Portfolio

2019

Enjoy Finnish project focused on the development of the Instagram and Facebook accounts for Russian-speaking students, but private Skype teaching is still available to students who speak English or Russian all over the world.

2018

Introduced the website www.enjoyfinnish.fi and launched an online store, where one can acquire learning material and gift certificates for Skype lessons.
Kristina Salmela started her work in Portaanpään kristillinen opisto teaching Finnish language as a foreign language to refugees and other students.

2017

Recorded the first educational videos which can be viewed on Youtube.
Created the Facebook group “Финский с удовольствием” for Russian-speaking users. The group is a live teaching aid that publishes original material on a weekly basis.
Held a free promo-webinar “Consonant gradation in Finnish verbs”.
Participated in the project “Finnish Language Cafe” held in Joensuu city library.
Organized and held a three-month-long Sunday Finnish-language course for intermediate and advanced levels (B1-C1).
Organized and held a two-day-long intensive course Sujuvaa Suomea for levels B2-C1. The goal was to resolve common mistakes and develop existing communication skills.
Developed and held a suggestopedic Finnish language course for beginners (A1-A2) under JoMoni ry.
Taught the Finnish language to the workers of the European Forest Institute (Joensuu).

2016

Created the Finnish-learning Facebook group “Enjoy Finnish” for English-speaking users.
Launched a new teaching format – open grammar lessons in the city of Joensuu, where every lesson is dedicated to learning and practicing one grammatical phenomenon.
Developed and held a suggestopedic course for students with no knowledge of the Finnish language. Organizer: JoMoni ry.
Taught the Finnish language to the workers of the European Forest Institute (Joensuu).
Developed teaching materials and held a series of lessons within a network marketing project Russia Digital. Organized and requested by Karelia University of Applied Sciences (Joensuu).

2015

Developed and piloted a teaching format “Finnish Language Lab” for intermediate levels (B1-B2).
Held a lecture about the suggestopedic Finnish-language teaching method for volunteers. (Kuopio, Puijola ry)
Taught illiterate students as part of a voluntary cooperation with Setlementti Puijola ry (Kuopio).

2014

Participated in a multicultural project OHO Opitaan yhdessä as a Finnish language teacher. In cooperation with the textile artist Anneli Kokko (Joensuu).
Developed and held a suggestopedic Finnish-language course for beginners under JoMoni ry.

2011