Academic Finnish - Language functions and central structures
Language functions
Social interaction
- Mastering Finnish communication culture in formal and informal situations
- Using Finnish fluently, precisely and according to the needs of each interaction situation
Telling and describing
- Communicating about your own discipline appropriately and idiomatically in different situations
- Describing abstract topics precisely and in detail, using varying vocabulary
- Argumentation using suitable style
Understandingand searching for information in Finnish
- Reading and understanding a long, continuous text in Finnish (e.g. a novel) and making conclusions based on it
- Finding Finnish source materials on your own discipline with different search methods and reading Finnish source materials
- Understanding standard Finnish speech or conversation on an abstract topic related to your own discipline or societal themes
- Understanding and distinguishing between nuances and details in speech and text, for example, distinguishing between fact and opinion
Developing as a language learner
- Knowing your own language proficiency profile well and developing its subareas in a systematic and goal-oriented way
- Stabilising your literacy and information searching skills; developing your reasoning skills
- Expanding and deepening the application of different tools that support learning and language usage