Finnish as a second-language subject curriculum (FIN1-02)

Competence aims after Year 2

Language learning

The aims of the training are to enable the apprentice to

• provide examples of situations where it might be useful to be able to speak the Finnish or Kven language
• find words and expressions that are common for the first language and Finnish or Kven

Communication

The aims of the training are to enable the apprentice to

• understand and use some common words and expressions in the Finnish or Kven language that are about oneself, one's family and neighbourhood/community
• greet people, ask simple questions and answer simple questions
• recognize some words, expressions and simple sentences in spoken texts
• understand and use basic pronunciation in the Finnish or Kven language through practical aesthetic methods of expression
• use figures in communication

Culture, community and literature

The aims of the training are to enable the apprentice to

• discuss aspects of children's day-to-day life in Norway and its neighbouring countries
• participate in Kven and neighbouring countries' children's culture through words, pictures, music and movement
• explore the language of his or her parents, grandparents or grand-grandparents using several senses and media