Results of the Needs Analysis Carried Out in Finland

A. Background Questions | B. Proficiency in Finnish | C. Studying | D. Questions about everyday situations | E. Social life and leisure | F. Important vocabulary

1. Please evaluate your language proficiency on your arrival in Finland (only 21 questionnaires)

The majority of the students did not speak Finnish at the arrival in Finland. The one student from Morocco who answered she knew Finnish fluently probably misunderstood the question and should be placed in the “non” or “poor” group instead which can be deduced from the way she filled in her questionnaire (she used the questionnaire in Finnish).

2. Where and how did you learn Finnish? (multiple answers, only 21 Questionnaires)

*Those who didn't answer the question were attending a language course in Jyväskylä (Survival Finnish, Finnish 2 or Finnish 3) which means that they have also learning Finnish at the host university's language courses.

3. Which language course are you attending now? (multiple answers, only 21 questionnaires)

Those students who were learning Finnish at a higher level usually attended more than one class (two students attended Finnish 4 and 5, one Finnish 4, 5 and a writing course, and one student attended Finnish 4 and studied with the help of web courses).