Intermediate Finnish (5 cr)
Code: A9143-3017
General information
- Enrollment
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01.01.2000
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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15.09.2023 - 12.11.2023
Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Campus
- Laurea Otaniemi
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 20 - 40
- Degree programmes
- Pathway studies for Nursing Studies (SNGP), Laurea Otaniemi
Learning outcomes
The student is able to
- speak and understand Finnish in everyday situations
- understand the main point in newspaper articles and TV programs if written/spoken in simple language
- write texts, e.g. e-mails
- use grammar structures but can still make many mistakes
Target level: A2.1. in Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Materials
e-book Oma Suomi
Materials provided by the teacher
Teaching methods
Contact lessons, individual tasks on Canvas, group works
Exam schedules
An written exam (Feedback within a week and two possibilities of a retake. In order to pass the student needs to gain 70% of the maximum points of the test.)
According to the degree regulations (section 18) “students must be present in the first contact session or notify their teacher in charge if they cannot attend.
Completion alternatives
All students are entitled to demonstrate their competence. The recognition and accreditation of prior competence is initiated by the students themselves. The competence is recognised and accredited by the teacher responsible for the studies or another person designated to the position. The assessment is carried out according to the same assessment criteria and, as a rule, same grading scale as that adopted for the corresponding study unit or module. The student is entitled to apply for accreditation of prior competence regardless of where, how and when the competence has been acquired.
Student workload
5 cr = 135 hours of student's work. Student's work load consists of attending the lessons and completing the assignments.
Content scheduling
Studying vocabulary, describing one's home country, grammar, expressions of time, adjective comparison, expressings one's opionion - agreeing and disagreeing - , dates and ordinal numbers, expressing ownership, locality and necessity.
Evaluation scale
H-5
Further information
Required attendance: 70 % of the lessons. Full attendance is recommended
The quality of the study unit implementation has been assessed and the self-evaluation report is available in Canvas.