Name: Finnish as a second language / Suomi toisena kielenä (S02)
Time and duration: 29.8.2023 – 30.5.2024
S02 is a series of 6 courses, each comprising 28 lessons.
Organizer: Kaarinan lukion aikuislinja (Kaarina Upper Secondary School for Adults)
Timetable:
S021 29.8.-5.10.
S022 6.10.-21.11.
S023 22.11.-16.1.
S024 17.1.-4.3.
S025 5.3.-15.4.
S026 16.4.-30.5.
The first period starts on 29 August. Further information about the timetable can be found in our “Opintojakso-/moduuli-/kurssitarjotin”. The contents of the courses are described in “Opintojaksoselosteet”.
Course description: The courses provide elementary education in the Finnish language, focusing on both written and spoken language at the elementary level.
Target group: Immigrants, remigrants, and other foreign language speakers, young or adult, who need Finnish language for example in working life.
Requirements: No previous studies in Finnish expected, but some elementary oral skills will be an advantage. Ability to use the Finnish writing system (the Latin alphabet).
Educational goals:
a) give the students elementary language skills for working life,
b) strengthen the students’ multicultural identity, and
c) form a basis for functional bilingualism.
Enrolment: Here or contact the school office. Office hours: during the school year Mon/Wed 8:00-15:00, Tue/Thu 10:00 – 17:00, student counsellor Mon 16:00-18:00.
Costs: Education is free for those who are not secondary school graduates, ie those who have not yet taken the Finnish matriculation examination, unless they study full-time somewhere else.
Address: Kaarinan lukion aikuislinja, Voivalantie 7 – 9, 20780 Kaarina
Telephone: Office 050 314 5238, student counsellor 050 314 0908 and vice principal 050 314 5222.
E-mail: aikuislinja@kaarina.fi, firstname.surname@kaarina.fi