Survival Finnish (OPEN UNI) 2 ECTS (OY) - AY900017Y

Aika ja paikka

Time and place

Thu 19.9. at 16.00-18.30
Tue 24.9. at 16.00-18.30
Thu 26.9. at 16.00-18.30
Tue 1.10. at 16.00-18.30
Thu 3.10. at 16.00-18.30
Mon 7.10. at 16.00-18.30
Wed 9.10. at 16.00-18.30
Tho 17.10. at 16.00-18.30
Tue 22.10.24 at 16.00-17.30

(26 h)

On Zoom

Kohderyhmä

Target group

No previous Finnish studies.

Kouluttaja

Teacher

HuK, KM Mona Soudunsaari

Tavoitteet

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students
- can understand and use some very common everyday expressions and phrases
- can locate informational content in simple texts and messages
- know the basic characteristics of Finnish language and Finnish communication styles.

Sisältö

Content

This introductory course aims to help students to cope with the most common everyday situations in Finnish. During the course, students learn some useful everyday phrases, some general features of the vocabulary and grammar, and the main principles of pronunciation.The topics and communicative situations that are covered in the course are the following: general information about Finnish language, some politeness phrases (how to greet, thank and apologize), introducing oneself, asking about and providing basic personal information, numbers, some time expressions (how to tell and ask the time, days of the week, times of day), food, drink and asking about prices.

The structures that are studied are the personal pronouns and their possessive forms, forming affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences, the conjugation of some verbs, the basics of the partitive singular and some local cases for answering the 'where'-question.

Teaching Methods: Contact teaching and guided self-study. Lessons (26 h, including the tests) and guided self-study (28 h). Moodle learning environment is used on the course.

Study Methods: Participation in contact teaching, independent work, completion of assigned tasks and tests.

Learning material: Will be provided during the course.

Further information: Proficiency level: entry level A0, target level A1.1. Language of instruction is English and Finnish.

Assessment scale: PASS / FAIL

Primary Teaching Language: Finnish, English

Level: Language and Communication Studies

Hinta

150 €

If you are an international degree or post-graduate degree student of the University of Oulu the course is free of charge.