Course Catalog 2007-2008

KIE-1136 INTERMEDIATE FINNISH, 3 cr
Intermediate Finnish

Courses persons responsible
Jenni Hakanen

Lecturers
Jenni Hakanen

Lecturetimes and places
Language center timetables

Implementations
Extra info: Ryhmä 1 (Ke 14-16, Pe 12-14), 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  
(Timetable for academic year 2007-2008)

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.

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 the tense use, the passive voice, the partitive plural and the object.        
3. Listening/speaking: improving spoken skills.   Taking the initiative in discussions.    
4. Reading: texts on different topics, with and without a dictionary.       
5. Writing: combining old and new knowledge, writing coherent texts.       

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.

    Remarks

  • CEF level: A2

    Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

    • - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc
    - Other: Exercises in the language lab.
    - The course utilizes a learning platform, which? Moodle

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 31.5
    Exercises 31.5
    Learning diary, portfolio and other written work 8
    Total sum 71

    Correspondence of content
    KIE-1130 Intermediate Finnish 1

    Last modified 02.03.2007
    Modified byJenni Hakanen