General description

This course is in accordance with the faculty requirements for a foreign language text comprehension / written skills course.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of the course, students will
- understand general German texts
- understand texts in their own field
- recognise and understand structures typical of general texts
- be able to tell about their studies in writing and summarise the main points of a text in their own words

Contents

Students will revise and enlarge their core vocabularies on this course. There will also be exercises for improving and practicing structures important in text comprehension. The texts will consist mostly of topical articles from newspapers and periodicals. There will be related written exercises.

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Tutorials	42 h	0 h
Independent work	38 h	0 h

Teaching language

German, Finnish

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
Evaluation by regular and active participation in exercises and written exam (structure and text).

Study materials

Material distributed during the course to be paid for.

Further information

During the academic year, an optional test of text comprehension (structure and text) will be organised twice for students who already possess the language skills this course aims at. Those who pass the test will be exempted from the text comprehension / written skills course.

Belongs to following study modules