Intermediate Finnish: B1.3 Course follows Intermediate Finnish: B1.2 Course and continues the learning journey for students with approximately 280 hours of prior study. It broadens communication through work, study, technology, everyday responsibilities and familiar experiences.

Students practise describing experiences in greater detail, discussing work, study, responsibilities, technology and everyday life, and participating in longer conversations. They read factual texts and notices, write practical and descriptive texts, and give explanations and justify opinions. -minen forms, expanded object and case usage, conjunctions and sentence linking support this communication alongside familiar conditional and passive structures. Pronunciation work develops spoken Finnish rhythm, intonation and longer spontaneous speech while distinguishing important spoken and written forms.

DELIVERY MODE

Language courses are offered in two delivery modes:

• Face-to-Face: WEA Sydney
• Online: via Zoom or Microsoft Teams

Please check the delivery mode listed before enrolling, as some classes are face-to-face and others are online.

TEXTBOOK

• Tutor supplied material

COURSE OUTLINE

Communication

• Talk about work and study.
• Discuss everyday responsibilities.
• Describe experiences in greater detail.
• Discuss technology and everyday life.
• Read factual texts and notices.
• Write practical and descriptive texts.
• Give explanations and justify opinions.
• Participate in longer conversations.

Grammar

• -minen forms.
• Expansion of object and case usage.
• Conjunctions and sentence linking.
• Consolidation of conditional and passive structures.

Phonetics

• Spoken Finnish rhythm and intonation.
• Distinguishing important spoken and written forms.
• Pronunciation in longer spontaneous speech.

Vocabulary

• Work and study.
• Everyday responsibilities.
• Technology.
• Instructions and notices.
• Experiences and processes.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Discuss work, study, everyday responsibilities and technology and describe familiar experiences in greater detail;
2. Understand factual texts and notices, write practical and descriptive texts, and explain and justify opinions;
3. Participate in longer conversations using increasingly connected language and familiar grammatical structures.