Study Guide

Teaching methods

The aim is to help the foreign student to work in Finland and to tell about her work and duties. The students will learn to discuss and communicate with people at work. They will increase the awareness of Finnish culture and celebration. The students will reach the language level A2.2 at professional context and will be able to survive better at work in Finnish.

After the course the student is able to:
- tell about his/her working environment and duties in Finnish
- discuss in person and to communicate via email/other channels with people at work or studies : to ask, to advise and suggest things
- know the suitable communication style in different situations in Finnish culture
- understand and produce simple texts
- use ordinary professional vocabulary
- reach the language level A2.2 in the professional context in writing, reading, listening and speaking

Grammar in the level A2, e.g.
- time tenses,
- plural
- comparing adjectives
- rare word types

Vocabulary and phrases e.g. about
- Finnish celebration
- education, professional equipment, environment and duties
- shopping

Alternative implementation methods

Full RPL possible according to e.g. YKI2 result.

Student workload

The course required over 80 hours of work.
Campus lectures in weeks 36 - 46.
Exam in week 47.
Retakens in weeks 48 and 49.
Campus lectures are voluntary.

Qualifications

One of these courses completed or RPL: - Using Finnish Everyday A2.1 (in Savonia)

Materials

Suomen mestari 2, chapters 5-8
Material in Moodle

Further information

This course is held in the autumn in the second academic year.

The student has completed all first-year Finnish language courses OR
has demonstrated sufficient language skills, for example, by completed tests.

Teaching methods

The aim is to help the foreign student to work in Finland and to tell about her work and duties. The students will learn to discuss and communicate with people at work. They will increase the awareness of Finnish culture and celebration. The students will reach the language level A2.2 at professional context and will be able to survive better at work in Finnish.

After the course the student is able to:
- tell about his/her working environment and duties in Finnish
- discuss in person and to communicate via email/other channels with people at work or studies: to ask, to advise and suggest things
- know the suitable communication style in different situations in Finnish culture
- understand and produce simple texts
- use ordinary professional vocabulary
- reach the language level A2.2 in the professional context in writing, reading, listening and speaking.

Grammar in the level A2, e.g:
- time tenses,
- plural
- comparing adjectives
- rare word types.

Vocabulary and phrases e.g. about
- Finnish celebration
- education, professional equipment, environment and duties
- shopping.

Alternative implementation methods

Full RPL possible according to e.g. YKI2 result.

Student workload

The course required over 80 hours of work.
Campus lectures in weeks 36 - 46.
Exam in week 47.
Retakens in weeks 48 and 49.
Campus lectures are voluntary.

Qualifications

One of these courses completed or RPL: - Using Finnish Everyday A2.1 (in Savonia)

Materials

Suomen mestari 2, chapters 5-8
Material in Moodle

Further information

This course is held in the autumn in the second academic year.

The student has completed all first-year Finnish language courses OR
has demonstrated sufficient language skills, for example, by completed tests.

Qualifications

One of these courses completed or RPL: - Using Finnish Everyday A2.1 (in Savonia)

Qualifications

One of these courses completed or RPL: - Using Finnish Everyday A2.1 (in Savonia)

Materials

Suomen mestari 2, chapters 5-8
Suomen mestari 3, chapters 1-2,
material in Moodle

Teaching methods

- Contact lectures at Kuopio's campus (24 h)
- Lectures: grammar, listening, reading and speaking practicing
- Moodle-exercises: professional vocabulary
- Final exam
Topics:
public services, relationship, celebration, education and working life, shopping, energy and consumption, culture and arts.
Grammar:
Present Perfect, Past Perfect, pronouns, types of nouns, plural forms, adjectives' degree of comparison, conditional form, adverbs, Passive voice (present indefinite), 0-person.

Alternative implementation methods

Full RPL possible according to YKI 2-6 result.

Student workload

Lectures 12 x 2 h
Exercises in Moodle (self-studying) 47 h
Final exam 2h + preparation 8 h

Practical training and working life cooperation

Professional vocabulary and dialogues.

Qualifications

One of these courses completed or RPL: - Using Finnish Everyday A2.1 (in Savonia)

Materials

Suomen mestari 2, chapters 5-8
material in Moodle

Qualifications

One of these courses completed or RPL: - Using Finnish Everyday A2.1 (in Savonia)

Materials

Suomen mestari 2, chapters 5-8
Suomen mestari 3, chapters 1-2,
Material in Moodle