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Boost Your English Skills! Preparatory Course on A2 level (3 cr)

Code: KP10029-3004

General information


Enrollment

01.10.2023 - 31.05.2024

Timing

05.02.2024 - 30.04.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3 op

Virtual portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Campus

Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3

Teaching languages

  • Finnish
  • English

Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Open University of Applied Sciences Studies
  • Complementary Studies

Teachers

  • Heidi Vartiainen
  • Heini Lääperi
  • Riitta Hyttinen

Teacher in charge

Heini Lääperi

Scheduling groups

  • Avoimen opiskelijat (Size: 20. Open UAS: 20.)
  • Tutkinto-opiskelijat (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • TOP23_24
    Other Complimentary Studies Group Semester 2023-2024
  • KAKK24
    Karelia, Open UAS, All, Spring, 2024

Small groups

  • Open UAS students
  • Degree students

Objective

You will be able to communicate in an understandable way in common and everyday situations. You can use a sufficient number of the most common words and expressions and basic structures to get your point across. You can understand the main points of slow speech when you are familiar with the subject. You can exchange ideas or information in familiar and everyday situations and sometimes maintain a conversation. You can produce short texts on familiar topics orally and in writing.

Content

Topics
- Telling about yourself and your family and friends
- Dealing with everyday situations
- Future plans
- Describing the environment and circumstances

Grammar
- Verb tenses
- Auxiliary verbs
- Use of articles and plurals of nouns
- The most common pronouns
- Possessive forms
- Comparison of adjectives
- Head and subordinate clauses, word order

Teaching methods

Please, note that this course is aimed at Finnish-speaking students. The languages of tuition are Finnish and English.

Further information

Degree students apply for the course after contacting their student counselor or their language teacher.

Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected