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Antti
Finnish
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From Finland

Living in Other, United States

I'm an anthropology student from Finland, living in the United States. I'm a passionate language learner myself, and I want to give my best to people who are interested in learning my native language. As a teacher, I want to encourage my students to not be afraid to make mistakes. I've planned most of my teaching to consist of conversational practice, encouraging the student to speak Finnish more, but with beginners I tend to provide structure to the lessons with materials from the Suomen Mestari 1 textbook. After initially assessing the students skill level, I will prepare materials and exercises to teach what the student lacks in terms of grammar. This is a placeholder text, because iTalki will combine the "Me as a teacher" and "My lessons & teaching style" sections with the "About me" section on April 29th 2026. This is a placeholder text, because iTalki will combine the "Me as a teacher" and "My lessons &teaching style" sections with the "About me" section on April 29th 2026.
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  • Presentation slides/PPT
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Trial Lesson
163 lessons completed
USD 11.50+
Keskustellaan suomeksi! / Conversational practice in Finnish
A2-C2
Conversation
963 lessons completed
USD 15.60+
15% off
Suomea vasta-alkajille / Finnish for beginners
A1
Language Essentials
262 lessons completed
USD 15.60+
15% off
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Structured lessons·4
For beginners·56
Nate
11 Finnish lessons
Teacher’s pick
I just finished my third conversation lesson with Antti, and I can say he is a great conversationalist. He is always ready with a topic, or when I bring up a topic, he is ready with many follow up questions that really test the boundaries of my Finnish novel. When I am unfamiliar with a word or structure, he puts in the chat, so I can go back later and review it. We've had very wide ranging discussions touching on such diverse topics as natural disasters, sports, his university studies, my job, movies and tv series. I feel like I am improving my skills and more importantly my confidence with each session.
Stephanie
16 Finnish lessons
Teacher’s pick
After focusing a bit more on grammar and new vocabulary, todays lesson we again spent almost completely with speaking Finnish and it was again a great experience - Antti made me feel supercomfortable, formed sentences and questions even I as a total beginner could understand and helped me along without hurrying or interrupting my thinking. And I did not only learn and practise a lot today, but actually had fun :) Thank you, Antti, for your calm positive patience and your ability to find a language level even I can try to talk on!
Student Stuart
Stuart
5 Finnish lessons
A great first lesson! Kiitos
Student Ina
Ina
66 Finnish lessons
Teacher’s pick
It’s in a good way challenging being lured a small step out of your comfortzone and to talk about topics, you didn’t expect or prepare for. Thanks to Anttis patience I never felt stressed or uncomfortable in that process, even when I needed time fishing for the correct word or formulation.
Angelika
2 Finnish lessons
Kiitos mielenkiintoisesta ensimmäisestä oppitunnista. Tunnelma oli erittäin miellyttävä.
Student Joakim Stenberg
Joakim Stenberg
2 Finnish lessons
I had a very nice chat with Antti, he speaks at a good pace and explains the meaning of words well. I wholeheartedly recommend booking a lesson with him!