The 71-year-old language learning veteran Jaakko Kääriä is currently studying three languages at the same time: Russian, Italian and Spanish. In addition to practicing with WordDive, Kääriä attends language courses at the community college and hones his skills by chatting with international friends. – I meet up with a Russian friend twice a week. He teaches me Russian and I teach him Finnish. Back when we started our language learning sessions, we didn’t have a common language at all because…
You bought a language course and started your studies with great enthusiasm. Then came that super busy week at work, then the bathroom renovation, and then your child came down with fever. And in that hassle called everyday life you just couldn’t find time to continue with your studies. Sound familiar? In this newsletter, we will give you some tips on how to keep up your motivation and find time for language studies even during busy times. 1. Set a…
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Kati, Divonne-les-Bains: WordDive is an excellent choice for a stay-at-home mom
December 15, 2015We suddenly had to move from Helsinki to Central Europe last spring when my husband started a long work project in Geneva. We heard about this on May Day, and before the end of May, we were already living here in Divonne-les-Bains, a small spa town in eastern France near the Swiss border. I had no time to think about language issues then. It struck me only when we arrived. My French is horrible, so I started to look for…
Last spring, my friend gave me a tip to try WordDive. I and my wife are retired and we often spend the winter in Spain or the Canary Islands. I’m not linguistically talented, but I still wanted to try WordDive. I started with the introductory course, got excited, and then ordered a six-month course as soon as I was back in Finland. Since then, I’ve been studying Spanish with WordDive almost daily, 20 to 30 minutes a day. We like…
I first encountered WordDive when I was searching for an English course for my daughter, who is in high school. When I came across WordDive, I realized I could start using it myself. I have always been more mathematically oriented. I graduated from the Helsinki University of Technology, and nowadays I’m working as a researcher of digital services. I need English at work every day. For example, the reports are all written in English. That’s why it didn’t occur to…
People who don’t know how WordDive works are often confused. “Is this just a fancy new way of memorizing words?” Yes, that is partially correct. You will learn a lot of new words with WordDive. However, that is not the whole story. WordDive is not just about memorizing new words. It is more about learning how to actually use the language you are studying – in real life situations. 1 study item includes about 10 words on average So when…