Intermediate Finnish Course 3

By the end of the course, students can communicate in many situations using Finnish. Students are able to - understand clear and standard communication about familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school and leisure time - understand the main points of messages and conversations in colloquial Finnish - produce simple, coherent and logical text on different topics - describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions, and also explain and validate their opinions and arguments better than before - communicate about topics related to leisure time, well-being, the environment and environmental protection.

Multimodal teaching: contact teaching and self-study. Lessons 2 times a week (52 h, including the tests) and guided self-study (83 h). Moodle learning environment is used. Check the schedule of the group in Peppi study guide https://opas.peppi.oulu.fi/en/course/YK00AI94/32726

The course is also open to students outside the University of Oulu with a separate study right. You can ask about free places using the contact form during the registration period, see above. Upon admission to the course, you will receive information about enrollment.

Required proficiency level is A2.2, completion of Intermediate Finnish course 2 (900016Y) or equivalent Finnish language skills.

Kristiina Kuparinen & Terhi Tapaninen: Oma suomi 2 (chapters 6-11) and material in Moodle.

Assessment methods: Participation in contact teaching, independent work, completion of assigned tasks and tests. Assessment criteria: Continuous evaluation during the course. Regular and active participation in the weekly lessons, homework assignments and the tests will be taken into consideration in the assessment. More detailed information about the assessment during the course is available in the course's Moodle-workspace. Read more about assessment criteria on the University of Oulu webpage:  https://www.oulu.fi/en/students/studying-university/assessment-criteria

Evaluation scale 1–5