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 (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.