General description

The course is meant primarily for students who are studying simultaneously on Advanced Course 1, but can also be taken separately if the student demonstrates sufficient ability in Finnish.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of the course students will have a good command of the core vocabulary in Finnish, be able to distinguish the lexical differences between the standard language and the spoken language, to recognize the most common derivational types in Finnish and to generate regular derived words, to make and resolve different compound words, and know some of the most common idiomatic expressions.

Contents

-core vocabulary of Finnish
-lexical differences between the standard language and the spoken language
-word derivation and the most common derivational types in Finnish
-formation of compound words
-various kinds of idiomatic expressions

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Tutorials	26 h	0 h
Independent work	25 h	0 h

Teaching language

Finnish

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
Assessment is based on active participation in the course and the final examination.

Study materials

Materials designed by the teacher

Belongs to following study modules