41-00-1641-ku Estonia and Estonian Culture

Course offering details

Instructors: M. A. Riina Roasto

Event type: Course

Org-unit: Language Resource Center

Displayed in timetable as: Estnische Kultur

Subject:

Crediting for:

Hours per week: 2

Language of instruction: Englisch

Min. | Max. participants: - | -

Course Contents:
Estonia and Estonian Culture is an introductory course that will let you dig deeper into this small Northern European country. Through discussion, research and hands-on exercises, the course will cover historic, social and cultural aspects of Estonia in an interactive way. Throughout the lessons, you will have an overview of Estonian history, digital society, and other culturally important arts, such as literature, film and music. The course will also look into the Estonian language, as it belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic language group and is one of the few official languages of the European Union that is not of an Indo-European origin.
Course contents:
• General facts about Estonia
• Estonian history
• Estonian literature
• Estonian film
• Estonian language
• Estonian music

The language of instruction is English.

Preconditions:
none

Further Grading Information:
You will get a Certificate of Participation. No Credit Points.

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Appointments
Date From To Room Instructors
1 Sat, 19. Jun. 2021 09:50 11:30 >Digitaler Veranstaltungstermin M. A. Riina Roasto
2 Sat, 19. Jun. 2021 12:35 14:15 >Digitaler Veranstaltungstermin M. A. Riina Roasto
3 Sun, 20. Jun. 2021 09:50 11:30 >Digitaler Veranstaltungstermin M. A. Riina Roasto
4 Sun, 20. Jun. 2021 12:35 14:15 >Digitaler Veranstaltungstermin M. A. Riina Roasto
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Instructors
M. A. Riina Roasto