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ENA9 / ENGLISH / ADVANCED / COURSE 9 /// A COURSE MAINLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE TAKING THEIR MATRICULATION EXAMINATION IN AUTUMN 2026 on April 14th – May 21st, 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:
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April 14, 2026: WARMING UP: INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE // Advice for the matriculation exam // RC 6 (= reading comprehension): Science news
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April 16, 2026: Grammar: Verbs (Conditionals and if-clauses) // LC 6 (= listening comprehension): Science in a minute // Glossary: Health / Well-being
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April 21, 2026: Grammar: Conditionals and if-clauses // ex. 1 & 3 // RC 2: The Luddites
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April 23, 2026: Grammar: The passive voice // ex. 5 & 7 // Home Work 4
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April 28, 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
NO SCHOOL on Thursday April 30th because it is Eve for the First of May.
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May 5, 2026: RC 4: Mitochondrial Eve and the true melting pot / LC 13 Dealing with climate change // Glossary: Environment / Sustainable development
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May 7, 2026: Grammar: Infinitives, ING-forms and THAT-clause // ex. 17 & 18 // Glossary: Society / Politics // RC 5: Worms land a great job // LC 12 Quakka
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May 12, 2026: Home Work 20 // Grammar: Nouns and Articles // ex. 25 & 27 & 28 & 29 & 31 // Glossary: Economy / Work
NO SCHOOL on Thursday May 14th because it is Ascension Day.
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May 19, 2026: ex. 35 & 36 // Home Work 32 // Glossary: Immigration / Global Issues // Grammar: Quantity Words & Numerals // ex. 57 & 60 & 61 //
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May 21, 2026: Home Work 58 & 61 // Grammar: Word Order // ex. 76 & Home Work 77
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May, 2026: Glossary: Science / Technology // Grammar: Shortened Clauses / ex. 88 & Home Work 89 // Conjunctions / Home Work 91 // Linking words / Home Work 94
NB! ABI-INFO I 5.5.2025 klo 20.05 juhlasalissa, 5. krs!
THE EXAM takes place digitally (ABITTI) at 15.00 - 21.00 hours on Tuesday, May 26th, 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, May 28th, 2025, at 16.00 – 17.30 hours.
RETAKE EXAM: on Friday on September 4th, 2026, 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 28.8.2025 toimittamalla uusintakoelappu kansliaan, 2. krs. Uusintakoelomakkeesta on myös olemassa sähköinen lomake. 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. You'll find the titles in the section Writing in the digital book (Kirjoitelman aiheita 1 & Kirjoitelman aiheita 2)
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, May 26th, 2025
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 perjantaina 18.9.2026 klo 9.00 – 15.00 // lyhyt englanti maanantaina 28.9.2025 klo 9.00 – 15.00; paikalla oltava viimeistään klo 8.00) järjestetään perjantaina 11.9.2026 klo 17.00 – 20.00 luokassa 31 (etänä linkissä: meet.google.com/her-rxva-umj).