Finnish B1.1
Course code
EKS6425.HT
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Soome keel B1.1
Course title in English
Finnish B1.1
ECTS credits
6.0
Assessment form
assessment
lecturer of 2026/2027 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2026/2027 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Brief description of the course
Integrated development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills at B1.1 level. Students practise planning coherent texts, using different reading and listening strategies, summarising information, and expressing opinions. Materials include accessible news items, podcasts, literary excerpts, films, and other authentic texts. Language topics are based on communication tasks. When studying cultural and social topics, students practise information retrieval, citing sources and giving short presentations. Students will produce their own materials to support their learning and present them to the group.
A Finnish language proficiency level of A2 is required to participate in the B1.1 course.
A Finnish language proficiency level of A2 is required to participate in the B1.1 course.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- understands the main points of clear, standard spoken language and written text on familiar topics relating to study, work and leisure;
- participates in an unprepared conversation on a familiar topic, and expresses and briefly justifies an opinion;
- produces a simple coherent text about experiences, events, goals, and topics of interest;
- applies reading and listening strategies and summarises the main points of an accessible text;
- searches for information from a Finnish-language source and presents one topic relating to Finnish culture or society;
- independently or in pairs, creates learning-supporting exercises and presents them.
- understands the main points of clear, standard spoken language and written text on familiar topics relating to study, work and leisure;
- participates in an unprepared conversation on a familiar topic, and expresses and briefly justifies an opinion;
- produces a simple coherent text about experiences, events, goals, and topics of interest;
- applies reading and listening strategies and summarises the main points of an accessible text;
- searches for information from a Finnish-language source and presents one topic relating to Finnish culture or society;
- independently or in pairs, creates learning-supporting exercises and presents them.
Teacher
Karola Velberg
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