Curricula

Objectives

You will learn the essential parts of Finnish language structure (present and past verb tenses, sentence structure, noun declension). You will be able to communicate in familiar everyday life situations, including those in the field of nursing. You will be able to describe your own home and living arrangements, your home country and your personal background. You will be introduced to the typical features of the Finnish communication culture and self-study methods.

With some assistance, you will be able to Finnish in situations of immediate relevance, including those in the field of nursing. You will be able to intelligibly describe, in simple terms, things related to your personal background, home and living arrangements. You will be able to instruct the patient and communicate in basic care or treatment scenarios, but needs help and repetition. You will be able to partly understand the main points of things said in Finnish regarding familiar and typical matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. With some assistance, you will be able to write a simple, short care instruction.

Content

You will learn to
• understand and use everyday expressions related to familiar situations, e.g. your living arrangements and personal background.

You will study
• how to instruct the patient and how to communicate in basic care or treatment scenarios,
• self directed language learning materials outside the classroom,
• language learning strategies,
• the communication culture of Finland, and
• how to describe and discuss your own home country.

Learning materials and recommended literature

Mustonen, A., Sippola, H. & Tuononen, N.: Hoidetaan suomeksi.

The book is provided by the Degree Programme. If you have not got one during your first year, please inform the teacher.

Teaching methods

Contact learning

Exam dates and retake possibilities

Agreed with students in the beginning of the course

Student workload

Lectures 55 h
Independent learning 70 h
Exams 10h

Total 135 h

Evaluation scale

0-5

Evaluation criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

1) With some assistance, you use Finnish in situations of immediate relevance, including those in the field of nursing. You intelligibly describe, in simple terms, things related to your personal background, home and living arrangements. You manage to instruct the patient and communicate in basic care or treatment scenarios, but need help and repetition. You partly understand the main points of things said in Finnish regarding familiar and typical matters regularly encountered at work, school, leisure, etc. With some assistance, you write a simple, short care instruction.

2) With a bit of assistance, you use Finnish in situations of immediate relevance, including those in the field of nursing. You describe adequately well, in simple terms, things related your background, home and living arrangements. You manage to instruct the patient and communicate in basic care or treatment scenarios with the help of others. When necessary, you sometimes use coping strategies in the context of nursing. You partly understand the main points of things said in Finnish regarding familiar and typical matters regularly encountered at work, school, leisure, etc. You write a simple, short care instruction.

Evaluation criteria, good (3-4)

3) You use Finnish in situations of immediate relevance, including those in the field of nursing. You describe, in simple terms, things related to your background, home and living arrangements. You manage to instruct the patient and communicate in basic care or treatment scenarios. When necessary, you often use coping strategies in the context of nursing. You mostly understand the main points of things said in Finnish regarding familiar and typical matters regularly encountered at work, school, leisure, etc. You write a simple care instruction.

4) To a large extent, you use Finnish to communicate in situations of immediate relevance, including those in the field of nursing. You describe, in simple terms, things related to your background, home and living arrangements. You instruct the patient and communicate in basic care or treatment scenarios in most cases. When necessary, you often use coping strategies in the context of nursing. You mostly understand the main points of things said in Finnish regarding familiar and typical matters regularly encountered at work, school, leisure, etc. You write a simple care instruction.

Evaluation criteria, excellent (5)

5) You use Finnish to communicate in situations of immediate relevance, including those in the field of nursing. You describe, in simple terms, things related to your background, home and living arrangements. You instruct the patient and communicate in basic care or treatment scenarios. When needed, you use coping strategies in the context of nursing. You understand the main points of things said in Finnish regarding familiar and typical matters regularly encountered at work, school, leisure, etc. You write a simple care instruction.

Prerequisites

Successful completion of JAMK Finnish 2 for Nursing Students or equivalent skills.

Further information

For international nursing students whose native language is not Finnish.