Study Guide

Teaching methods

This is the second Finnish course, and the aim is to become familiar with everyday life situations in Finnish environment. Target language proficiency level after the course is A2.1. During the course you will learn more vocabulary, phrases and structures needed in everyday situations. You will also learn more about Finnish culture, customs and nature. You will also learn some words and simple phrases related to the tourism and hospitality industry.

Learning methods include lectures and activating exercises in class together with independent studying according to the instructions. The assessment (on a grading scale 0-5) is based on the exams and the assignments.

Student workload

The student’s workload for each learning method:
- Lectures and exercises in class 50 h
- Final exam 4 h preparing for the exam 8h
- Independent studying and doing assignments and exercises 73 h

Materials

Coursebooks:
Suomen mestari 1 (edition 2020) - Finn Lectura: Gehring, Sonja and Heinzmann, Sanni.
Suomen mestari 2 (edition 2022) - Finn Lectura: Gehring, Sonja, Heinzmann, Sanni, Peltomäki, Anna-Maria, Päivärinne, Sari & Udd, Tarja

Other course material is provided in Moodle.

Further information

The student needs the coursebook, and it can be borrowed from the library or purchased from a book shop. Other material is provided in Moodle.