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

Code: KP10029-3008

General information


Enrollment

01.04.2025 - 18.09.2025

Timing

22.09.2025 - 19.12.2025

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

1 - 20

Degree programmes

  • Open University of Applied Sciences Studies
  • Complementary Studies

Teachers

  • Hanna Ronkainen

Teacher in charge

Riitta Hyttinen

Groups

  • KAKS25
    Karelia, Open UAS, All, Fall, 2026
  • TOP25_26
    Other Complimentary Studies Group Semester 2025-2026

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 the course is intended for students whose native language is Finnish. If you are studying in IB, IM or ICT and would like to brush up on your English, please contact your English teacher for other options.

Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected