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…
”I use the saved time for group work and discussions.” The Finnish expat Hannu Arvio from Barcelona has been teaching Finnish to Spaniards for about 12 years. “I have lived in Spain for 20 years. I used to work as a correspondent for a Finnish radio station, but for the last five years I have focused on educational and marketing activities of the private language school that I founded with three partners.” Institut Nórdic, the private school led by Arvio…
Do you sometimes feel that your results graph curve is not ascending the way you want it to and progressing feels hard? Here are some tips to help you speed up learning and take your language skills to a new level! 1. Proceed fast Good language skills demand automation. If you want to learn to speak a new language fluently, you need to know all the basic words and grammar constructions without thinking. Achieving automation calls for repetition. There is…
I started studying Finnish with WordDive at the beginning of the summer as I was coming up on my two year anniversary with Finland. Before WordDive, my Finnish studies went through waves of motivation, including one Finnish course and some study on my own. I moved from the US to Finland because I won a place in Lahti Symphony as a flutist. My work is in Finnish, but I quickly got a grasp of the numbers before I moved here,…
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WordDive donates a free Finnish course package to asylum seekers
September 25, 2015Asylum seekers, waiting for their application to be processed, live in the reception centers for months. Meanwhile they study the local language, culture and customs. In the Finnish reception centers there are Finnish teachers and voluntary workers, but according to Senior Adviser Inkeri Mellanen from the Finnish Immigration Service, the need for additional materials is pressing: “The asylum seekers want to study more than the amount of lessons we can offer.” WordDive wants to meet this need by donating a free…
On Saturday, September 26, is the annual European Day of Languages. The purpose of this day is to celebrate the linguistic diversity of Europe and emphasize the importance of good language skills and life-long learning, as well as to encourage people to study new languages. Learning a new language can be a challenge and it requires continuous practice. WordDive offers you a wide range of courses for each language. Celebrate the Day of Languages by continuing your language studies. Today is…