courses

Our Conversation and Pronunciation English programmes focus on developing speaking skills, improving pronunciation and building conversational skills and strategies. This will help you express yourself confidently and effectively in spoken interaction, both socially and in more formal settings and global situations.

Based on an integrated skill curriculum, General English core classes teach students specific strategies to improve their English while electives reinforce the core language skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Eight language benchmark levels accommodate student progression from a beginner learner with little English skill to advanced language proficiency. Some of the course highlights: Weekly progress testing and feedback, monthly English proficiency assessment, personalized education plan designed to meet academic goals and theme-based lessons apply learning to real-life situation.

Our General English courses are designed to improve your English language skills and give you more professional and academic options in the future. As well as taking lessons, you will have plenty of time to sight-see and explore your destination. The course is semi-intensive, and is available at all levels from Elementary to Advanced, with classes made up of different levels. The focus is on the four main aspects of language: reading, writing, listening and speaking, and all our schools offer extensive and varied activities programs to help you make the most of your destination.

In the Intensive Spanish Language Course of 20 lessons per week, the students will be using a communicative methodology, this course provides rapid improvement while immersing you in the Spanish language. The objective of this Spanish course is for you to be able to communicate and take your Spanish into real-world situations.

Improve all areas of your general English with our English 15 language course. You will focus on English for real-life situations using speaking, reading, writing and listening. Your class will have students at the same English level as you and the teacher will base lessons around the needs of the group. Group work will be balanced with individual support and encouragement from your teacher. This course runs in the afternoons!

In this course, we communicate on a wide level and you will get to practice for all the aspects of the YKI-test (reading, writing, listening, and speaking). You will learn to discuss different themes on an abstract level, both in writing and in speech. The course also has a lot of home assignments. This is an excellent course if you want to integrate into Finnish society and get work or a place to study after Lärkkulla

The evening Dutch language courses are organized every two months. Each course involves 30 teaching hours divided over 6 weeks, the lessons take place twice a week, 150-minute (2.5 hours). The schedule depends on the level. Free additional online materials are available to make your Dutch language journey a success! The lessons start at 18.15 and end at 20.45. There is a short break.

This English Language Course provides students 20 hour per week English development programme in the evenings. The curriculum is structured to provide development in the skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing and the different language areas of grammar, vocabulary and functional English. All classes are organised to respond directly to individual students’ needs. The focus is on real-world English, taught with a practical, communicative approach supplemented with activities from real life environments and contexts.

Apart from the 20 L/W of General English that students have, with this option the choice of an elective is available. There are electives suitable for each level, some of the options are: pronunciation, grammar, speaking, English for business, critical response, English for public speaking, English for social media...

This course is only available to students studying in the USA or Canada. With this English language course, you get 24 lessons (18 hours) per week of General English including four lessons per week in your choice of Special Focus study.