FF:BAX201 Finnish for Beginners I - Course Information
BAX201 Finnish for Beginners I
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2023
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jana Břehovská (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Hebedová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Petra Hebedová, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts - Prerequisites
- The course is held in Czech, therefore students need to speak Czech on a very high level to understand the materials. They also have to be able to work individually!
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 98 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 61/98, only registered: 1/98, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/98 - Course objectives
- The course is a language class of Finnish, no prior knowledge is required. A basic insight into Finnish grammar is presented. Students learn to use Finnish in basic situations. After completing the course students may continue in a follow-up course.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of this course students should be able to pronounce Finnish correctly, form words and sentences at the required level; they should be able to understand and use some of the Finnish cases and use verbs in present tense, answer basec quistions in Finnish and know vocabulary at the respective level.
- Syllabus
- pronunciation
- vowel harmony
- stem alternation
- question formation
- 1. group of verbs in the present tense
- cases: nominative, genitive, partitive, elative and inessive
- introduction into noun/adjective stem types
- Literature
- Lindroos, Hilkka. Finština nejen pro samouky. Praha: Leda, 2002.
- GEHRING, Sonja a HEINZMANN, Sanni. Suomen mestari: suomen kielen oppikirja aikuisille. Helsinki: Finn Lectura, 2012.
- Teaching methods
- The course is held online. Students will find study materials, audio and homework in ELF.
- Assessment methods
- homework, ELF exercises, final written test
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět není určen studentům oboru Baltistika - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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