Language

KiVAKO is a joint project of 25 Finnish universities, with funding from the Ministry of Education and Culture.

Multilingual UniTandem studies are available in the spring of 2021: further information and enrolment instructions are available on the UniTandem web pages. (www.unitandem.fi). Enrolment for spring 2021 UniTandem studies is from 11 January to 7 February 2021.

Welcome to the Writing workshops for support and feedback. For students writing in Swedish every Tuesday from 15 to 17. Writing workshops and language support in English are by appointment. If you need support for text in Finnish, please join the workshop on Thursdays.
Zoom links and more information here: https://start.arcada.fi/en/support-and-service/writing-and-language-sup…

Puhutsä suomee? – Spoken Finnish Online (3 ECTS)

Contents: Puhutsä suomee? Spoken Finnish Online is a web-based Finnish course. The course offers possibilities to practice speaking and listening skills in everyday life situations. As the course focuses in informal situations, we will study spoken Finnish forms and vocabulary. You will get to know the main differences between the standard written Finnish and the spoken Finnish forms used in the capital region of Finland.

Puhutsä suomee? – Spoken Finnish Online (3 ECTS)

Contents: Puhutsä suomee? Spoken Finnish Online is a web-based Finnish course. The course offers possibilities to practice speaking and listening skills in everyday life situations. As the course focuses in informal situations, we will study spoken Finnish forms and vocabulary. You will get to know the main differences between the standard written Finnish and the spoken Finnish forms used in the capital region of Finland.

Due to Corona, Savonia UAS is offering their advanced Finnish online language courses at level B and C for free to those who register within their deadline in November. You can complete the courses at your own pace before 31.7.2021, but you need to start the courses during 2020.

AFORA (Amy for Arcada) is a learning and development project where we, together with students and co-workers, explore possibilities with humanoid robots in different studying contexts. The project is made possible by financial support from the Lindstedt Foundation. 

While Arcada's campus is closed, the writing workshops in Swedish, English and Finnish are held online: 

Skrivverkstäderna på svenska tisdagar kl. 15–17, på distans via Zoom: 

https://arcada.zoom.us/j/737827678?pwd=VWszOFRkQW1uQ3NYZSs0T0dFUWNsUT09

Meeting ID: 737 827 678

Password: 001925

Tisdagen den 24 mars är det Barbara Huldén som håller skrivverkstad, tisdagen den 30 mars Magdalena Sandell och tisdagen den 6 april Kaj Eklund.

Workshop for students writing their thesis or other written assignments, Wed. 18.3.2020 at 2pm-5pm at the library

Staff from the different Arcada departments are available all afternoon to support and help students with:

Arcada's students now have the opportunity to take digital language courses organized within the Kivako project during the spring term. The languages offered include Russian, Spanish and Japanese and other languages, and the courses are worth 3-5 ECTS credits. Only one Arcada student can get admitted to each course, but additional students may be picked if there are any remaining places left.