Mother Tongue Skolt Sámi case studies
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The Mother Tongue Skolt Sámi examination is a Finnish matriculation examination test in the candidate's own mother tongue, administered within the national Matriculation Examination system overseen by the Matriculation Examination Board (Ylioppilastutkinto). It is intended for candidates whose mother tongue is Skolt Sámi and who wish to demonstrate their command of the language as part of the matriculation examination. The Mother Tongue Skolt Sámi case studies are 5 cases and about 2,362 words.
1The Dual Pronoun in a Transcribed Oral History
You are preparing a reading-comprehension unit for an upper-secondary Mother Tongue Skolt Sámi course. The source is a 230-word transcript of a 1978 interview with an elder from Sevettijärvi.
494 words, about 2 min2Scoring a Radio Interview with Overlapping Speech
You are on a committee piloting a listening-comprehension section for the Mother Tongue Skolt Sámi exam. The stimulus is a 4-minute community-radio interview: the host speaks Skolt Sámi, and the guest, an 82-year-old fisherman, switches to Finnish for one technical term about boat registration.
491 words, about 2 min3Proofreading the Language Café Notice
A local Skolt Sámi association plans to post a 95-word notice, in Skolt Sámi and Finnish, advertising a monthly language café. The Skolt version has three flagged issues.
449 words, about 2 min4A Formal Letter About a Bilingual Place-Name Sign
You must write a formal letter in Skolt Sámi to a municipal council about a proposed place-name sign. The council plans to install a 2.4-metre-wide sign at the village turn-off using only the Finnish official name; the Skolt name is what residents use daily.
477 words, about 2 min5Choosing a Folktale Version for Adult Literacy
An adult literacy class of 12 learners will take a 30-item reading-comprehension test based on a 300-word Skolt Sámi folktale. Two printed versions exist.
451 words, about 2 min