Finnish with Pinja
YKI course
The course in a nutshell
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YKI course helps you to prepare for the test and also gives you essential vocabulary and phrases to handle everyday situations in Finnish
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Small groups
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Lessons weekly on Zoom + homework + feedback
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Is prepared for students that are in intermediate level (A2-B1)
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You will practice YKI type of assignments and get used to the structure of the test
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We will practiec all 4 skills; reading, listening, speaking and writing
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You will get feedback on your writing and speaking
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Price of the 4-week course is 98€
Next courses
Course starting 3th of June!
Course starting 4th of July!
Course starting 29th of July!
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On Mondayst at 19:00 at Zoom
More about the course
This course is designed to prepare you for the intermediate level YKI test (The National Certificates Of Language Proficiency). During the course we will practice all the skills that are tested in the YKI-test. These skills are reading, writing, listening and speaking. We will use different kinds of material, such as YKI type exercises and mock tests. You will be able to practice speaking with a partner as well as with your YKI coach. You will get personalised feedback on your speaking and writing exercises. Between the lessons you will have homework assignments. Each course has also a Whatsapp group for questions and peer support.
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Lessons are held in Zoom. They are 55 minutes long including. You will need a computer or tablet, camera and a microphone for the lessons.
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Monthly YKI courses
The duration of one course is four weeks. There are nine different themes in YKI test. Themes are different topics, such as social life, health or nature, that are presented in the test. During one course we will focus on four specific themes and we will have assignments and YKI type exercises to practice that theme. We have courses starting each month so that you can cover all of the topics.
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Paula
"I passed my YKI test studying with Pinja!
I studied with Pinja for months in preparation for my YKI test. She helped me plan my studies according to my goals, gave me materials I could practice with independently, and provided homework to practice my writing skills. Pinja is attentive and flexible when it comes to our lessons, it was nice that she would check in with me every session to ask what I feel like practising and which areas I think I need more help on. She's also very thorough with her feedback and gave me a lot of encouragement and confidence to keep on practising Finnish! I highly recommend studying with Pinja especially if you also want to study for YKI test. I've had a lot of fun studying with her because she is friendly and very supportive.
Thanks again, Pinja!"
Sara
"Hei Pinja,
First of all I would like to thank you for such a nice course.
It was really great and very interesting.
You are such a nice and skillful teacher.
The course was very helpful to me and great with my level in the language.
It give me great experience in the speaking part which was my nightmare it became very easy to me with practicing and giving useful hints.
Also the materials of the course were very helpful and clear and helped me in the reading and listening part and this became obvious when I went to the YKI and the reading part was easy.
The writing homework made me finish the writing part in the exam very easy and on time.
For me the course was very helpful and enjoyable.
Paljon kiitoksia."
Maxim
"I have been studying Finnish with Pinja for half a year and quite well prepared for YKI. I would recommend her to everyone who wants to improve language skills. As a teacher Pinja has plenty of materials for different studying areas such as YKI or just grammar. She always adapts studying process to student's needs. We've started from grammar and now are just speaking most of the time. I will continue improving my Finnish with you, thanks!"
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