Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to:
- speak and understand Finnish in very basic and familiar everyday situations
- find information in very short texts and write simple messages
- use some of the basic grammar structures
- become familiar with Finnish cultural manners and customs
- reach the target level of A1.1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Teaching methods

IFLC1 is a virtual course which takes place in Canvas.

Location and time

On Spring period 2023

Learning materials and recommended literature

All the MATERIAL will be available in CANVAS and in the Internet.
IFLC1 is created by using material available on the Internet. Some teacher's own material is included too.

Students workload

This 5 credit course consists of about 20 lessons with assignments. There WON'T BE ANY ONLINE LESSONS by the Laurea teacher (except one little chat), all the material with assignments will be available in Canvas. There will 1-3 assignments every week and due dates will be on Sundays nights. The teacher will comments the assignments.

Content and scheduling

1 to 3 assignments in a week

Further information for students

On IFLC1 course you'll learn very basic things about the Finnish language. Some cultural topics are included too.
As a language course there are reading, writing, listening and speaking exercises. Naturally there are also basic grammar topics.

Grading scale

H-5

Evaluation methods and criteria

Evaluation will be based on KNOW-HOW in returned exercises following precisely the course TIMETABLE.
Grades 1-5 (0 if failed). The final course grade consists of:
- activive participation on the web course
- doing of all the tasks on sufficient level
- doing of all the tasks in time

Evaluation criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

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Evaluation criteria, good (3-4)

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Evaluation criteria, excellent (5)

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Further information

The study unit is for those whose language of education and mother tongue are other than Finnish and Swedish and who have not studied Finnish before.