Hi!
I am planning to enroll at Onnenkieli language school in Tampere next August, but I would like to know if some of you, mostly a Finnish person or a foreigner who attended the same school, has information about it.
I already read its website and I got some information, but not enough, for example about fees and about how I get enroll there.
I even sent them an email but they didn't answer!
Thanks a lot!
Onnenkieli!
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Londonchris
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Hi,
I got ordered to apply for this school a couple of years back by the local jobcenter.
A case of go there or you won´t get any money from anywhere.
Not a bad place,very friendly but damn hard work!
If your a dumbo learner like me it´ll be hell to keep up but having said that alot of people have done well there.
Wasn´t my cup of tea since it was way too fast paced for me.
Not sure how you should go about applying,however don´t be suprised if you get turned down first time around (most applicants do) you´ll be asked to re-apply for the next course in 6 months time and then be accepted.
If you apply a second time they know your keen to learn!
You´ll be invited to do the next stage course if your up to it at the end,which alot of students do (not me)!
Having said all that one girl i know who did both courses said that a `tack`college? course was much better.
Hope this helps somehow
I got ordered to apply for this school a couple of years back by the local jobcenter.
A case of go there or you won´t get any money from anywhere.
Not a bad place,very friendly but damn hard work!
If your a dumbo learner like me it´ll be hell to keep up but having said that alot of people have done well there.
Wasn´t my cup of tea since it was way too fast paced for me.
Not sure how you should go about applying,however don´t be suprised if you get turned down first time around (most applicants do) you´ll be asked to re-apply for the next course in 6 months time and then be accepted.
If you apply a second time they know your keen to learn!
You´ll be invited to do the next stage course if your up to it at the end,which alot of students do (not me)!
Having said all that one girl i know who did both courses said that a `tack`college? course was much better.
Hope this helps somehow
I was also sent to Onnenkieli in order to receive a little more Kela money.
OK. the fact is- it is hard work, everyday is relentless. Especially when you have family and kids and everynight you are giving brain busting Finnish language problems. At school you have to perform vocally everyday, speaking Finnish to a large group of fellow foreigners. My worst
part was having to participate in the group sing song, I prefer sitting with at a desk with a book, not happy clapping to folk songs about eating sausages. But that's my opinion.
The study is not academic in that you sit at a desk and copy from a book. There is homework given virtually everyday and if you miss a couple of days you get the feeling that you have been left behind because the course work moves at a rapid rate.
The negative factors are that it is fast paced and exhausting. There are days when you do not want to stand up in front of others and discuss, in Finnish, what you ate for breakfast in the summer cottage.
Quite often there was tension between diverse cultures who did not understand each others way of living. For example I remember a couple of idiots who became angry at a Chinese student merely because she had difficulty in pronouncing 'L' and 'R'. L and R is not common in mandarin.
I experienced alot of competition between students who thought that it was a race to know everything and score points from the teacher. The loudest students would often believe that they had a right to correct other student's efforts in learning and speaking the finnish language.
The positive aspect is that you will learn the basics of the Finnish language in six months. You will talk Finnish to a good degree in six months. Your confidence will grow and your living in Finland will became more enhanced. But it is like being hit on the head with a Finnish language hammer everyday, for six months with no let ups. But don't let my account put you off.
Experience it, if you like it, then good luck. If not, and i know many people who quit, then quit. You have every right. Personally I would not study there again, but instead take my time with a slower more academic course. Because you have lots of time in Finland so why not take your time in learning the language. Why rush? good luck.
OK. the fact is- it is hard work, everyday is relentless. Especially when you have family and kids and everynight you are giving brain busting Finnish language problems. At school you have to perform vocally everyday, speaking Finnish to a large group of fellow foreigners. My worst
part was having to participate in the group sing song, I prefer sitting with at a desk with a book, not happy clapping to folk songs about eating sausages. But that's my opinion.
The study is not academic in that you sit at a desk and copy from a book. There is homework given virtually everyday and if you miss a couple of days you get the feeling that you have been left behind because the course work moves at a rapid rate.
The negative factors are that it is fast paced and exhausting. There are days when you do not want to stand up in front of others and discuss, in Finnish, what you ate for breakfast in the summer cottage.
Quite often there was tension between diverse cultures who did not understand each others way of living. For example I remember a couple of idiots who became angry at a Chinese student merely because she had difficulty in pronouncing 'L' and 'R'. L and R is not common in mandarin.
I experienced alot of competition between students who thought that it was a race to know everything and score points from the teacher. The loudest students would often believe that they had a right to correct other student's efforts in learning and speaking the finnish language.
The positive aspect is that you will learn the basics of the Finnish language in six months. You will talk Finnish to a good degree in six months. Your confidence will grow and your living in Finland will became more enhanced. But it is like being hit on the head with a Finnish language hammer everyday, for six months with no let ups. But don't let my account put you off.
Experience it, if you like it, then good luck. If not, and i know many people who quit, then quit. You have every right. Personally I would not study there again, but instead take my time with a slower more academic course. Because you have lots of time in Finland so why not take your time in learning the language. Why rush? good luck.
Hi guys!
Thank you all for your advice!
Onnenkieli seems quite taugh but effective! Well, I still have to think about that but I should be fast because I can enroll until 4th July and I don´t know if I then find any room for me there.
But what about fees? Do you know how much I should pay?
Thank you all for your advice!
Onnenkieli seems quite taugh but effective! Well, I still have to think about that but I should be fast because I can enroll until 4th July and I don´t know if I then find any room for me there.
But what about fees? Do you know how much I should pay?
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Hey.
I am currently at Onnenlieken jatkokurssi. In my opinion the course is pretty good. It is true that there is plenty of homeworks, but it is not that bad. There are days we have no or little homeworks, and days that you barely have time to eat, but you don't have to do all the homeworks at once ^^;;
I don't know much about TAKK's course, because I haven't been there, but Onnenkieli seems ok. Guess it works for me.
Just you should be aware that being at Onnenkieli you often have to behave like a small kid, namely play games, pretend you are someone else, sometimes sing.
Good thing is that if you have some problems you can stay after classes and there is someone who will explain things more carefully or help you do your homeworks.
During Alkeiskurssi the pace might sometimes seem a bit fast, but once you get to Jatkokurssi it actually slows down, and you spend lot of time revising and practicing. Sometimes getting to know new grammar XD
I am currently at Onnenlieken jatkokurssi. In my opinion the course is pretty good. It is true that there is plenty of homeworks, but it is not that bad. There are days we have no or little homeworks, and days that you barely have time to eat, but you don't have to do all the homeworks at once ^^;;
I don't know much about TAKK's course, because I haven't been there, but Onnenkieli seems ok. Guess it works for me.
Just you should be aware that being at Onnenkieli you often have to behave like a small kid, namely play games, pretend you are someone else, sometimes sing.
Good thing is that if you have some problems you can stay after classes and there is someone who will explain things more carefully or help you do your homeworks.
During Alkeiskurssi the pace might sometimes seem a bit fast, but once you get to Jatkokurssi it actually slows down, and you spend lot of time revising and practicing. Sometimes getting to know new grammar XD
Hei all!
Thank's for this information, I will check this school. But anyways, does smbd have some experience with other language schools in Tampere? I need some serious place: hard work, fast rythme, high level .....
(My level: intermediate) Need to start as soon as it's possible...
Suggestions???'
Thanx
Thank's for this information, I will check this school. But anyways, does smbd have some experience with other language schools in Tampere? I need some serious place: hard work, fast rythme, high level .....
(My level: intermediate) Need to start as soon as it's possible...
Suggestions???'
Thanx
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