Finnish 2 (basic level A2) (5 cr)
Code: YH00CL60-3010
General information
Enrollment
02.12.2024 - 20.01.2025
Timing
20.01.2025 - 16.05.2025
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
1 op
Mode of delivery
80 % Contact teaching, 20 % Distance learning
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
- English
Seats
36 - 45
Degree programmes
- Joint Elective Studies
- Degree Programme in Social Services
Teachers
- Riia Lamminmäki
Groups
-
PSOSS24ENDegree Programme in Social Services, Early Childhood Education, S24
Objective
The aim of the course is to develop basic language skills in accordance with the European Framework of Reference to the skill level A2.
Students can cope rather well with everyday communication situations and are increasingly able to be initiative in a communication situation.
Content
After completing the course, the student
- knows how to exchange thoughts or information in familiar and everyday situations
- copes with short social situations and knows how to use the most common polite greetings and forms of addressing
- is able to make politely, for example, requests, invitations, suggestions and apologies
- understands the topic and core content of short, simple messages
(e.g., advertisements, brochures, menus, and schedules)
- is capable of simple reasoning supported by context
- is able to tell things that are related to everyday life and that are important to themselves, using simple phrases and concrete vocabulary (family, shopping, place of residence, workplace, etc.)
- is able to write short and simple notes and messages related to everyday needs
- masters an easily predictable basic vocabulary and many of the most important structures
Evaluation scale
H-5
Qualifications
Participation in the course requires at least proficiency level A1 in Finnish.