Study Guide

Objective

After completing the course, you will be able to
- tell about yourself, your studies and your work
- write a variety of factual texts from different perspectives
- give reasons for your own opinions
- summarise the key points in texts and in oral presentations
- use the right tone and style in your writing
- use structures typical of written language.

Content

- Written language structures: rections and non-finite clauses, different ways of linking a text
- Comprehension of factual texts
- Understanding of speech
- Writing factual texts (opinion piece, summary, essay, report and email)
- Discussion on Moodle discussion forums

Teaching methods

The course is for students whose mother tongue is not Finnish. The course is at level B2.2.The course is an online course. You will work independently in Moodle. You will get feedback and a grade at the end of the course.

This course replaces an earlier course called Finnish for Informational Writing.

Evaluation scale

H-5