How's my Finnish?

I enrolled in two consecutive Finnish language courses last summer at Tampere Summer University. It was my first time to study the language in a classroom. I've been studying on my own even before I came to Finland but just really a bit and not on a regular basis. The courses were about fours hours a day from Monday to Friday and each one lasted two weeks. In total, I had approximately 90 lessons in Finnish in four weeks. After these courses, I should be in the level A1.

The following Finnish course in August were full, so I waited and enrolled for the autumn course instead. The Intermediate Course in Finnish 1 started in September and ended in December. The course was about three hours once a week and had 52 lessons. I should have reached the level A2 after the course.

I was also taking another Finnish course of the same level during the autumn term. Luckily, I found a free Finnish course for women immigrants offered by Ahjola near my residence. It was also three hours weekly but we met twice in a week.

Currently, I'm still studying at Tampere Summer University and Ahjola. The spring term courses are continuation of the autumn courses and still uses the same book, Hyvin Menee! 1. The target level is still A2.

Last week, I took a Finnish language assessment. According to the results, I'm now in the level A2.1 (there were levels A1.1, A1.2, and A1.3). Well, I still have to work hard to reach the levels A2.2, B1.1, and B1.2, and B2 maybe. ^^


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