ENA9 / ENGLISH / ADVANCED / COURSE 9 /// A COURSE MAINLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE TAKING THEIR MATRICULATION EXAMINATION IN SPRING 2026 on January 8th – February 12th, 2026, at 17.00 – 18.20 hours

The books to have:

1) Riitta Silk – Jaakko Mäki – Felicity Kjisik: Grammar Rules! & vastauskirja (Otava)

2) Abilities (available only in a digital form) (Otava)

Teacher: Erja H. Haaksluoto; e-mail: erja.haaksluoto@tyk.fi
Available for consultation: on Mondays at 20.05 – 20.45 hours in Class Room 31 (= so-called KIELIKLINIKKA) except not during the exam weeks.

You may attend the lessons in person in class room 31 or remotely on Google Meet. The link is always the same: meet.google.com/her-rxva-umj

 

STUDY PLAN:

1. January 8, 2026: WARMING UP: INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE // Advice for the matriculation exam // RC 6 (= reading comprehension): Science news

2. January 13, 2026: Grammar: Verbs (Conditionals and if-clauses) // LC 6 (= listening comprehension): Science in a minute // Glossary: Health / Well-being

3. January 15, 2026: Grammar: Conditionals and if-clauses // ex. 1 & 3 // RC 2: The Luddites

4. January 20, 2026: Grammar: The passive voice // ex. 5 & 7 // Home Work 4

5. January 22, 2026: LC 1: Do cyclists really think they are above the law? (video) // RC 4: Mitochondrial Eve and the true melting pot // Home Work 8

6. January 27, 2026: RC 4: Mitochondrial Eve and the true melting pot / LC 13 Dealing with climate change // Glossary: Environment / Sustainable development

7. January 29, 2026: Grammar: Infinitives, ING-forms and THAT-clause // ex. 17 & 18 // Glossary: Society / Politics // RC 5: Worms land a great job // LC 12 Quakka

8. February 3, 2026: Home Work 20 // Grammar: Nouns and Articles // ex. 25 & 27 & 28 & 29 & 31 // Glossary: Economy / Work 

9. February 5, 2026: ex. 35 & 36 // Home Work 32 // Glossary: Immigration / Global Issues // Grammar: Quantity Words & Numerals // ex. 57 & 60 & 61 // 

10. February 10, 2026: Home Work 58 & 61 // Grammar: Word Order // ex. 76 & Home Work 77

11. February 12, 2026:  Glossary: Science / Technology // Grammar: Shortened Clauses / ex. 88 & Home Work 89 // Conjunctions / Home Work 91 // Linking words / Home Work 94

 

NB! ABI-INFO II 26.2.2026 klo 20.05 juhlasalissa, 5. krs! 

 

THE EXAM takes place digitally (ABITTI) at 15.00 - 21.00 hours on Tuesday, February 24th, 2026. (You will be given the full SIX hours to do your exam.) The exam will be delivered back to you digitally, but if there are any questions concerning the exam, they will be answered in Class Room 31 on Wednesday, March 6th, 2026, at 16.00 – 17.30 hours.

RETAKE EXAM: on Friday on March 27th, 2025, at 17.00 – 20.05 hours (NB!!! Uusintakokeeseen ON AINA ILMOITTAUDUTTAVA erikseen täyttämällä vaaleansininen uusintakoelappu, jonka saa kansliasta (2. krs). Uusintakokeeseen on ilmoittauduttava VIIMEISTÄÄN VIIKKOA AIKAISEMMIN eli viimeistään perjantaina 20.3.2026 täyttämällä uusintakoelomake. Nettisivuilla on pdf, jonka voi suoraan täyttää ja lähettää liitetiedostona kansliaan. Lomake löytyy täältä: https://www.tyk.fi/aikuislukio/tietoa/lomakkeet/ Huomaa myös, että uusintakoe ei ole kuusituntinen preliminäärikoe, vaan koeaika on vain 3h 5 min.)

 

HOME ASSIGNMENTS:

You must hand in TWO compositions on the titles given in the digibook Abilities.
Dead-line: February 12th, 2026.

THE GRADE ON COURSE 9 CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING PARTS:

1) WRITTEN DIGITAL TEST including listening comprehension tests and videos at 15.00 – 21.00 hours on Tuesday, February 24th, 2026

2) AND YOU MUST HAND IN TWO COMPOSITIONS on the titles given in the digibook Abilities.

 

ENGLANNIN SUULLINEN VALMENTAUTUMISTILAISUUS ENNEN KIRJALLISTA YLIOPPILASKOETTA (kirjallisen kokeen yhteydessä on myös kuuntelut & videot: pitkä englanti maanantaina 16.3.2026 klo 9.00 – 15.00 // lyhyt englanti torstaina  12.3.2026 klo 9.00 – 15.00; paikalla oltava viimeistään klo 8.00) järjestetään perjantaina 6.3.2026 klo 17.00 – 20.00 luokassa 31 (etänä linkissä: meet.google.com/her-rxva-umj).