HELP! Finnish tutor needed in the UK.

OliviaHolmes · Post by **OliviaHolmes** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:18 pm

Hello,

I am applying for an english language MA in Art History at Helsinki University. Although I don't require any Finnish to do the course I would like a survivable amount of the laguage before I move there. It only feels polite

. So far I havent been able to find any courses in my area (midlands, England) or a directory of tutors. I would have no problem working with a tutor through Skype and email. I simply need a working knowledge of spoken Finnish to a level where I can get through two years in helsinki without embarresment. Although anything above this would be fantastic too.

I have already enrolled on www.finnishschool.org

I hope someone can help me!

Thank you.

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Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:03 pm

Birmingham, Leeds...

http://www.finn-guild.org/en/content/finnish-studies

Or ask for more suggestions on here:

http://www.finn-guild.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl

magenta22 · Post by **magenta22** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:08 pm

I found my Finnish school through the Finn Guild website so I would definately recommend that you have a look.

There are quite a few schools around the UK, most are held on a Saturday morning. Lessons are usually around 2 hours (although there is a coffee break between so realistically the lesson time is 1 hour and 30 minutes).

If you have no knowledge of Finnish then I would recommend that you go to the beginners class but if you have some knowledge you may find that a bit slow and the intermediate level 1 would be a better class for you. I don't know about the other schools but ours is using the Suomen Mestari book (was using Finn Talk) you should be able to get this at the school.

Have a look at the nearest one to you and perhaps email the headteacher for information and pop along to the class to see what you think.

L.Fi · Post by **L.Fi** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:19 pm

I would be willing to teach you via skype for a small fee however I am based in Sheffield so a meet up is fine also for me if you are close that is please inbox me for more information if you're intrested. Good Luck.

Lana

Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:24 am

Midlands... hummm... I'd be in Huntingdon-Cambridge area if anyones desperate.

In any case always an advice to check the local unis and polytechnics, theres bound to be a Finn in them somewhere

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