Finnish for Foreigners
Do you want to learn the Finnish language? Join Finnish for Foreigners studies and practice oral and written communication in simple everyday situations and everyday routines.
Target Audience
Immigrants who want to learn Finnish. The training is suitable for you if you want to study online and learn some basic everyday situations and everyday routines.
Contet and objectives
You can choose one, two or three Finnish language courses:
Content
- Oral and written communication in simple everyday situations and daily routines: meeting people, eating and shopping.
- Key vocabulary.
- Basic grammatical structures, for example conjugating verbs in present tense, verb types, the partitive case and the six local cases.
- Finnish culture and customs.
Learning objectives
On completion of the course the student will be able to introduce and tell someone about himself or herself or another person, ask simple questions and answer questions about familiar topics, use greetings and numbers, tell the time and tell location. The student’s communication skills correspond to the skill level A1.1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Content
- Oral and written communication in simple everyday situations: working day, housing, leisure and celebrations.
- Expanding basic vocabulary.
- Expanding basic grammar, for example nominal types, declining nominals and the consonant change.
- Key characteristics of spoken Finnish.
- Finnish culture and customs.
Learning objectives
On completion of the course the student will be able to talk or read about and write brief texts about his or her background, home and working day and understand simple clearly spoken Finnish in familiar everyday situations. The student’s communication skills correspond to the skill level A1.2/A1.3 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Content
- Oral and written communication in everyday contexts: speaking on the phone, talking about seasons and weather, spending time with friends, leisure time activities.
- New grammatical structures, for example expressing necessity and opinion, past tense.
- Basic features of colloquial Finnish.
- Features of the Finnish way of life.
Learning objectives
On completion of the course the student will be able to participate in simple conversations, read and understand simple texts with the aid of a dictionary and write simple texts about familiar topics, for example his or her background, personal history and daily activities. The student’s communication skills correspond to the skill level A2.1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Time and location
100% online (Self-Study) course. You can start your studies as soon as your enrollment has been handled.
Price
The studies are free of charge.
Enrollment
- Enrol for Finnish for Foreigners 1 (NonStop) course in the enrollment system by 31 December 2024
- Enrol for Finnish for Foreigners 2 (NonStop) course in the enrollment system by 31 December 2024
- Enrol for Finnish for Foreigners 3 (NonStop) course in the enrollment system by 31 December 2024
Before enrolling, please read the Open UAS study guidelines and the Open UAS terms of payment and cancellation. For more information on the general prerequisites (language skills, study skills), see the Open UAS website Language skills and other requirements.
Contact Person
Janne Salonen, janne.salonen [at] metropolia.fi (janne[dot]salonen[at]metropolia[dot]fi)