Course Catalog 2006-2007

KIE-1136 INTERMEDIATE FINNISH, 3 cr
Intermediate Finnish

Courses persons responsible
Jenni Hakanen

Lecturetimes and places
Language center timetables

Implementations
Extra info: Ryhmä 1 (Ti 16-18, To 16-18), Hakanen
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture - - - 2 h/week 2 h/week -
Exercise - - - 2 h/week 2 h/week -
Exam  

Person responsible: Jenni Hakanen
Extra info: ryhmä 4, ke 14-16 pe 10-12
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture - - - 4 h/week - -
Exam  
(Timetable for academic year 2006-2007)

Objectives
By the end of the course, students will be able to understand longer stretches of spoken Finnish on familiar topics, take the initiative in everyday communication situations, and will gain a firm command of the vocabulary needed for daily interaction. Students will be able to write simple, coherent texts and will become familiar with essential grammatical structures of Finnish. The course aims to raise the students' language ability to the level 3 of the National Certificate of Language Proficiency, equivalent to the B1 "Threshold level" specified by the Council of Europe in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, which stresses the development of spoken skills.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Vocabulary: Expanding the previously learned vocabulary for daily interaction. New vocabulary for health and illnesses and sense verbs.       
2. Grammar: the perfect tense, the pluperfect tense and tense usage, the passive voice, the partitive plural and the object.        
3. Speaking: improving spoken skills.   Taking the initiative in discussions.    
4. Writing: combining old and new knowledge, writing coherent texts (short essays).       
5. Reading: reading texts on different topics, with and without a dictionary.       

Requirements for completing the course
Active participation in lectures (75 % attendance), assignments and successful performance in the final examination.

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Active participation in lectures (75% attendance), assignments and successful performance in the final examination.

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Summary of lectures Intermediate Finnish 1 Jenni Hakanen     Juvenes, Tietotalo Yes  Finnish 

    Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    KIE-1056 KIE-1056 Finnish for Beginners 1 3 Recommendable
    KIE-1076 KIE-1076 Finnish for Beginners 2 3 Recommendable

    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Additional information about prerequisites
    KIE-1056 and KIE-1076 or equivalent knowledge.

    Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

    • - Other: Exercises in the language lab.

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 31.5
    Exercises 31.5
    Learning diary, portfolio and other written work 6
    Total sum 69

    Principles and starting points related to the instruction and learning of the course

  • Spoken and written exercises. Activities in the classroom will practise oral skills. New vocabulary and grammar will be taught and reviewed with games and written exercises.

    • Correspondence of content
    KIE-1130 Intermediate Finnish 1

    Last modified 02.03.2007
    Modified byJenni Hakanen