Suomea työhön (4 cr)

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Objective

You understand the process of job seeking in Finland and learn to develop your job seeking skills. You become aware of your skills and assets and are able to tell about and provide evidence of them in Finnish. You are capable of producing a variety of job seeking documents in Finnish. You are acquainted with the essential elements of Finnish job interviews. You are able to function in various workplace communication situations.

You reflect on your learning throughout the course via self-assessment.

Content

You learn
- the essential elements of job seeking in Finland while developing your Finnish language skills in working life contexts;
- to reflect on your skills and assets;
- to read and produce job seeking documents in alignment with your language skills, to receive feedback on your writing and to edit and develop your texts accordingly;
- to function in various workplace communication situations; and
- to tell about your study and work experience as well as your plans for the future.

Materials

Suggested literature:
White, L. (2010). Suomen kielioppia ulkomaalaisille [Finnish grammar for foreigners]. Finn Lectura.

Teaching methods

Independent online study: webinars, course assignments, online group work

Student workload

Assignments for orientation and exploring the Moodle workspace 10-15 h
Independent work and assignments 60-70 h
Editing texts according to feedback and working on the portfolio 15-25 h
Group work 5-10 h
Online meetings 9 h

Total 108 h

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

You understand the process of job seeking in Finland. You are aware of your skills and assets and are able to tell about and provide evidence of them in Finnish. You are acquainted with a variety of job seeking documents and are able to produce short versions of such in Finnish . You know the essential elements of Finnish job interviews and you are able to function in in various workplace communication situations.

The course assignments are evaluated as Passed and in conformance to the instructions. The assignments reflect the study of the course contents.

Qualifications

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) B1.

Further information

Ongoing feedback, self-assessment, peer-assessment