Study Guide

Learning outcomes

At the beginning of their degree programme in nursing (English) studies, all the degree programme in nursing students whose mother tongue or language of prior education is not Finnish, take an initial test in Finnish. The initial tests are the same for all fields of study and may only be taken once. Students who transfer between degrees within Laurea do not have to retake the test. The test is used to check the students’ starting level before language studies begin. Students who fail the test must take preparatory studies in the language at the start of their studies. Having passed the preparatory studies, students obtain credits for inclusion in elective studies.

Teaching methods

The written assessment will be done supervised at campus.

Grading scale

Approved/Failed

Evaluation methods and criteria

The assessment is based on three features of the student's text: ability to use the given data as the source of the text and ability to express and reason one's arguments, as well as student's skill of utilizing understandable vocabulary and accurate linguistic structures (such as diverse sentence structures, expressing past tense).

Evaluation criteria, approved/failed

The student is able to 1) utilize the given text and graphics as a source of one's own text 2) express and reason one's opinions and 3) use reasonable vocabulary and various basic structures of Finnish.