Finnish for Everyday life – Kickoff for Round 1

7-week language learning course

Career support
Date:Tuesday 25 February 2025
Time:10.00 – 11.15
Place:Hybrid / in-person and online

Have you been learning Finnish and want to use it more in your daily life?

Apply for Finnish for Everyday Life, a a 7-week language course and peer-support group for Spouse Program members and other newcomers!

This course will provide you skills, practice opportunities and a supportive environment to help you bring Finnish into your everyday life.

 

Overview

 

Finnish for Everyday Life is a speaking-focused Finnish-language course for A2 level Finnish speakers to practice real-world language situations. Learn with our language teacher Irina Pravet, who came to Finland as an international spouse herself.

The main objective is more speaking in daily life. Participants will practice speaking to customer-service employees and other practical situations. To keep the focus on speaking, participants will only learn the grammar they immediately need.

 

You can read more about the course here: Finnish for everyday life – overview

Content of the course

In Finnish for Everyday Life, you will practice real-world scenarios where you can speak Finnish casually and on your own terms, such as customer-service situations.

Learn together in a group of 10-15 participants and practice in your own everyday life!

Jussi Hellsten / Helsinki Partners
Details

 

Finnish for Everyday Life: Round 1 will:

  • Have up to 15 participants
  • Be twice a week, over 7 weeks
  • Be on Tuesdays 10.00-12.00 in-person and Fridays 10.30-11.15 online
  • Begin on Tuesday 25 February and end on Friday 11 April

 

There will be other rounds of Finnish for Everyday Life later in 2025.

 

 

Requirements

 

To join Finnish for Everyday Life, you must:

  • Have a starting base of A2 Finnish (have taken a course already, not start from zero)
  • Be familiar with basics (greetings, numbers, verbs, question words, 100-200 basic words)
  • Be able to participate for all 7 weeks, attending class & doing the projects
  • Be eager & willing to speak, make mistakes & learn from them!

 

There are a limited number of spots available, and participants will be chosen from applications to the course.

 

Note: the Spouse Program’s career support services are meant for Helsinki residents. Learn more here

 

The registration for the course has closed.

About your teacher

Irina Pravet is an international spouse who has been in Finland for 15 years. She will share what she’s learned going from an immigrant struggling with Finnish to becoming a language professional today.

Irina believes that every individual is wired for language learning. By understanding & creating the right conditions to learn, we all have what it takes to speak Finnish!

Sprinkling Finnish into our everyday lives is one powerful way to start creating those conditions for ourselves. This course will help you do exactly that.