STUDYING

FINNISH
How to succeed in my online
course?
MOTIVATION
WHEN YOU HAVE HARD TIME,
REMEMBER WHY YOU DO THIS!

What is your motivation?

Why do you want to study Finnish?

 Studying online:
What is important?
 SUPER IMPORTANT IN LEARNING!

PARTICIPATE!
Students who participate actively have better results in exams.

Answer to the questions Ask questions

Keep camera on Participate in group work Comment
Concentrate on the lesson Ask questions from the teacher Participate actively!
 PARTICIPATE!
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE ACTIVE?

Listen to the teacher Open your mic

Take notes Speak to your teacher and your Write to the chat!
Do the exercises classmates
THIS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA:

Sleeping or zoning out Multitasking

 NOTES
HOW ABOUT TAKING NOTES?

Keeps you awake and active

Helps you when you need to review for exam or homework

It is good practise to use hand written Finnish, too!

 New words
Use colours and
stickers!

Grammar

Own examples
INDEPENDENT
STUDYING
...because it is not enough
to just listen to the teacher
 Which student type are you?

A B C D

Loves games, Loves to take notes Loves to speak Forgets to study and
internet and videos and do homework and listen to music panics before the
exam
 TIME
1. Your school or work.
2. Enough sleep, food, rest and exercise.
3. Enough time for both: classes & homework

Of course you have your Did you know that all these Classes: 75 min x 4 / week
school, work or family. affect your studying a lot? Homework & study: 10 hours/week (min!)
Studying at FF is intensive.
If you want to achieve your goals in time, you have to give up on something.
I personally recommend checking your calendar once again.
You should find the time to study Finnish!

Better Finnish skills...

Better grades in Finland (in High school or vocational school)
Easier to get more friends and contacts
More fun and less anxiety in a new coutry!
METHOD 1: SPEAKING
Take a video or record your voice
Do it every day - at least every week!
It can feel bad at first, but this is the way to learn to
speak alone!

Read aloud
Read again all the words and texts you have studied.
This will also improve your reading speed.
Helps you to remember words.

Speak to someone!
A friend from the class / your cat / your brother
 METHOD 2: LISTENING
You do not need to understand anything yet SO MANY OPTIONS:

You will benefit from hearing the correct

pronunciation

YouTube music easy news

Later you will regognize familiar words - and
even learn new words!

You can already start!

Finnish music
 METHOD 3: WRITING
BUT WHAT CAN I WRITE?

koira moi!
Maanantai = Monday
mitä kuuluu?
kissa Minä syön ruokaa aamulla.
Minä kävelen kouluun.
ihan hyvää
Opiskelen matematiikkaa.
kahvi

Write a diary
Vocabulary Mind map / Poster Chat with someone Write your own stories
METHOD 4: ANALYZING TEXTS
learn vocabulary
use the dictionary
analyze the grammar
write down questions for the teacher
sää = the weather

sataa lunta partitive form

= sataa + lumi
= snowing

Etelässä +SSA = in

= in the south
VOCABULARY
STRATEGIES
TO LEARN WORDS

WRITE PLAY GAMES

Kissa!

USE FINNISH
USE THE ANKI APP
IN EVERYDAY LIFE
ANKI - THE APP
BETTER THAN PAPER CARDS

Your teacher will give

you ANKI-cards, but it
is up to you to use
them every day!
MORE IDEAS...
Would you use this method?

sänky
= bed
CAN I USE
AI?
USING AI (CHAT GPT)
WHAT YOU CAN TRY
 WARNING !

Ai and translators are forbidden

in exams & homework

And we teachers will 100% sure know if

you use it. So make a deal with yourself
and do not even try.

Remember, your goal is to be able to

study in Finland.

So let’s focus on LEARNING FINNISH!

I just translated everything I studied HARD and now I
with Chat GPT. am in Finland and have a
I have failed my exams and lot of Finnish friends!
cannot go to Finland
before I pass... I understand, that I will
keep studying in Finland,
I tought I will survive like
too!
this...
 MOTIVATION BE ACTIVE IN CLASS STUDY TIME
homework &
independent study!
Remember, why you want
notes
to go to Finland!
write to chat
When it is hard, fight for it.
speak