Finnish 3 (5cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

You are able to communicate in various everyday situations and also in elementary working situations in Finnish. You can tell about your work and working environment and make arrangements for meetings. You are able to understand and write simple work-related messages and texts. You are able to communicate at the basic level on work related meetings.

Content

- Work related vocabulary
- Expanding everyday vocabulary (e.g. illnesses, feelings and emotions)
- Ordinal numbers and expressions of time
- Writing an e-mail
- Expanding knowledge of the grammatical structures of Finnish: past tense, object, 3. infinitive, different sentence types (e.g. verb + verb sentences), passive form

Location and time

The course includes contact teaching and independent study. The presence at the lectures is essential in order to acquire the speaking skills.

Materials

The materials are provided by the teacher in the Moodle environment.

Teaching methods

You are able to communicate in various everyday situations and also in elementary working situations in Finnish. You can tell about your work and working environment and make arrangements for meetings. You are able to understand and write simple work-related messages and texts. You are able to communicate at the basic level on work related meetings.

You must have 60 % attendance in order to participate in the course exam.

Participation in the course requires that you have completed the Finnish 2 course or have corresponding skills.

Completion alternatives

The course can only be completed by attending lectures and taking the final exam.

Student workload

52 hours of contact teaching + 83 hours of independent work.