Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- communicate in most 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

Meetings at Lappeenranta campus and independent studying. Contents of the course are studied mainly with functional exercises.

Timing and attendance
The course is completed in one period, in October - December 2025. 2 lessons per week. A minimum of 75 % attendance and active participation is required. If a student is not on the course during the first 2 weeks and does not report their absence, they will be withdrawn from the course.

Material
Materials given by the teacher. The material is in Moodle.

Exams
Written exam in Exam Room (11.12.2025 - 4.1.2026, own choice), section exams in Moodle (deadline 11.12.2025) and oral exam if necessary. Retake in Exam Room (12. - 19.1.2026). NOTE! If student wants his/her grade during the calendar year 2025, must written exam in Exam Room taken latest 17.12.2025.

Timing and attendance

The course is completed in one period, in October - December 2025. 2 lessons per week. A minimum of 75 % attendance and active participation is required. If a student is not on the course during the first 2 weeks and does not report their absence, they will be withdrawn from the course.

Learning material and recommended literature

Materials given by the teacher. The material is in Moodle.

Exam retakes

Written exam in Exam Room (11.12.2025 - 4.1.2026, own choice), section exams in Moodle (deadline 11.12.2025) and oral exam if necessary. Retake in Exam Room (12. - 19.1.2026). NOTE! If student wants his/her grade during the calendar year 2025, must written exam in Exam Room taken latest 17.12.2025.

Learning environment

Meetings at Lappeenranta campus and the course material in Moodle.

Student time use and work load

Approximately 81 hours (meetings + independent studying).

Contents

The course content will be the following:
- pronunciation
- telling about one’s everyday life
- weather, seasons, months
- time expressions, clock times, days of week
- food and drink
- shopping, restaurant and café
- partitive case
- verb types 1–5 and present tense (and basics from K, P, T variation in verbs).

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Finnish 1 -course 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
- recognizes and uses some time expressions
- tells about her/his everyday life by few sentences
- can recognize and use few words studied in the course
- can write few sentences in Finnish on a given topic
- pronounces Finnish quite understandably

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

Student
- understands and can use many phrases
- understands and uses basic time expressions
- tells many things about her/his everyday life
- understands and uses the basic vocabulary studied in the course
- can write a short text in Finnish on a given topic
- 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
- understands and can use all or almost all time expressions studied in the course
- tells about her/his everyday life in quite versatile way
- understands and uses vocabulary studied in the course quite extensively
- can write a text in Finnish on a given topic with only few errors
- pronounces Finnish understandably.