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Study Programme

Classroom-based courses

The courses are in sequence, i.e. each builds on the one before it. The classroom-based teaching consisted of lessons, practical exercises and independent student work.

Order reveals relative amount of use; e.g. Finnish-AS means that Finnish is used more than AS, and (Finnish) means that Finnish is used only as needed.

CourseStudy pointsExpected learning outcomes related to contentTeaching languages
Beginning course5The student knows the basics of AS grammar and pronunciation as well as the most essential vocabulary related to everyday life. S/he is able to carry out simple conversations and read elementary texts.Finnish - AS
Continuing course4The student demonstrates deepened knowledge of AS grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary. S/he is able to discuss more complicated matters related to everyday life and can write elementary texts about familiar topics.AS - Finnish
Phonetics and morphology9The students demonstrates familiarity with the following specific features of AS phonetics: halflong consonants, stretched vowels, regular vowel changes in the 1st and 2nd syllables, length of diphtongs and consonant changes beyond the 2nd syllable. The student can apply systematic AS consonant gradation and shortenings/ lengthenings of consonants and vowels related to consonant gradation. The student demonstrates an understanding of AS morphology by correctly inflecting common nouns and verbs.AS - Finnish
Introduction to AS research2The student demonstrates familiarity with AS researchers and can describe the most important AS linguistic research. S/he can describe AS usage, using linguistic terms, especially AS linguistic terminology.AS
Development of literary language2The student can describe the history of AS as a literary language and its development from the first written texts in the 19th century until present, with particular focus on the 19th and the 20th centuries.AS
Syntax6The student can parse AS by analysing the syntactic and semantic roles of the constituents. S/he can identify the morphosyntactic differences between Finnish and AS.AS
AS texts and modern literature3The student demonstrates familiarity with modern written AS and with narrative traditions (oral and written), and can describe the development of the written literary language.AS
Writing3The student writes AS correctly, observing orthographic conventions, using appropriate sentence structure and employing a variety of text types. S/he can produce linguistically and stylistically highly proficient texts.AS
Word formation4The student applies appropriate rules of word formation in her/his oral and written AS, with attention to compounding, derivating and loaning words.AS
Translation5The student is able to describe the translation process thoroughly, solve basic translating problems, attend to the outcomes of the translation process, i.e. produce a proper translation from Finnish to AS, and critically analyse completed translations.AS
Language planning4The student is able to provide advice in AS. S/he is able to answer questions with regard to terminology and to address other issues concerning the language planning of a minority language.AS
AS dialects2The student can apply methods and findings of (regional) dialect research in AS to plan, carry out and report on an investigation in this area.AS
Independent study week1The student expands her/his familiarity with AS terminology in his/her own profession.AS
Study points in total49

Cultural group activities

Students participated in the cultural activities as a group. They were able to become familiar with the cultural surroundings where the language has been preserved and transmitted from generation to generation. They also learned in practice something of the traditional ways of Saami living –knowledge that could not be learned in the classroom.

CourseContact hoursContent
Fishing I24hNet fishing (two days + one night with the whole group; evening programme)
Fishing II15hBurbot fishing (two days)
Fisching III14hWinter fishing (two days)
Preparing traditional meals27h
+ optional one-day programme
Preparing traditional Saami meals; optional day of reindeer round-up (8 – 10 hours), to learn where the traditional foodstuffs and raw materials for clothing come from
Media Course53hEditing the community newspapers Anarâš and Kierâš; Writing AS documents
Compulsory Courses133h5 study points in total

Personal language guidance

Students participated in the cultural activities as a group. They were able to become familiar with the cultural surroundings where the language has been preserved and transmitted from generation to generation. They also learned in practice something of the traditional ways of Saami living –knowledge that could not be learned in the classroom.

CourseStudy pointsAim/Content
Language training at workplaces5To learn AS as a professional language. The primary focus was to master the vocabulary of each student’s own profession
Master-Apprentice programme5To learn AS and AS ways of life informally through listening, speaking and eliciting language from a native (elder) speaker by doing activities together in AS