Course Catalog 2011-2012
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Course Catalog 2011-2012

KIE-1076 Finnish for Beginners 2, 3 cr

Additional information

CEF: A1-A2 When a course is over-subscribed, i.e. there are more sign-ups than places on the course, then we enrol the required number of students according to the following criteria: 1)students' position at TUT (degree students have priority) 2) the number of 'study points' the students have 3) the time of the sign-up. Students have to be present on the first day of the course to be sure of retaining their place.

Person responsible

Jenni Hakanen

Lessons

Study type Hours Time span Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
20 h/week
04.06.2012 - 15.06.2012
KIE-1076 2011-06 Monday 16 - 20, K2108
Tuesday 16 - 20, K2108
Wednesday 16 - 20, K2108
Thursday 16 - 20, K2108
Friday 16 - 20, 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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Learning outcomes

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, foods and drinks and eating in a restaurant. New vocabulary also for home, living and clothing.     
2. Listening/speaking: Students will understand clear, slowly spoken Finnish on topics covered in the course. They will be able to cope with everyday situations.     
3. Reading: texts on topics covered in the course.     
4. Writing: short texts on topics covered in the course.      
5. Grammar: use and meaning of the local cases and the partitive singular. Necessive verbs, modal verbs, the MA-infinitive, imperative and the simple past tense (imperfect). Postpositions.     

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 bookstore, Rakennustalo      Suomi  

Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
KIE-1056 Finnish for Beginners 1 Advisable    

Additional information about prerequisites
KIE-1056 or equivalent knowledge

Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)



Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
KIE-1076 Finnish for Beginners 2, 3 cr KIE-1070 Finnish for Beginners 2, 3 cr  
KIE-1076 Finnish for Beginners 2, 3 cr KIE-1077 Finnish 2, 3 cr  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
KIE-1076 2011-06 Ryhmä 6        

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