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Teaching times have been  updated 2 September 2025.

Course information

Learning outcomes

At course completion, you will:
- be able to talk about the main features of your daily life
- be able to function in routine situations and make common enquiries.
- understand and be able to produce short written messages about situations in your day of working or studying
- be able to find the main information you need from short texts on course themes
- know some of the main features of Finnish everyday life and work

Content

- Expanding vocabulary related to everyday life and work (e.g. food, travel, expressions of time)
- Expanding knowledge of the grammatical structures of Finnish (locative cases, taytyy, parts of speech)
- Practice situations related to everyday tasks and social life (shopping, medical visits)

Teacher

Mari Nikonen

Study material

Terhi Tapaninen ja Kristiina Kuparinen: Oma Suomi 1 (Chapters 6-9) (2022 edition, ISBN : 978-951-1-44826-6) and extra material provided by the teacher. Please notice that the book is compulsory for completing the course.

Workload

Teaching in group 36 h
Independent work 57 h
 

Prerequisites

Finnish 1 (ALC-7210) 3 credits or Finnish 1A (ALC-7311), 2 credits, or Finnish 1B (ALC-7312), 2 credits or equivalent knowledge

Evaluation

The course requires regular attendance, active participation in class and completion of homework assignments. Written examination and oral test. The weight given to the various assignments in the final grade is specified at the start of the course.

Teaching time and location

20.10.-17.12.2025. Teaching hours on Mondays and Wednesdays at 16.30-18.00 (exception: no teaching on Mon 8 December, but there is a class on Tue 9 December instead). This course is conducted as in-person instruction on campus, the teaching takes place at Aalto University campus at Otakaari 1, Espoo. Students are expected to be present at the lectures.

Teaching times have been  updated 2 September 2025.

Exams

Written and oral examination. The written examinations will be held as a remote examination in MyCourses. Oral examination time will be given by the teacher. The teacher will give further information on examinations.

The written examination will be held 18.12.2025. No registration is required.
Re-examination will be held on 14.1.2026. Please, register in Sisu on 7.1.2026 at the latest. 

The teacher has four (4) weeks to grade the exam submissions starting from the exam date.

Exam instructions at the Open UniversityOpen University exam halls

Further information

CEFR level
Starting level: A1.1.,Target Level: A1.2.
More information on CEFR levels

Online learning environment for the course  

MyCourses online learning environment is a tool for both students and teachers for communication and managing everyday course work. You need an Aalto User ID to log in to the course's MyCourses workspace and participate in teaching.

Digital workspace of the course:

More details on completing the course will be available at MyCourses closer to the start of the course.

Registration and course fee

Registration for Open University courses is done via the link below: 

Registration for this course starts on 22.9.2025 at 9.00  
Registration for this course ends on 13.10.2025 at 23.59

It is not possible to register before the registration period has started or after it has ended.

The course fee is paid upon registration for each course at a time and it is binding. Familiarize yourself with registration and payment rules as well as other guidelines for students:
Registration, payments and rules

This course is organized by the Aalto University Open University. The requirements of the course are the same as in the degree studies at Aalto University Language Centre.

The number of participants is limited to 30.
Please note that this course is organized when there are at least 12 students registered for it. 

Activating Aalto ID and Multifactor Authentication

You can activate your Aalto User ID the day after the registration and you should activate it no later than the day before the start of the course.
Instructions for activating your Aalto user ID

Once you have activated your Aalto user ID, also enable multifactor authentication. Some of Aalto University's services require multifactor authentication.

Instructions for using Multifactor Authentication