TUAS Spring 2012

Timetable for the spring term 2012





NOTE! This page won't be updated! Look at the timetable in Optima!!


Workshops (participate in 3 workshops, int.tutors 1 workshop) at ICT-house, address Joukahaisenkatu 3

  • Wk 4 Wed 25.1. at 16 - 18 Workshop 1: "Me in culture shock?", Teacher Nihayla Viljainen
  • Wk 6 Tue 7.2. at 16 – 18 Workshop 2: "The magic of understanding", Teacher Nihayla Viljainen
  • Wk 7 16.2. at 16 – 18 Workshop 3: "Building cultural intelligence", Teacher Nihayla Viljainen
  • Wk 10 Mon 5.3. at 16 – 18 Workshop 4: "Get your message across correctly", Teacher Nihayla Viljainen
  • Wk 13 Mon 26.3. at 12 – 14 Workshop 5: Finnish Mentality and Customs From an outsider to an insider. Hints and advice on how to survive in Finland, Teacher Niina Kivilä
  • Wk 13 Mon 26.3. at 14.30 – 16.30 Workshop 6: Finnish Music, Art and Design Rate fragments of Finnish music and familiarize yourself with Finnish art and design through discussion, Teacher Niina Kivilä
  • Wk 13 Wed 28.3. at 16 – 18 Workshop 7: Doing business in Finland, Teacher Marjo Joshi
  • Wk 15 Tue 10.4. at 12 – 14 Workshop 8: Equality in Finland, A dreamland of equality or empty talk? Discuss gender, minority and educational issues in groups, Teacher Niina Kivilä
  • Wk 13 Wed 28.3. at 16 – 18 Workshop 7: Doing business in Finland, Teacher Marjo Joshi
  • Wk 15 Tue 10.4. at 15 – 17 Workshop 9: History of Turku, Get to know your home town! A guided tour through the history of Turku, Teacher Niina Kivilä
  • Wk 17 Thu 26.3. at 16 – 18 Workshop 10: Theme open, Teacher Poppy Skarli

Attend 3-5 Get Finternational / Salo events:

  • wk 4 or wk 5 Visit to the Turku main library
  • wk 9 Tue 28.2. at 17 – 19 Language Café
  • wk 10 Thu 8.3. Ett hem museum
  • wk 14 Tue 3.4. at 17.30 – 19.30 Finnish Evening, baking blueberry pie, Lemminkäisenkatu campus
  • wk 11 Wed 14.3. Forum Marinum
  • Wk 13 Tue 27.3. at 17.30 – 19.30 Easter Crafts
  • Wk 15 Fri 13.4. Trip to Helsinki
  • Wk 16 International Week (taking part on the International Week)
  • wk 17 Tue 24.4. Visit to Luostarivuori handicraft museum
  • other events...

Events in Salo:
  • All the events (except the parties) will be part of the course.

Other activities:
  • Telling school children about your own country (EU-students www.erasmusinschools.fi, non-European students contact getfin(at)turkuamk.fi)
  • Being a ‘journalist’: writing short articles about one of our events
  • Acting as an assistant teacher in the Finnish for Exchange Students course (Finns only, max 2 lessons)
  • Acting as an assistant teacher in language courses (native speakers only, max 2 lessons)
  • Taking part in the Friendship Programme (1 activity)
  • Organising events with other students

Attend 0-2 ESN-IAC / Student Union TUO events:

  • Join ESN-IAC group in Facebook to hear more about the events!!!
  • Events that can be part of the Get Finternational course:
    • Hang around Mondays
    • Trips
    • Museums, Sports, Cooking
    • PARTIES AND CRUISES WONT BE A PART OF THE COURSE!!
  • Student Union TUO events will be updated here later.