Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- tell about themselves, close relations and everyday life
- act in the most common authentic spoken situations in Finnish
- start and finish a brief dialogue
- use basic vocabulary and common grammatical structures in speech
- understand simple speech on concrete topics.

Proficiency level: A1

Implementation and methods of teaching

Preliminary assignments, exercises, visits, pair and group work and independent studying

Timing and attendance

Intensive course in January and February 2025, 36 lessons
The student has to be able to work and attend the class intensively.

Learning material and recommended literature

Material given by the teacher.

Learning environment

Lahti campus and local area
Moodle

Student time use and work load

Lectures and exercises on Lahti campus and functional exercises and visits.
Independent studying and pair or group work (45 hours)

Contents

Review and extension of Finnish vocabulary, new grammatical structures.

Topics:

- My everyday life
- Finnish cuisine
- Nature, weather and seasons
- Town environment, town vocabulary, local cases
- Games and sports culture, verbal nouns
-Summer activities and cottage culture, 3rd infinitive

Finnish language is learnt in various environments, e.g. nature, downtown,sports premises and kitchen.

Students produce short videos on topics studied on the course.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Finnish 1 - 4, approximately 12 ECTS, level A1.3

Assessment criteria

Continuous assessment (presence, activity and progress of speaking skills)

Assignments to be assessed: 1. Teaching session (pass/fail), 2. Videos created in pairs and individually (pass/fail), 3. Group discussion (5-0)

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

The student has not participated and have not reached the learning objectives at a satisfactory level.

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

The student partly masters the vocabulary and grammatical structures related to everyday life and close relations.
The student understands some main spoken points and can react to questions with short sentences.
The student can speak about the course topics, but needs a lot of support from other speakers.

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

The student masters the vocabulary and grammatical structures related to everyday life and close relations well.
The student understands main spoken points and can react to questions with a few sentences.
The student can start dialogues, maintain them for a short time and finish them. Errors that may hinder understanding occur.

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

The student masters the vocabulary and grammatical structures related to everyday life and close relations in an excellent way.
The student understands the main spoken points and can react to questions fluently and freely.
The student is proactive and flexible in different spoken situations. A few minor errors may occur but they do not hinder understanding.