Course Catalog 2008-2009 International Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Jenni Hakanen

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 1, 2 : Wednesday 10 - 12, K2108 Friday 8 - 10, K2108
Implementation 2	Per 3 : Monday 14 - 16, K2119A Tuesday 10 - 12, K2119A Wednesday 10 - 12, K2119A Thursday 10 - 12, K2119A
Implementation 3	Per 4, 5 : Tuesday 12 - 14, K2115A Thursday 12 - 14, K2108

Requirements

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

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

By the end of the course, students will be able to understand slow, clearly spoken, simple spoken Finnish as well as short texts. Students will also be able to cope with everyday situations involving the exchange of information. Students will be able to write short texts, and they will gain a command of basic grammatical structures, with a vocabulary adequate for dealing with familiar topics.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Vocabulary: weather, travelling, food and menu, eating at a restaurant. New vocabulary also for home, living and clothing.
2.	Grammar: use and meaning of the local cases and the partitive singular. New necessive verbs and modal verbs, MA-infinitive, imperative and the simple past tense (imperfect). Postpositions.
3.	Listening/speaking: Students will understand clear, slowly spoken Finnish on topics covered in the course. They will be able to cope with everyday situations.
4.	Reading: texts on topics covered in the course.
5.	Writing: short texts on topics covered in the course. Students will be able to combine their old and new knowledge of the Finnish language.

Evaluation criteria for the course

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

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Summary of lectures	Finnish for beginners 2	Jenni Hakanen			Juvenes, Tietotalo		Suomi

Prerequisites

Correspondence of content

Additional information

CEF: A2

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1	Group 1: Wed 10-12, Fri 8-10		Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %
Implementation 2	Group 2: Mon 14-16, Tue 10-12, Wed 10-12, Thu 10-12 (intensive course)		Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %
Implementation 3	Group 3: Tue 12-14, Thu 12-14		Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	11.01.2009
Modifier	Jenni Hakanen