Study Tips & Resources

Here are some study tips to help with learning Finnish. These resources are designed to keep you engaged, support your independent learning, and help you apply your language skills in real-life situations.

1. Review the vocabulary and grammatical forms you have learned in the NLRC materials by repetition. It's better to reinforce them than to start learning from scratch again.

2. Describe your apartment, workplace, favorite café, etc., and try to express what you do there in Finnish. You can practice speaking aloud to yourself or simply think in Finnish. Aim for short and simple sentences, using vocabulary and grammatical forms you remember.

3. Practice speaking Finnish with someone either a fellow trainee or even a friend. Create dialogues based on different scenarios and role-plays (e.g., "At the health center": 'nurse' - 'patient'; "How to get from one place to another": routes, transportation, buying tickets, etc.).

4. Describe various pictures you find, for example, on the Internet.

5. Without using an automated translation, attempt to write short and simple texts about yourself (for example, about your weekend, hobbies, favorite places, etc.). This will help you identify and focus on vocabulary or grammatical forms that you may need to revisit and review.

Below you will also find some other resources that can help you:

Useful sites for practicing the Finnish language and learning more about Finnish culture:

https://www.infofinland.fi/fi/finnish-and-swedish/finnish-online

https://www.osaansuomea.fi/

https://kotisuomessa.fi/web/site-155213/state-jurdkmbrei/front-page

https://www.osallisenaverkossa.com/s2-materiaalit

https://yle.fi/aihe/oppiminen/suomen-kielen-alkeet

https://suomenkielisanootervetuloa.fi/materiaalit-1/

http://tasteoffinnish.fi/

Finnish for Practical Purposes:

https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2015/12/15/asiointisuomea

https://kotisuomessa.fi/web/site-155213/state-jurdkmbrei/front-page