To fully integrate in a different country, you need to be comfortable with the language it speaks. Why is it sometimes so hard?
Have you ever ended up in an awkward situation that felt totally wrong? 🤐
Have you ever felt that a non-native speaker in front of you may actually be failing to express what they mean?
Have you ever asked yourself ‘Does s/he actually mean X? If so, why not put it more simply?’ 🤔
Many internationals who moved to Finland still don't speak Finnish after years of living here. That can be an obstacle in the workplace.
We design effective language interventions to break down barriers for people who feel that Finnish is just too hard. We get them started on the path to learning and show them how it can be not only possible, but also fun.
Whether you are an international who lives in Finland and experiences language barriers or an employer who feels that language barriers are becoming too much of a problem, let’s talk!
Our services focus on breaking down emotional barriers to language learning and helping participants learn from real-life situations.
We meet to discuss and analyse the environment in which language is used. We interview language learners to determine their needs and administer a research-backed survey to determine their language learning profile.
This is an important first step for planning a kinesthetic learning event or advising on a language learning strategy that may promote emotional wellbeing.
Would you like to explore an alternative technique for learning vocabulary? We set up and administer a custom language learning event with all the fun of a party and the effectiveness of a classroom! We create a safe and relaxed atmosphere that will help participants discover the power of kinesthetic learning.
If you feel like learning Finnish is just too hard, these events could be the perfect solution. They’re designed to get learners started on the learning pathway and make learning feel fun again.
Get a customized form template, e.g. to individualize your experience with vocabulary. It can have as many or as few words and phrases as you need.
This is a great way to organize your materials that ensures you don’t end up duplicating your records unnecessarily.
Our services are designed to make learning more personalized for each learner. They help learners overcome the mental blocks and plateaus that are so common in language learning. When it feels like you've been studying for forever but aren't making any progress, we know why that happens.
We advise how to make learning more fun.
This requires understanding the mistakes and errors that learners of the Finnish language make, so that we can understand why these mistakes happen and provide solutions that actually work.
A surprisingly large number of people would still seem to think that learning a foreign language is intrinsically hard and unrewarding, which makes it comparable to a steam engine with only 10% efficiency.
We believe that language learning doesn't have to be painful. It just takes the right approach. Since these existing, scientifically proven methods are rarely seen in language learning classrooms, our goal is to make them more widely available.
Language is about different skills and components. The classics of CELTA is Skills and Systems. Skills can be receptive (Reading and Listening) or productive (Writing and Speaking), while systems encompass Phonology, Grammar, Vocabulary and Functional language. Assessments in exams are built around these criteria. Lesson planning is built around these Skills and Systems.
These skills and systems cost different effort to learners. For example, learning 10 new words is probably easier than learning a tricky grammar rule.
Different learners also have their own preferences. For example, one learner might hate writing and doing grammar exercises, but love speaking and learning useful phrases. In other words, not only do skills and systems cost variable amount of effort, but also they create different emotional burden.
Our long-term vision is to revolutionize language learning by bringing scientifically proven effective techniques that make learning fun for learners to new cities and ultimately to new countries and languages.
Event pictures: Maarit Pasanen
Illustrative images are AI-generated
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