Ida

I’ve been taking conversation lessons with Ida, and it’s been a fantastic experience. She is incredibly patient, and our lessons are focused on speaking, which has helped improve my confidence in using Finnish. She always takes the time to explain phrases clearly and guides me on how to say things more naturally and correctly. Her feedback is constructive, and I’ve made great progress in speaking and understanding Finnish since starting lessons with her. I highly recommend her to anyone looking to improve their conversational skills!

I've been having weekly lessons with Ida for almost 3 months now, and I am incredibly happy to learn with her! She makes me feel at ease despite my very limited knowledge of Finnish, and I actually often find our conversations quite fun. She also has a talent for speaking so clearly and slowly (and probably choosing simple vocabulary) that I actually understand her very well. She keeps a helpful "logbook" of concepts and vocabulary, and gives me suitable grammar topics and resources to study (and then actually practices them with me in the next lesson :D), or even comes up with exercises herself if I struggle with something. She also has good resources for starting conversations suitable to my level, and with keeping me talking - I found it frustrating in the past when teachers started topics which were completely out of my reach. This does not happen with Ida :) And lastly, Ida is fun, kind, patient and encouraging! Thank you, Ida, I am really happy I can learn with you :)

Ida is an outstanding teacher. I always go into language lessons slightly nervous due to self-consciousness about my ability - but at the end of every lesson I feel very pleased with the progress made. She provides wonderful structure and encouragement. I highly recommend her.

Ida is a positive and patient teacher and our lessons always fly by because they are very engaging. She takes time to explain and encourage and I always feel like I'm progressing after we meet every week. Would recommend!

I have had four different teachers on and off before, but Ida is by far the best. In my opinion, she is truly exceptional. I’ve been studying with her for around three months now, and I’ve found her to be an expert in teaching Finnish, especially in combining grammar with speaking in a very simple and effective way. I see myself more confident in speaking and using grammer. Best thing about her is that her energy level is always the same, which motivates me a lot. Her lessons are simple yet incredibly useful for improving my spoken Finnish. I also get plenty of opportunities to practice writing. Overall, learning the language with Ida is fun, progress is quick, and easy. She is patient and continues to correct my mistakes until I get them right. I feel comfortable making errors in pronunciation or grammar as she corrects them in very simple ways. I couldn’t ask for a better teacher!

I have been practising Finnish with Ida for quite a while now and have never been let down by our lessons. She can easily adapt to anything you wish to talk about and will engage with your topic of choice with a high degree of enthusiasm. Her passion for languages comes across consistently and is almost palpable. I would be hard-pressed to recommend a teacher more suitable for learning a language than Ida.