Study Guide

Materials

Book: Gehring, Sonja & Heinzmann, Sanni. 2023. Suomen mestari 1 Uudistettu — Suomen kielen oppikirja aikuisille. Otava.
Other material and links provided by teacher in Itslearning course platform

Teaching methods

Group work, pair work, independent work at home.

Exam schedules

Follow the deadlines for the assignments given.

International connections

Working on the face-to-face lessons at campus in groups and independently, active practice in Itslearning.

Student workload

Totally 135 h of work for the student

Content scheduling

The aim of the course is to strengthen student’s basic knowledge of Finnish language and to develop language skills. You must have at least A1 level Finnish language skills to participate in the course.

The aim of the course is to reach Finnish language level A2 (CEFR).

The course consists of 44 lessons at Kupittaa campus. In addition, students must study the language independently in order to reach the target language level A2.

The contents of the course are
- reading and writing professional texts
- practising everyday and work-related conversational situations
- familiarising oneself with the basic vocabulary of one's profession
- practising Finnish grammar

Lessons at Kupittaa campus - see the schedule.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation criteria will be presented in the first lesson and in itslearning workspace.
The grade will be based on the homework and classwork completed on time and on the tasks to be evaluated. During the course, the student's oral and written language skills are evaluated.