•   Finnish for Foreigners 3 5N00EK94-3003 30.08.2021-04.11.2021  4 cr  (20IENVE) +-
    Learning outcomes of the course unit
    After successful completion of the course students will be able to pronounce Finnish already well. They have courage enough to use their Finnish out of a classroom, too, to get their information through. They know that more language training and studying is essential to make it possible to get a job in Finland. They can tell about and describe their environment. They are able to communicate some simple environmental engineering matters, e.g. circulation or laboratory work.
    Prerequisites and co-requisites
    Level A2 (CEFR) Finnish skills or
    Finnish for Foreigners 1 and 2
    Course contents
    Basics of the Finnish language: object cases, past tenses, passive voice, the most usual cases governed by a verb, structural exercises, vocabulary exercises, conversational and drama exercises, listening comprehension exercises, reading comprehension exercises, written exercises.
    Assessment criteria
    Satisfactory

    Students have been able to complete all the assignments acceptably. They can tell something about achieved course contents, but their expression stays limited and/or insufficient and includes a lot of structural mistakes. Both spoken and written language is partly hard to understand. It is difficult for them to take part to a simple discussion. Also their incomplete pronunciation may cause difficulties to understand their speech.

    Good

    Students have an active attitude towards studying Finnish language showing that by completing course tasks according to the schedule. They can cope in most achieved oral course exercises quite well. Students are able to write short texts about their environment and matters considering their becoming profession. Their pronunciation is quite good.

    Excellent

    Students have a positive and active attitude towards learning language. They can pronounce Finnish distinctively and are able to use suitable and varied expressions in achieved course exercises using grammar mostly correct way. Students can participate in a conversation asking and responding to questions about topics studied in the course. They can write simple descriptions or summaries and recombine words and phrases into new sentences.

    Further information
    The course is for students whose mother language is not Finnish and who have completed Finnish for Foreigners 1 and 2. If you need a credit transfer for competence for Finnish for Foreigners 1-3 -courses, please read further information on alternative ways of completing the course in the course's implementation plan and contact the teacher in charge.
    Name of lecturer(s)

    Hilda Szabo

    Recommended or required reading

    We continue with a familiar material: Kristiina Kuparinen - Terhi Tapaninen - Karoliina Kuisma SUN SUOMI Finnish for beginners, also a bit of authentic material, material made or linked in Moodle by the teacher.

    Planned learning activities and teaching methods

    Contact teaching, study conversation, cooperative learning, oral and written exercises and games.

    Assessment methods and criteria

    Regular participation - to pass the course the minimum attendance 80 % is required - and performed assignments. The grade will be given as follows: short tests during the course 33 %, video made in a small group 33 % final test 33 %. Class activity may raise a grade.

    Language of instruction

    Finnish

    English

    Timing

    30.08.2021 - 04.11.2021

    Registration

    02.07.2021 - 31.07.2021

    Credits

    4 cr

    Group(s)

    20IENVE

    Seats

    10 - 25

    Teacher(s)

    Marja Oksanen

    Further information for students

    Level A1 - A2.

    Unit, in charge

    Environmental Engineering

    Degree programme(s)

    Bachelor's Degree Programme in Environmental Engineering, Open University of Applied Sciences

    Office

    TAMK Main Campus

    Virtual proportion

    1 cr

    Evaluation scale

    0-5

    Completion alternatives

    In case you have completed a similar course in another university, please fill in the application form in Pakki and add the necessary documents (transcript of records).

    If you have informally accomplished the goals and want to discuss how to show your skill please contact the teacher via email and explain why you think you should be exempted from the course and how you would you like to develop your Finnish skills.

    Training and labour cooperation

    -

    Exam schedule

    There are smaller tests during the course and the final test will take place in the end of the course. Let's arrange its date and time together.

    International connections

    The whole group is international!

    Students use of time and load

    Two weekly double lessons - as mentioned above - almost the whole autumn term. The scheduled lunch breaks may cut our lessons both on Tuesday and on Wednesday. The break after studying Finnish in the spring causes need to revise before learned. Because this is a 4 ECT course, the total amount of student work has been estimated at least 4 x 27 hours = 108 hours. So quite much independent work is needed to improve the skills of basic Finnish. Try your best to make Finnish language your hobby!

    Content periodicity

    At first setting individual goals for the course and during the course actively striving for them to be able at last to reflect one's success. In the beginning a bit of revision of earlier learnt. Mainly following the order of the textbook SUN SUOMI.

    Assessment criteria
    Not approved

    A student has great difficulties to understand and produce the simplest basic phrases and expressions. Pronunciation causes misunderstanding. She/he has not attended regularly contact lessons having more than 20 % absences and she/he has not managed to complete all assignments.

    Satisfactory

    Students have been able to complete all the assignments acceptably. They can tell something about achieved course contents, but their expression stays limited and/or insufficient and includes a lot of structural mistakes. Both spoken and written language is partly hard to understand. It is difficult for them to take part to a simple discussion. Also their incomplete pronunciation may cause difficulties to understand their speech.

    Good

    Students have an active attitude towards studying Finnish language showing that by completing course tasks according to the schedule. They can cope in most achieved oral course exercises quite well. Students are able to write short texts about their environment and matters considering their becoming profession. Their pronunciation is quite good.

    Excellent

    Students have a positive and active attitude towards learning language. They can pronounce Finnish distinctively and are able to use suitable and varied expressions in achieved course exercises using grammar mostly correct way. Students can participate in a conversation asking and responding to questions about topics studied in the course. They can write simple descriptions or summaries and recombine words and phrases into new sentences.