The pupils practise listening and oral expression in a group, including discussing, asking, answering, and narrating. They familiarise themselves with different interaction situations and means of expression, for example by utilising play, games , and drama.

• You can follow the instructions in your heritage language but you will not always answer in your heritage language.
• You participate in the group, but you do not always express yourself in words and need much encouragement.

Examples:
1. When writing, the student doesn’t copy the example, but will write with help of dots: writing with help of dots.pdf​
2. When playing a game, the student understands what to do, but first wants to watch, before he/she really participates. 
3. When listening to a story, students can follow what happend in the story, buty they might tell in Finnish, or they answer questions just by yes/no or nodding their heads. 

Example excercise: When listening to a story, the studens have to make a sound or guesture with certain words. The class can also be devided in groups, each group has their own role in the story. Or sounds can be created with the story and the story can be turned into a radio play.

good performance

• You take part in familiar interaction situations and answer sometimes in Finnish or without words.
• You participate in class work.

Example: playing the game 'party and co':
–Drawing the word
–Describing without saying the word
–Acting out a verb
–Answering a question

Word or picture cards of different themes: can be used 

• You take independently part in different interaction situations and use words appropriate for your age.
• You participate in the work of the group and encourage others.

Example: Student can tell in the group how his/her week has been, and ask question from the other students about what they have been doing. Student can explain the rules of a game that is being played. Or help the other students with their task if he/she already finished.