• Ei tuloksia

Language Centre information

N/A
N/A
Info
Lataa
Protected

Academic year: 2022

Jaa "Language Centre information"

Copied!
22
0
0

Ladataan.... (näytä koko teksti nyt)

Lataa nyt ( 22 sivua )

Kokoteksti

(1)

Language Centre information

Kristina Granstedt-Ketola Åbo Akademi University

(2)

Personnel and teaching in Vaasa

• 3 full time teachers (Swedish, Finnish, English)

• 1 part time teacher (Swedish, English)

• 2-4 employed by the hour (Finnish, language counselling, language response)

• 1 secretary

• 1 amanuensis (teamleader: administration, teaching French, Swedish and sometimes Finnish elementary courses)

• The Language Centre at Åbo Akademi (Åbo + Vasa) has about 20 teachers.

3.9.2021 Sidfot 2

(3)

Language Center

(4)

Language Centre

• Ms Kristina Granstedt-Ketola

• Normally in room B 205 in Academill, Strandgatan 2

• During period 1 (until end of October), we mainly work on distance.

• Office hour on place Mondays,

starting from 13.9 from 10 to 12 o’clock.

Please mail in order to book an appointment, either in Zoom or on campus (if allowed).

• kgranste@abo.fi

• Phone: 06 324 7118 (+35863247118)

03-09-2021 Åbo Akademi | Strandgatan 2 | 65101 Vasa 4

(5)

Language Centre counselling

• I give advice about…

- Swedish language courses, - French courses,

- language regulations, - language assessment,

- possibilities to study languages at other universities in Vasa

(cooperation within the group Linguavaasa).

(6)

Central function of the Language Centre

Provides the following courses:

•

Swedish academic writing & communication (mother tongue Swedish)

•

Swedish as foreign language

•

Finnish and Swedish as second national language (level B2-C1)

•

Other foreign languages (mainly English) as required in the degree programs of the university.

•

Language response of degree theses and language proficiency tests

03-09-2021 Åbo Akademi | Strandgatan 2 | 65101 Vasa 6

(7)

Compulsory language courses

• T-Learn-students (Master programme) from abroad

• One compulsory course:

Swedish as a Foreign Language Level 1.

• PEACE-students (Master programme) from abroad

• do not have compulsory language studies in their exam.

– PEACE-students are welcome to join the Swedish course!

(8)

Compulsory language studies

• Advanced Practice Nursing-students (Master programme) from abroad:

• do not have compulsory language studies in their exam.

– PEACE-students are welcome to join the Swedish course!

3.9.2021 Sidfot 8

(9)

Compulsory language courses

• Finnish Master students who have their BA from Finland do not have any compulsory language courses if they have fulfilled the

requirements:

- Second National Language (Finnish or Swedish) according to Law 424/2003 - One Foreign Language level B2-C1 according to CEFR

- Communication Skills (Finnish or Swedish) - Maturity test in Swedish or Finnish

(10)

Compulsory language courses

• Finnish Master-students who have their BA from abroad need to show their knowledge of their mother tongue (maturity test) and the Second National Language (Finnish or Swedish).

• (according to F 794/2004)

https://www.finlex.fi/sv/laki/alkup/2004/20040794

03-09-2021 Åbo Akademi | Strandgatan 2 | 65101 Vasa 10

(11)

Language Response

• You write your degree thesis in English.

• Not only the contents but also the language will be assessed according to requirements at Åbo Akademi (Language Response).

• Read more: https://abofi.sharepoint.com/sites/intra-en-

languages-and-communication/SitePages/Language-checking-

language-response.aspx

(12)

Language Response

• The pilot project for obligatory language response currently involves all master's theses at Åbo akademi.

• If you are studying in an international master's programme in English, a Swedish summary is not required.

• Submit your thesis for language response well in advance, before you finish writing!

• You will have more information about the Language Response, when you write your thesis.

03-09-2021 Åbo Akademi | Strandgatan 2 | 65101 Vasa 12

(13)

Language consultation

• In order to get feedback about your language while writing your thesis, you can contact the Language Center.

• (Please observe that the hours provided are limited: 1-3 times à 45 minutes per student).

• More information:

• https://abofi.sharepoint.com/sites/intra-en-languages-and-

communication/SitePages/Text-consultation,-language-checking-of-

theses.aspx

(14)

Language Response

• Please observe, that it is your own responsibility to check the spelling, grammar and the proof-reading.

• The Language Centre just give feedback on your language.

• If you need proof-reading etc you have to pay for it yourself.

03-09-2021 Åbo Akademi | Strandgatan 2 | 65101 Vasa 14

(15)

Academic Writing Course

In Spring 2022 we can offer an optional distance course”Academic Writing Skills” (923800.0, version 3016) with focus on the programmes in Vasa.

Version 3018 is also online, but focus on Åbo.

https://studiehandboken.abo.fi/sv/kurs/923800.0/2279?period=2020-2022

(16)

Sign up for a course that will help you manage your thesis writing!

• Are you having difficulties finishing your master’s thesis, or are you stuck in your writing process?

• Would you like language support in a safe environment and meet other students, all in the same situation as you?

• Would you like a push forward… and 5 ECTS?

• In that case, register for the course “Developing Thesis Writing Skills”, a pilot project of the Language Centre during the autumn 2021. Apply by filling out the form Developing Thesis Writing Skills,

https://survey.abo.fi/lomakkeet/13711/lomake.html. Application deadline: September 26.

• If you have questions, please contact the teachers of the course: christel.bjorkstrand@abo.fi or malin.johansson@abo.fi.

•

3.9.2021 Sidfot 16

(17)

Language courses

• Swedish as a Foreign Language level 1, 5 ECTS

• starts 6.9 at 14:15, in Zoom(5 ECTS).

• The first week will be online, then once a week (Mondays) on campus and once a week in Zoom.

• Please, register for the coursein Peppi.

• Enrolled students will have a Zoom-link.

Compulsory course for T-Learn.

Optional for other Master

students and exchange students.

(18)

Language studies outside Åbo Akademi

• JOO-application:

You can apply for courses at Hanken, the University of Vaasa, VAMK (Vaasa U A) and Novia U A

03-09-2021 Åbo Akademi | Strandgatan 2 | 65101 Vasa 18

(19)

Language studies outside Åbo Akademi (cooperation)

• At the University of Vaasa you can study more languages

• https://www.uwasa.fi/en/education/linguavaasa

• Registration form on the webpage.

• The registration ends 2.9.2021 for the courses starting in September.

• Registration for Russian 1ends 27.9.

(20)

Language studies outside ÅA

• Information and registration University of Vaasa

• https://www.univaasa.fi/en/education/linguavaasa

• https://opas.peppi.uwasa.fi/fi/tutkinto-ohjelma/3778

3.9.2021 Sidfot 20

(21)

Language Centre

• Questions about language studies?

(22)

3.9.2021 Sidfot 22

Thank you for

your attention !

Viittaukset

Lataa nyt ( PDF - 22 sivua - 1.55 MB )

LIITTYVÄT TIEDOSTOT

Partitiivin käyttö oppijansuomessa. – Prior linguistic knowledge matters: The use of the partitive case in Finnish learner language näkymä

As learner language is the language produced by second or foreign-language learners, Finnish learner language is produced by learners of Finnis h, who, in this case, were

1. in Finland Integration

According to the structural slrafegies, the final phoneme of an inserted Finnish or Swedish noun is equated with a certain Russian gender marker: consonant- ending

1l - fint in of

The structure of Finnish vocabulary differs considerably from Indo-European languages and one can presume that this fact can cause the Swedish speaking language leamer

View of Learning to read for the first time as adult immigrants in Finland

Keywords: adult learner, alphabetic literacy, computer-assisted language learning, Finnish as a second language, late literacy, non-literate, Literacy Education and

Introducing a Collaborative Network-based Learning Environment into Foreign Language and Business Communication Teaching : Action Research in Finnish Higher Education

Its main aim is to examine the introduction of ICTs (information and communication tech- nologies) into foreign language and business communication teaching in Finnish

Language matters : a study about language communication with bilingual Swedish speakers in Finnish healthcare

Study I Does communication in a second language, Finnish, cause difficulties for bilingual Swedish speaking patients to describe health problems and pain, misunderstandings

Learning to read for the first time as adult immigrants in Finland : Reviewing pertinent research of low-literate or non-literate learners’ literacy acquisition and computer-assisted literacy training

Keywords: adult learner, alphabetic literacy, computer-assisted language learning, Finnish as a second language, late literacy, non-literate, Literacy Education and

University students’ attitudes towards mandatory English in their studies

In the Finnish Language Act, in section 2, it is decreed that every person to have the right to use his or her own language (Referring to Finnish and Swedish in this