Finnish Language Course in Dhaka

Overview

Students will learn basics of Finnish. After the course, they will be able to talk about themselves using simple expressions. Finnish A1 is an intensive course and students are required to be active. We will study basic grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and Finnish culture.

The core of the course is the textbook Suomen mestari A1, . Active and regular participation, doing homework and studying new vocabulary are necessary each day. In addition, the trainer will hold interesting discussions, play language games, and learn about Finnish culture together. The language of instruction is English.

Course description

Level A1 is for people with no previous knowledge of the language or minimal knowledge such as some greetings and the alphabet. The course runs over three ten week terms and each session is two hours long. The course includes all four skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening.

The course will cover the following

Topics:

the alphabet and pronunciation, greetings, numbers, time, days of the week, months and seasons, nationalities, languages and countries, weather, my family, appearance, my house, average day, travel, modes of transport, shopping, enrolling on a course, faults and problems. Cultural references: polite exchanges, typical Finnish pursuits.

Functions:

introducing oneself, understanding numbers (prices, telephone numbers), talking about time, describing your family, describing people, describing your house, talking about your average day, buying clothes, buying food and clothes, asking for help, enrolling on a course, reporting a fault, checking into a hotel, describing a trip.

Grammar:

: personal pronouns, verb types 1-5, negation, consonant gradation, question words, question particle, genitive, habitive construction, partitive, local cases, nominative plural, existential clause, impersonal predicative construction, demonstrative pronouns, imperative 2nd person singular, noun types -i, -e, -nen and -si.

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