations, requests, messages of absence).
- understand short messages and advertiments related to celebrations and events.
- tell about matters and events using the most common verbs in the past tense.

Proficiency level: A1

Implementation and methods of teaching

Lessons (14 x 2 hours) in Zoom, assignments in Moodle, independent work (53 hours)

Timing and attendance

4rd period, Spring 2022

Learning material and recommended literature

Material given by teacher

Learning environment

Moodle

Student time use and work load

14 lessons in Zoom (28 hours) and independent work (53 hours)

Contents

- Health, sickness, body parts and appearance

- events and celebrations related to student life (e.g., birthdays, student events, town festivals)

- short messages about free time, studies, and work (formal and informal)

- must sentence

- verbs can, may and get

- basic information on the plural partitive

- KPT variation in verb types 3 and 4?

- word types??

-basic information on the past tense?

-basic information on the object

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Finnish 3 or equivalent skills

Assessment criteria

An exam to evaluate, how well the student can
- write in Finnish
- understand Finnish texts
- understand Finnish talk
- speak in Finnish.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

The student has not reached the learning objectives.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student partly masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time.
The student understands some main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react with few words.
The student can produce short written and spoken texts related to the topics of the course, but there are flaws in vocabulary and structures.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time well.
The student understands the main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react with short sentences.
The student can produce short written and spoken texts related to the topics of the course, but there are flaws that can cause misunderstandings.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time in an excellent way.
The student understands the main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react in their own words.
The student can produce mainly flawless written and spoken texts.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- ask about the health and describe their own health.
- describe places, things and people.
- understand and write short messages about everyday life (e.g., invitations, requests, messages of absence).
- understand short messages and advertiments related to celebrations and events.
- tell about matters and events using the most common verbs in the past tense.

Proficiency level: A1

Implementation and methods of teaching

Lectures and exercises on campus (Lappeenranta)
Independent work in Moodle

Learning material and recommended literature

Material in Moodle

Alternative completion methods

Online class in Zoom K200CH63-3001

Learning environment

Lappeenranta campus
Moodle

Student time use and work load

2 h x 15 lectures and exercises on Lappeenranta campus
Independent work, exercises and assignments 51 hours

Contents

- health, sickness, body parts and appearance
- events and celebrations related to student life (e.g., birthdays, student events, town festivals)
- short messages about free time, studies, and work (formal and informal)
- must sentence
- verbs can, may and get
- basic information on the plural partitive
- KPT variation in verb types 3 and 4
- word types
-basic information on the past tense
-basic information on the object

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Finnish 1, 2 and 3 or equivalent skills.

Assessment criteria

Active participation
Passed assignments
Exam

Assessment scale

1-5

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student partly masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time.
The student understands some main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react with few words.
The student can produce short written and spoken texts related to the topics of the course, but there are flaws in vocabulary and structures.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time well.
The student understands the main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react with short sentences.
The student can produce short written and spoken texts related to the topics of the course, but there are flaws that can cause misunderstandings.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student masters the vocabulary and structures related to health, celebrations and spare time in an excellent way.
The student understands the main points from written and spoken texts and is able to react in their own words.
The student can produce mainly flawless written and spoken texts.