Finnish B1.2
Course code
EKS6426.HT
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Soome keel B1.2
Course title in English
Finnish B1.2
ECTS credits
6.0
Assessment form
Examination
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
Development of the four language skills at B1.2 level through a variety of text types and communicative tasks. Students practise managing conversations, giving reasons, summarising and reporting information, comparing texts, and producing coherent argumentative texts. Materials include journalistic and media texts, accessible works of fiction, films, and podcasts. Particular attention is paid to language accuracy, textual cohesion, register, and student's self-assessment. Finnish culture and society are explored through a short, source-based task. Students work in pairs or groups and give presentations on the topics covered. Students read a book in Finnish and give a presentation on it.
A Finnish language proficiency level of B1.1 is required to participate in the B1.2 course.
A Finnish language proficiency level of B1.1 is required to participate in the B1.2 course.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- understands the essential information in standard speech and different types of texts and distinguishes the main points from secondary information;
- communicates in most everyday, study, and travel situations and explains and justifies their views;
- produces coherent descriptive, narrative, and argumentative texts on familiar topics;
- summarises and compares the main content of several accessible sources;
- uses vocabulary appropriate to the situation and basic grammatical forms, and analyses a couple of aspects of Finnish society or culture;
- independently reads and comprehends a book in Finnish, and orally summarizes and presents its content.
- understands the essential information in standard speech and different types of texts and distinguishes the main points from secondary information;
- communicates in most everyday, study, and travel situations and explains and justifies their views;
- produces coherent descriptive, narrative, and argumentative texts on familiar topics;
- summarises and compares the main content of several accessible sources;
- uses vocabulary appropriate to the situation and basic grammatical forms, and analyses a couple of aspects of Finnish society or culture;
- independently reads and comprehends a book in Finnish, and orally summarizes and presents its content.
Teacher
Karola Velberg
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