Intermediate Finnish Course 1 (FULL)

5 ECTS credits, Academic Year 2024-2025, 900015Y
In this course you will strengthen your Finnish communication skills. You will get a wider vocabulary and more thorough knowledge of grammar.

Enrollment period

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Mode of delivery

Contact studies
Independent study

Course study period

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Price

50 €

Education information

The course is a lower intermediate course. During the course, students strengthen their communication skills in ordinary everyday situations and acquire a wider vocabulary and more thorough knowledge of grammar. In addition, students practise understanding and producing Finnish talk and reading newspaper articles.

The topics and communicative situations covered in the course are the following: asking for help, describing people and things, writing an email, talking about one’s life story and education and work history, filling in an application, describing the environment, expressing opinions, participating in a conversation, reading news and statistics and telling stories.

The structures studied are the following: the imperfect and object forms, more word and sentence types and the perfect form.

Education format

Continuous learning
Continuing training

Semester

Academic Year 2024-2025

Discipline

8015 Language studies, Finnish for Foreigners

Course organiser

University of Oulu

Location

Oulu

Maximum participants

At least 2 places for students from outside / non-degree students.

Prerequisities and co-requisites

Required proficiency level is A1.3, completion of the Beginners’ Finnish course 2 (900053Y) or equivalent Finnish language skills

Contact information

Guidance and counselling

Questions? Please contact us 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?
Last updated: 9.8.2024