The document outlines the educational paths for adult immigrants in Finland, specifically focusing on Finnish language training and vocational education. It emphasizes the integration training available for newly arrived, unemployed immigrants and the various educational levels from basic to vocational training, highlighting the importance of language skills in accessing the labor market. Additionally, it discusses initial assessments and integration plans that aid in smooth integration into Finnish society and working life.

1. Huomenta!
 Leeamaria Välitalo

2. Huomenta!
 Leeamaria Välitalo
 Teacher of Finnish language
 MA
 Finnish language
 Literature
 Finnish as a 2nd language (L2)
 pedagogy and pedagogical training

3. Preparatory education for vocational
training
 Goal: to get a place in vocational education and training (VET)
 A2.2  B1.1 / B1.2.
 My current students
 have been in Finland for 2 years or more
 17 – 38 years old
 Thai, Somali, Russian, Arabic, Kurdish, Vietnamese, Tamil, Estonian,
Albanian

4. Reception center
 Underage unaccompanied asylum seekers
 Some with a good educational background, multilingual,
able to write in Latin alphabet…
 Some with no educational background, illiterate
 Arabic, Dari/Farsi, Kurdish, Somali

5. Integration training for adult immigrants
 Mostly newly arrived, unemployed immigrants
 ~12 months
 Finnish language, society, working life
 training in the workplace

6.  leeavalitalo@gmail.com
 Instagram: www.instagram.com/instafinnish
@instafinnish

8. Educational paths for
adult immigrants in
Finland

9. Finland as ”schooling society”
 Value of degrees
only basic education 17 % of 20 – 29 years old
(2015)
 Monolingual labor market

10. Asylum seekers
 Reception center
 Reception centers offer Finnish language courses
 Usually 3 – 6 hours/week/group but in some of centers
even 25 hours
 + voluntary teachers!
Repetition method (Toisto-metodi)
http://areena.yle.fi/1-3518291 1:18 http://suomenkielisanootervetuloa.fi/materiaalit/

11. After getting residence permit
 Initial assessment
 education, work experience and language skills
(Employment and Economic Development Office or a Social
Office)
 Integration plan ”a plan detailing measures that will aid a persons
integration”
 Finnish language studies, other education or practical training…
 Integration plan must obeyed
 Usually up to 3 years (can in some cases be up to 5 years)

12. Integration training
 for adult unemployed immigrants
 better access to working life and further training
 “labour market training”
 Finnish language, culture, society, working life
 vocational planning, career guidance, recognition of degrees
 identification of previously acquired skills
 3 paths: slow, basic, fast
 (instruction for the (primary or secondary) illiterate)

13. WORK
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
PREPARATORY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
BASIC EDUCATION INTEGRATION TRAINING
PREPARATORY EDUCATION
FOR BASIC EDUCATION
INITIAL ASSESSMENT

14. WORK
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
PREPARATORY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
BASIC EDUCATION INTEGRATION TRAINING
PREPARATORY EDUCATION
FOR BASIC EDUCATION
INITIAL ASSESSMENT

15. WORK
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
PREPARATORY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
BASIC EDUCATION INTEGRATION TRAINING
PREPARATORY EDUCATION
FOR BASIC EDUCATION
INITIAL ASSESSMENT

16.  Integration training
 Basic education for adults (A1.3/A2.1/A2.2)
 Preparatory education for vocational training (A2.2.)
 (Preparatory education for general upper secondary school)
 (Preparatory education for university of applied sciences)
 Vocational education and training for adult immigrants (L2 support) (-
/A2.2/B1.1)
 Vocational (adult) education and training (with or without L2 support)
(B1.1.)
 (General upper secondary school for adults)
 (University of applied sciences)

17. WORK
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
PREPARATORY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
BASIC EDUCATION INTEGRATION TRAINING
PREPARATORY EDUCATION
FOR BASIC EDUCATION