Survival Finnish 1, Online teaching, FORTHEM 13.02.2024 - 21.03.2024
Activity Type: Synchronous Course
Knowledge Category: Generic Programmes And Qualifications
Language(s): English, Suomi
Subtitles Language(s): ---
Estimated Workload (hours): 54
Max. Participants: 20
Teacher(s): Juha-Matti Pekkala
Start Date: 13/02/24 00:00
End Date: 21/03/24 00:00
Enrollment Method: Open
IMPORTANT: Forthem
DA academy students must ALSO register through JYU Webropol by 31 January 2024:
https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/4A7C9A43AD704E54
Enrollment through Digital Academy only is not enough! Registered
students will be informed later on how to enter the actual Moodle-site of the
course.
The course runs from 13 February - 21 March 2024,Tuesdays and Thursdays at 16.15-17.45 Finnish time (CET+2) in ZOOM and Moodle. Active participation in the live-classes required, 80% attendance.
The aim is to practice receptive skills such as the understanding of routine everyday written and spoken texts (buying a train ticket, reading announcements). First and foremost the attention is focused on the strategies needed to manage in these situations.
Completion methodsThe 24 contact hours will be spent learning to understand Finnish with the help of diverse exercises in groups, pairs and also individually. The course focuses mostly on practicing listening and reading comprehension, as well as on using Finnish in routine everyday situations. Completing home assignments is an important part of the course. The support language of the course is English.
The course provides students with different strategies to understand Finnish, abilities to search for basic information in simple texts and cope with routine everyday situations in Finnish. The students will also acquire an understanding of the particularities of the Finnish language.
