From FinlandLiving in Helsinki (Helsingfors), Finland (12:21 UTC+02:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Aug 18, 2020
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I'm Kassu and live in Turku, Finland. I love spending time studying and teaching languages! Other than that I like swimming, collecting Chinese and Japanese teaware from thrift stores, watching documentaries, baking and traveling at a slow pace.
Me as a Teacher
As a teacher I am patient and interested in the students' progress. I am passionate about teaching Finnish and wish to make language learning interesting and fun!
Notice: I do not have particular experience in teaching children. If you wish to book a lesson for your child, please contact me beforehand.
My lessons & teaching style
I have experience in teaching and am therefore prepared to meet students with any level of Finnish. I am flexible when it comes to ways in which my lessons can be held. Language aquisition is never easy and requires lots of work. However, there are plenty of methods to make it a lot less boring. I will share my best tips for language learning with my student.
My teaching material
PDF file
Text Documents
Presentation slides/PPT
Articles and news
Homework Assignments
Teaching experience
2023 - Current
Finnish teacherVHS Reutlingen, public adult education center - Reutlingen, Germany
Education
2022 - Current
Bachelor’s - Linguistics (Chinese, Finnish)University of TurkuI'm completing a major in Sinology with a minor in Finnish and Finno-Ugric Languages as well as Education.
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229
Students
2,937
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
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5.0
Rating
229
Students
2937
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
Finnish Lessons
Trial Lesson
151 lessons completed
USD 16.00+
Finnish Conversation / Grammar / Pronunciation practice
A1 - C2Conversation2,290 lessons completed
USD 31.00+
Package with 17% off
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
154 Reviews
Jenny
64 Finnish lessons
Teacher’s pick
Really great!!! Lessons with Kastehelmi are fun, enjoyable and professional. She makes an effort to explain and provide the right expressions and words and gives you the opportunity to speak. I always really enjoy our conversations! Kiitos paljon :-)
May 8, 2021
Duc Quan Doan
60 Finnish lessons
Teacher’s pick
Thank you very much for the lesson. The tutor is very friendly and enthusiastic when she taught and fixed my Finnish spelling mistakes as well as tried to speak as low as possible with the aim of helping me easily grasp the sentence's meaning. In addition, she made the Finnish conversation become more interesting by familiar topics in daily life. nähdään kohta !
Sep 11, 2020
michiko
11 Finnish lessons
Thanks to her, today's class was very productive! I was able to realize what I'm weak at. I'll review and study hard for the next class!
Oct 18, 2025
Risto
124 Finnish lessons
Teacher’s pick
Kastehelmi is an amazing teacher!!! She is able to explain the Finish language in an easy and simple way in addition she has a lot of prepared material which can be studied and practiced in between the lessons. Last but no least she is always in a good mood with a lots of humor!!
Dec 28, 2020
michiko
11 Finnish lessons
Thanks to her, I was able to have another fulfilling lesson today. When I was struggling with the form of a word, she taught me the correct form and conjugation, which was very educational. I will do my best to review!
Oct 22, 2025
michiko
11 Finnish lessons
I was a little nervous because it had been a while since my last lesson, but the teacher always created a relaxed atmosphere so I was able to study happily! She always teaches me words I couldn't find or the correct words, so it's very helpful!