Estonian for Beginners III, A1.2 > A2

29.07.2024 - 09.08.2024

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Credits

4.5 ECTS (120 hours)

Form of study

Classwork

Location

Tartu

Fee

540 EUR

Teachers

Gerli Lokk

Study group

Language acquisition

Program language

Estonian

Target group:

Foreign students

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Outcome:

Upon completing the course the student will be able to

1. speak fluently about the topic "Me, Estonia and Estonian";
2. understand and use Past Simple and Present Perfect in oral communication and written texts;
3. speak and write about him/her hobbies and interests, using ma- and da-infinitive, mine-suffix and verbs "tegelema", "käima", "minema" and "tulema";
4. speak and write about his/her studies, education, profession(s) and plans for future career;
5. write his/her curriculum vitae;
6. understand and use Estonian cases in singular and knows the principles of forming plural cases;
7. compare adjectives and most common adverbs;
8. use locative cases correctly;
9. speak about travelling;
10. communicate in easier situations connected with travelling;
11. use conditional mood;
12. read dates.

Teachers:

Gerli Lokk - Teacher of Estonian at the University of Tartu Institute of Foreign Languages and Cultures

Content:

Topic	Credit	Lectors
1. Vocabulary and conversation: me and Estonia; my hobbies and free time; education and professions; travelling. Grammar: revision of past simple and present simple; present perfect; usage of ma- and da-infinitive; mine-sufix; verb “tegelema”; usage of verbs “käima”, “minema” and “tulema”; constructions “õppima kelleks?”, “saama kelleks?”, “töötama kellena?”; cases in plural; revision of locative cases; reading dates; comparison of adjectives and adverbs; conditional mood; constructions in conditional mood (“tahaks”, “meeldiks”, “peaks” etc).	120	Gerli Lokk