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Finnish for Beginners (2 cr)

Code: IK10075-3005

General information


Enrollment

01.10.2024 - 19.01.2025

Timing

03.02.2025 - 16.05.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Virtual portion

2 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Campus

Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3

Teaching languages

  • English

Seats

5 - 80

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Mechanical Engineering

Teachers

  • Janne Häyrinen
  • Kaisa Peuhkurinen

Teacher in charge

Kaisa Peuhkurinen

Scheduling groups

  • Avoin AMK ja RIPA (Size: 70. Open UAS: 70.)
  • Tutkinto-opiskelijat (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • TOP24_25
    Other Complimentary Studies Group Semester 2024-2025
  • KAKK25
    Karelia, Open UAS, All, Spring, 2025

Small groups

  • Open UAS students and RIPA
  • Degree students

Objective

You can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases. You can ask and answer to basic questions. You are able to tell about yourself and use polite phrases and greetings in everyday situations, e.g. meeting friends and asking about the price and ordering.

Content

The study unit includes:
- Finnish alphabet, consonants, vowels and diphthongs
- Basic vocabulary
- Sharing personal information: e.g. name, nationality, language skills, family, hobbies, studies
- Numbers and expressions of time
- Basic grammar: e.g. conjugation of basic verbs, partitive case, polar questions and common interrogatives

Location and time

The course starts 3.2.2025.
The course ends 16.5.2025.
You study in Moodle-environment. You will get feedback from you work, partly during the course, partly afterwards. Complete all of the exercises by 16.5.2025.

Teaching methods

You study the basics of Finnish language. You do the assignments independently online, and there are no lessons on the course. You will get correct answers / feedback from your exercises after you have completed the exams.

Student workload

online self studying 54 h

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The course is accepted when you have completed and returned all the assignments in Moodle and have done them according to the instructions. The course is failed if the assignments are not completed, do not meet the criteria set out in the guidelines or are returned later than 16th of May 2025.

Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected