Finland has a population of over 5 million people concentrated in the southern region. One of the keys to Finland's success is its high-quality education system, which provides public investment in education and training. Finland's education system includes 9 years of compulsory primary education, after which students can choose between general and vocational secondary programs. It also has a bilingual focus, with most students learning two additional languages starting in third grade, and some schools offering content instruction in other languages through immersion or CLIL programs to further improve students' language skills. Recent international assessments show Finland remaining among the top countries in reading and science, though its math scores have declined slightly.

1. TERESA JARAMILLO BENÉITEZ

2. With just over 5 million people, Finland is one of Europe's richest and most successful nations.
One of the secrets of Finland's success is a high level of public investment in education and training. Finland's education system is one of the best in the world.

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The population of Finland is 5.4 million.
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Population density is low, only 15.7 people per square kilometer.
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Most of the population is concentrated in the south, especially in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, which is a home to 1.3 million people.

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Finnishis spoken by 90 % and Swedishby 6 %.
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A minority indigenous language called Samiwhich has official status in the Lapland regions of Northern Finland.
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The 4.2 % of the population speak a language other than Finnish, Swedish or Sámi as a mother tongue.

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Preparatory instruction.
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half a year to two years.
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An individual learning plan is formulated for each pupil.

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According to the Finnish constitution, an individual has the right to use his or her own national language, Finnish or Swedish, before the authorities.
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The Language Act concerns the constitutionally determined national languages: Finnish and Swedish.
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Finnish citizenship

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Sámi has legal status.
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TheSami Language Act providing for the right to use Sami as an official language in the Sami homeland area.
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The Constitution gives a special position also to the Roma people and to the users of sign language.

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Since 1991 the municipalities, schools and teachers can use a foreign language to teach any subject as in CLIL
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In the newly (1999) re-codifiedFinnish Constitutionwere guaranteed the rights of the Swedish-speaking populationby a specialLanguage Act, which, together with some special laws, provides for equality in the official use of the native language and access to education and public careers.

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1 year of voluntarypre-primary education
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9 years of primary education (comprehensive school) Compulsory
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Upper secondary education, comprising general education and vocational education and training.
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Higher education, provided by universities and polytechnics.

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One distinctive characteristic of the Finnish comprehensive school is the number of languages studied.
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All pupils study two languages beside their mother tongue, and also have the option of one elective.
Compulsory/optionallanguage
Starts atthelatest
Mostpopular language
A1
compulsory
3rdgrade
English
A2
Optional
5thgrade
German
B1
compulsory
7thgrade
Swedish
B2
optional
8thgrade
German

12. The main objectivesof the programmeare:
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Improve the level of foreign-language students.
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Promote the confidence of the students getting motivate them and encourage them to study more to be able to handle another language.
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Provide a challenge to teachers wishing to teach in another language for any reason.
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Facilitate educational institutions to receive foreign students, to promote the exchange of students and teachers and to respond to the current internationalization of the education.

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The number of Finnish schools that implement bilingual education has remained quite stable (4-8%).
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The majority of the Finnish schools provide teaching in English and Finnish, and their common goal is for the students to learn Englishnot only during their foreign language classes but also during classes where content is taught through the medium of English.

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CLIL education is voluntaryin Finland.
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Is offer in comprehensive school. (9-16 years)
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Different Finnish schools offer CLIL education at least in Swedish, English, German, Russian, French, and Spanish.

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CLIL in Finland involves a number of vehicular languages.
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The most common subjects taught in Englishin comprehensive schools (and upper secondary schools are:
Environmental science, mathematics,
visual arts, geography, biology, music, physical education, religion, chemistry, crafts, physics.

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In CLIL teaching, the key issue is to have competent language skillsfor the teaching context.
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self-confidence.
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Native English speakers are not automatically better CLIL teachers.
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Level 5 general language test "Language proficiency".

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Immersion is unique among bilingual education methods as it is traditionally a foreign or second language learning method for speakers of the majority language.

18. The age at which the students begin the immersion
Age groups :
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Early immersion (begins during early childhood)
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Middle/delayed immersion (begins ages 8 to 10)
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Late immersion (begins during teenage years).

19. The amount of teaching conducted through the second language

20. Beyond these differences according to the age of students and the amount of L2 instruction.
CATEGORIES:
Heritage language immersion
double-immersion
dual immersion

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Performance in reading literacy is still high in Finland by international standards. Finland’s average score came in 6 place among all participating countries.
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Finland’s proficiency in scientific literacy, Finland ranked in 5 place among all participating countries.
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Finland’s national average in mathematical literacy has fallen by 25 points since the PISA 2003 assessment.

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Finlandhas a complexeducationsystem.
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Two compulsory languages during their school years, and many have studied more than two.
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Immigrant pupils are integrated into Finnish or Swedish classes in order to make them feel part of the school community
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Teacher’scurriculumflexibility. Theyare free to choose their concrete methods.
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High network of CLIL schools