Conversational Skills in Finnish (FULL)

By the end of the course students - are able to interact fairly fluently and spontaneously with their interlocutor - can describe and explain (clearly and in detail) on a wide range of objects, experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions - can bring out opinions, give reasons and explanations for them and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options - are able to give a prepared presentation and answer the questions posed by the audience.

Multimodal teaching. Contact teaching, studying in a group and guided self study. Lessons twice a week (28–30 h), group work (15 h) and guided self study (36 h). Moodle learning environment is used on the course. Check the schedule of the group in Peppi study guide https://opas.peppi.oulu.fi/en/course/900054Y/1951?period=2024-2025

The course is also open to students outside the University of Oulu with a separate study right. Please note that this is a face-to-face course and cannot be taken online. You can ask for free places at study.languages@oulu.fi. Please provide us with the following information: - Which course are you interested in? What group are you interested in? Please enter the course code (code + four numbers indicating the group) and the course name. - What is your Finnish language level? How much Finnish have you already studied? - Can you attend contact lessons in Oulu? Please note that we don't accept non-degree students in distance or online groups. You also need basic Finnish language skills to apply for our courses.

Entry level A2.2, target level at least B1.1 --> (Participants develop their Finnish skills from their own level of language proficiency.)

Required proficiency level of language skills is A2.2; completion of the Intermediate Finnish Course 3 (YK00AI94) or the equivalent language skills.

Material in Moodle.

Assessment methods: Participation in contact teaching, independent work, completion of assigned tasks. Assessment criteria: To pass the course, students must attend class on a regular basis and complete group work tasks and homework assignments. Read more about assessment criteria on the University of Oulu webpage:  https://www.oulu.fi/en/students/studying-university/assessment-criteria

Grading is on a pass/fail basis.

Contact teaching and guided self study