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 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.