Learn Finnish 2 (contact learning)

An intensive summer course

Scope

4 ECTS

Time

23.6.–9.7.2025 Monday to Friday at 10–13.15

Place

Tampere (more information will be sent to participants by email)

More information about our classrooms

Target group

Learn Finnish 2 is suitable for you if you have participated on Learn Finnish 1 or if you have reached the skill level A1.1 (on the European Framework of Reference for Languages, CEFR). You have studied chapters 1 to 3 from the textbook Suomen mestari 1, or have equivalent skills.

See our Student’s Guide for more information about the order in which our Finnish language courses are meant to be taken.

Objectives

The target level of the course is A1.2.

Contents

Students will continue studying Finnish on level A1. The aim of the course is to deepen students’ skills and proceed to the next language level. After mastering all the contents of the course, students will be able to cope with simple everyday situations, and will be able to talk about themselves using simple expressions. During the lessons, we will work independently and in pairs and small groups.

The core of the course is the textbook Suomen mestari 1. We will study chapters 4–6. In order to reach the target level, students are required to be active on the lessons, do homework, and study new words.

GRAMMAR: how to form and use the partitive singular, verb types 1–5, locative cases.

Languages of instruction are English and Finnish.

Modes of study

Active and regular attendance and an exam at the end of the course. The course is intensive: participants are required to be active and  study independently.

To pass the course, participants are required to attend at least 70 or 80 per cent of the lessons.

Scale: 0–5

Materials

Suomen mestari 1, Sonja Gehring and Sanni Heinzmann, Finn Lectura, new edition.

ISBN: 978-951-1-33423-1

Note! The textbook is not included in the course fee.

Please buy or borrow the book before the course begins! The book will be needed from the 1st lesson onwards. Each participant will need their own copy of the book.  A dictionary is also recommended.

We will study chapters 4–6.

We use Moodle learning environment on the course.

See also

On Learn Finnish 2, we will continue studying from where Learn Finnish 1 ended. After Learn Finnish 2, you can continue studying Finnish on Learn Finnish 3.

Additional information

Education coordinator Suvi Tartia, suvi.tartia (at) tampereenkesayliopisto.fi, tel. 050 575 7127 or 050 303 1178

The information published above is subject to change.