Study Guide

Objective

The aim of this course is to learn to write texts that differ in structure, vocabulary, and style. The texts may be summaries, announcements, opinion pieces, CVs, etc.

Having completed the course you will be able
1) to write clearly and coherently about various topics using a few challenging structures.
2) to comment on other writers’ texts
3) to reach the level B2 in writing of the six-level CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).

Content

You will write various types of texts and do grammar exercises. You can point out differences between formal and informal texts. You will also work on your own texts according to the feedback from the teacher. The main emphasis is on your own production. The teacher and the students jointly agree on the studying method.

Further information

A degree student attending the Lapland University of Applied Sciences can register free of charge for LUC studies offered by the University of Lapland,
if the studies can be linked to their own degree. Enrollment takes place through the Applicant’s Desktop of the University of Lapland: https://hakeutuminen-lay.peppi4.lapit.csc.fi/web/hakijan-tyopoyta/.
From the left hand menu, first select "Study selection" and then "LUC studies YO”, and you will see the entire offering. Choose the study unit in question and register.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass/fail, grades 1–5

Qualifications

The course is available to those who have completed or are presently completing the course XFIN0226 Structures of Standard Written Finnish and to those with corresponding skills (language skill level B1–B2 in reading comprehension).

Further information

Teaching of Finnish as a second and as a foreign language.

Timing: Autumn and spring term.