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FIN1MS23HKI Finnish Basic Level 1 A (3 cr)

Code: FIN1003B20S-3005

General information


Enrollment

01.03.2023 - 19.03.2023

Timing

11.09.2023 - 15.12.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

67 % Contact teaching, 33 % Distance learning

Unit

Sosionomitutkinnot

Campus

Helsinki

Teaching languages

  • Finnish
  • English

Seats

0 - 30

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Social Services

Teachers

  • Elina Johansson

Groups

  • HKI-S23dss
  • 23.11.2023 09:00 - 11:30, FIN1: Suomen kielen opetus/ Finnish lessons
  • 24.11.2023 09:30 - 12:00, FIN1MS23HKI Finnish Basic Level 1 A FIN1003B20S-3005
  • 11.12.2023 13:00 - 15:15, FIN1: Finnish test
  • 15.12.2023 10:00 - 11:30, FIN1: Finnish/Feedback from the test

Objective

The student will be able to:
• know Finnish language at the skill level A1.1
• know vocabulary and grammar relevant to the skill level A1.1
• understand some familiar everyday expressions if the other person speaks very slowly
• communicate with very basic phrases if the other person is prepared to help

Content

Contents:
• common vocabulary and phrases
• everyday speaking
• noun declension
• verb conjugation
• grammatical cases of genitive and partitive
• questions

Teaching methods

The course consists of contact teaching (finnish lessons), group discussions, individual learning assignments and exam.

Materials

Suomen mestari 1 (new edition), chapters 1- 4, teacher´s material

Exam schedules

written exam 11.12.2023

retake exams possibilities: general exam dates in January and February 2024

Student workload

Total work load of the course: 81 h
contact teaching: 30 h
individual studies: 38 h
assignments: 10 h
exam: 3 h

Content scheduling

Structures of the language, pronunciation and vocabulary
Texts and dialogues
Computer aided exercises on all sections mentioned above.

Contents:
Alphabets, greetings, days of the week, numbers, languages, countries, nationalities, weather and times of the year, me and my family
Personal pronouns, verb type 1, negative sentence, question words, -ko-question, genitive, partitive, minulla on -sentence, pronunciation

Assessment methods and criteria

Active participation to contact teaching, independent assignments and an exam affect to assessment:

exam 60 %
assignments 20 %
participation 20 %

Evaluation scale

0-5