Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- communicate in many common everyday situations
- understand slowly and clearly spoken Finnish when the topic and the vocabulary are familiar
- understand and write a simple message or text
- use the basic vocabulary and some grammatical structures of Finnish.

Proficiency level: A1

Implementation and methods of teaching

Online

Timing and attendance

Lectures twice a week.

Learning material and recommended literature

Suomen mestari 1 (Gehring, S. & Heinzman, S.) and material on Moodle

Learning environment

Zoom, Moodle

Student time use and work load

Lectures twice a week. Independent studying.

Contents

The course content will be the following:

- telling about one’s everyday life and daily rhythm

- home, housing and neighbourood

- food and drinks

- travelling locally and in Finland

- time expressions

- verb types 1–5

- local cases.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Survival Finnish for the Staff

Assessment criteria

Continuous assessment, assignments and final test.

Assessment scale

Approved/Failed