Introduction to Finnish Language and Culture 1 (5cr)
Code: R0233-TOY1813
General information
- Enrollment
- 14.05.2018 - 14.06.2018
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 20.08.2018 - 21.12.2018
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 4 cr
- Virtual proportion
- 1 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Campus
- Laurea Tikkurila
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Laurea täydentävä osaaminen, amk-tutkinto (TOY2), Yhteiset opinnot
- Teachers
- Kristiina Kuparinen
- Study unit
- R0233
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
Contact lessons & individual and group assignments
Time and location
Laurea Tikkurila
Learning materials and recommended literature
Course materials provided by the teacher.
Suggested additional reading: Kuparinen - Tapaninen: Sun suomi. Finnish for beginners. 2013. Otava. The book contains a CD. Some exercises available in Memrise app.
Useful websites: A taste of Finnish. http://tasteoffinnish.fi/
Easy Finnish. http://oppiminen.yle.fi/suomi-finnish/easyfinnish
Supisuomea. http://yle.fi/vintti/yle.fi/supisuomea/01/index.html
Infopankki. www.infopankki.fi
Forms of internationality
The course is aimed at exchange students
Student workload
5 cr = 127 hours of student's work
Evaluation scale
H-5