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KIK08MK25HKI Plain language and core meanings (5 cr)

Code: KIK0805A19H-3006

General information


Enrollment

23.09.2024 - 13.10.2024

Timing

07.01.2025 - 04.05.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

2 op

Mode of delivery

60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Distance learning

Campus

Helsinki

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • BA in Humanities, Interpreting in Sign Language and Alternative and Augmentative Communication

Teachers

  • Päivi Pässilä

Groups

  • HKI-S23vip

Objective

Students will be able to
- identify the principles of plain language and produce plain-language text
- describe things in plain language and use alternative expressions
- analyse meanings of language
- recognise surface meanings and deep meanings
- understand metaphors, figures of speech and idioms

Content

- plain-language writing
- language accessibility, introductions
- text analysis, intertextuality
- superordinate and subordinate concepts
- nuances

Evaluation scale

0-5