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

Classroom based lessons and independent study. The course cannot be completed independently without attending a class. If a student cannot attend classes on the Lappeenranta campus, he/she must enrol for the Finnish 2 online course.

Timing and attendance

The course will be completed during two periods. Active participation is required.

Learning material and recommended literature

Materials given by the teacher. Most of the material is also in Moodle.

Exam retakes

Written and oral exam. The exam dates will be announced at the beginning of the course.

Learning environment

Lessons on campus and exercises in Moodle.

Student time use and work load

Approximately 81 hours (meetings, independent studying and group work ).

Contents

The course content will be the following:
- weather, seasons and months
- telling about one’s everyday life
- food and drink
shopping, restaurant and café
- time expressions
- partitive case
- verb types 1–5 and present tense.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Finnish 1 course or equivalent skills.

Assessment criteria

A written and oral exams to evaluate, how well the student can
- write in Finnish
- understand Finnish texts
- understand Finnish talk and
- 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
- writes texts in Finnish on given topics with only few errors
- pronounces Finnish quite well.