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 texts
- to some extent understand special-field texts from the media, literature and current events
- be able to write simple general texts and texts that are of personal interest
- be able to tell something about the French culture and compare it to their own
- learn and be able to use an enlarged vocabulary
- recognise structures typical of literary language

Contents

The course goes through different types of text: newspaper articles, literature, internet material and specific texts where students analyse the language, synonyms, main points, the use of grammatical structures, etc. There will be plenty of peer and group work, and essays and summaries.

Teaching methods

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

Teaching language

French, Finnish

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
Evaluation by written final examination and regular and active class participation.

Study materials

Material distributed during the course must be paid for.

Further information

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

Belongs to following study modules