Finnish Course For Beginners -A1-A1.3 level

Join us for a beginners’ course focusing on the fundamental vocabulary and grammar of Finnish. This course will focus on and cover speaking, listening, writing, and reading in Finnish, with instruction primarily in Finnish and occasionally in English if needed.

Course Schedule:

NEXT COURSE INTAKE IN NOVEMBER

Class dates:

November 7, 14, 21, 28

December 5, 12, 19, and 17

Class time: 4:00 pm-5:30 pm (Helsinki time zone)

• Online live classes with your teacher 1 x week for 1,5 hrs
• Online live class lessons via Zoom
• Plus a private WhatsApp group to keep in touch with classmates and your teacher

Welcome to our Finnish Course for beginners! The course unit consists of 8 lessons and the duration is 8 weeks. The online live class is once a week. During the course, you will find language exercises on our platform to practice the lesson content, as well as weekly homework assignments to submit. The teacher will provide personal feedback weekly to students who complete the homework assignments. Once you register you will get credentials to login to the website and access your course materials and zoom meeting links. 

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Handle daily situations and ask relevant questions.
• Understand basic expressions from slow, clear speech.
• Introduce themselves briefly and share personal information, even if speech is slow and pronunciation is not perfect.
• Display knowledge of numbers, the alphabet, the verb “to be,” and personal pronouns in their basic forms
• Gain insight into Finnish culture and society
• Topics covered: alphabet, self introductions, days of the week, numbers, colors, food words, partitive, genitive (I), adhesive (I have) Verb types 1-5 (practice verb types 1-3), weather, seasons, family, adjectives, working life vocabulary and much more!