Finnish for Working Life (5 cr)

Learning outcomes

The student is able to:
- write a CV in Finnish
- apply for a job
- be interviewed for a job
- present their workplace
- write work-related emails
- understand and use general work vocabulary
- understand and use general work vocabulary
- reach the target level of B1.1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages*

* The learning objective has been added. The change effective 1st of August 2024.

Location and time

At Laurea Tikkurila

Materials

Learning materials are mostly authentic documents of the fields of social services and health care. Materials will be mainly provided by the teacher and shared via Optima. Some materials are expected to be retrieved by the students attending the course.

Teaching methods

Contact lessons, independent tasks and group work.

Exam schedules

Start 27.1.2020. Please attend to ensure your place on the course. Course portfolio return dl 17.3.2020.

Completion alternatives

It is possible to complete 2 credit points of the course by volunteering to work in the fiels of social services, e.g. find a place of services for the elderly and assist them.

Content scheduling

The aim of the course is to provide skills of searching for a job or a place of working practise and succeeding in getting the place. Each week of the course will deal with different area of job seeking:
1) Olen hyvä tyyppi! Telling about your personality and skills.
2) Palvelukseen halutaan... Understanding the expectations of the employers.
3) Paperit kuntoon! Getting the documents ready for job search.
4) Unelmien työpaikka. Describing a work environment of your dreams. Stating your opinion.
5) Haastattelu tulossa! Getting ready for an interview.
6) Tänään on tiimipalaveri. How to deal with workplace meetings.
7) Sinulle on uusi viesti! Phoning and e-mailing at work.

Each theme consist of contact lesson and a task to be completed before the next lesson. You will show your skills of working life Finnish by compiling a portfolio of the documents you have produced during the course. Mandatory attendance 80% of the lessons.

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed

Further information

If you are a Degree student of Social Services, this course will compensate the mandatory studies of Swedish.