Study Finnish language

Language skills are an important part of integration.
Knowing the local language helps you to understand the culture and get involved in working life, studies and hobbies.

Kaukametsä Civic Center

At Kaukametsän opisto Civic Center you can study Finnish in a variety of courses.

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Integration training for adult immigrants provided by TE services

In integration training, you learn Finnish and get to know Finnish society. Integration training provides information and skills for working life and further education. Integration training is daytime education.

The orientation period of integration training is aimed especially at newly arrived immigrants.

In addition to the Finnish language and culture, the orientation period includes an initial assessment, which covers, among other things, an assessment of the integration process.

• literacy and language skills
• work experience and work history
• qualifications that can correspond to Finnish qualifications

In the literacy lessons in integration training, students learn not only Finnish but also general reading and writing skills.

The duration of the integration training is determined by the student’s personal needs. Usually, the training lasts about one year.

You apply for the training by registering as a jobseeker with the Kainuu TE Office and discussing your training needs with an employment counsellor. The employment counsellor will contact you after you have registered as a jobseeker.

How to use Oma asiointi E-service (video)
Register as a jobseeker on the E-service (in Finnish)

Finnish courses and self-studying material

• Kaukametsä civic center
  Offers language course in contact teaching at Kajaani. Courses require payment. Possible for a discount with a stipend.
• Villa Victor
  Non-stop online Finnish teaching organized by City of Oulu´s multicultural center. Different levels from basics to advanced. Open to everybody and free of charge.
• Familia Registered association
  A Finnish language course that is organized as contact teaching in Helsinki and online. Meant primarily for foreign spouses.
• Edukamu start to Finnish
  A Finnish course at an online platform that is open to everybody. Possibility to get 2 ECTS.
• Luetaan suomea yhdessä
  A network that organizes weekly Finnish learning groups online.
• Metropolia
  Finnish language courses and conversation groups.
• Kielibuusti
  Studying material for students and teachers.
• Duolingo
  An app and a website. Has an interactive Finnish language course in English.
• Yle Kielikoulu
  A service that enables you to study Finnish by watching Yle videos and programs with subtitles.
• Worddive
  An app for studying Finnish language. Requires payment.
• Extreme Finnish
  Self-studying material that focuses on spoken language.
• Moninet
  Self-studying material only in Finnish.
• Hauskatavata.fi
  A simple self-studying course
• Venla
  Self-studying material only in English.
• Suomi taskussa
  Self-studying material as videos.
• A Taste of Finnish
  Learning Finnish online.
• Yle selkouutiset
  News about Finland with plain/simple Finnish.

More Finnish courses can be found at www.finnishcourses.fi.