Mängula B1-B2 (Zoom) / moved to 11.01

Mängula is an online Estonian language game event for all the foreigners who want to learn Estonian in a playful manner.

We gather once a month to play games that are designed for the Estonian language learners. In Mängula, the participants can practice Estonian in a fun way and meet the other Estonian language students around to world.

The organizer Riina Roasto is an Estonian language teacher, translator and a PhD student in Finno-Ugristics at the University of Vienna. Throughout the years of teaching Estonian in various universities and language schools in Estonia, Ukraine, Germany and France, she has discovered the advantage of using language games in the classroom. While introducing Estonian to foreigners, Riina has designed a great number of language games to ease the learning process and help the students to progress, while having fun. Currently, she is lecturing in Estonian Language and Culture at the INALCO University in Paris.

  • Min. language level required: average level group B1-B2
  • Time: 04.01 at 18.00-19.00 / moved to 11.01 
  • Place: Zoom
  • No of participants: 20

Contact person: Riina Roasto (Paris) / riina.roasto@gmail.com

Registration: (30.12 kell 13.00) https://iseteenindus.integratsioon.ee/service/view/12254?lang=et

NB! You can register for the events through the Integration Foundation's self-service, which you can enter using an ID card, Mobile-ID or Smart-ID. Please see the user guide: https://integratsioon.ee/iseteenindus

Mängula A2-B1 (Zoom)

Mängula is an online Estonian language game event for all the foreigners who want to learn Estonian in a playful manner.

We gather once a month to play games that are designed for the Estonian language learners. In Mängula, the participants can practice Estonian in a fun way and meet the other Estonian language students around to world.

The organizer Riina Roasto is an Estonian language teacher, translator and a PhD student in Finno-Ugristics at the University of Vienna. Throughout the years of teaching Estonian in various universities and language schools in Estonia, Ukraine, Germany and France, she has discovered the advantage of using language games in the classroom. While introducing Estonian to foreigners, Riina has designed a great number of language games to ease the learning process and help the students to progress, while having fun. Currently, she is lecturing in Estonian Language and Culture at the INALCO University in Paris.

  • Min. language level required: average level group A2-B1 
  • Time: 18.01 at 17.00-18.00 
  • Place: Zoom
  • No of participants: 20

Contact person: Riina Roasto (Paris) / riina.roasto@gmail.com

Registration: (12.01 kell 9.00) https://iseteenindus.integratsioon.ee/service/view/12222?lang=et

NB! You can register for the events through the Integration Foundation's self-service, which you can enter using an ID card, Mobile-ID or Smart-ID. Please see the user guide: https://integratsioon.ee/iseteenindus

Mängula A2-B1 (Zoom) / moved to 11.01

Mängula is an online Estonian language game event for all the foreigners who want to learn Estonian in a playful manner.

We gather once a month to play games that are designed for the Estonian language learners. In Mängula, the participants can practice Estonian in a fun way and meet the other Estonian language students around to world.

The organizer Riina Roasto is an Estonian language teacher, translator and a PhD student in Finno-Ugristics at the University of Vienna. Throughout the years of teaching Estonian in various universities and language schools in Estonia, Ukraine, Germany and France, she has discovered the advantage of using language games in the classroom. While introducing Estonian to foreigners, Riina has designed a great number of language games to ease the learning process and help the students to progress, while having fun. Currently, she is lecturing in Estonian Language and Culture at the INALCO University in Paris.

  • Min. language level required: average level group A2-B1 
  • Time: 04.01 at 17.00-18.00 / moved to 11.01
  • Place: Zoom
  • No of participants: 20

Contact person: Riina Roasto (Paris) / riina.roasto@gmail.com

Registration: (30.12 kell 13.00) https://iseteenindus.integratsioon.ee/service/view/12220?lang=et

NB! You can register for the events through the Integration Foundation's self-service, which you can enter using an ID card, Mobile-ID or Smart-ID. Please see the user guide: https://integratsioon.ee/iseteenindus

Musical Wednesday A2+ (Narva)

We meet once a month on Wednesdays to practise Estonian through singing!

Each meeting will have its own theme. During Musical Wednesdays, we will get to know the works of a number of Estonian composers and singers, play different games, and, of course, sing both older and newer songs.

  • Language level: A2+ 
  • Time: 18.01, from 18.00-20.00
  • Location: Narva Estonian Language House (Linda 2, Narva)
  • Hosts: Teele Parts, Pille Maffucci
  • No of participants: 35

Registration: https://iseteenindus.integratsioon.ee/service/view/12295?lang=en

NB! You can register for the events through the Integration Foundation's self-service, which you can enter using an ID card, Mobile-ID or Smart-ID. Please see the user guide: https://integratsioon.ee/iseteenindus

Mokalaat B2+ (Zoom)

Mokalaat is a series of language meetings with no teachers or students – instead, everyone is both a learner and a teacher! The purpose of the Mokalaat meetings is to develop skills for public speaking and presentation.

It is done in a friendly atmosphere and it involve topics that interest everyone. Participants take turns in preparing a report on which they will make a presentation: it may be related to a job, hobby, an exciting place, or something dear to you. The crowd are active listeners, asking questions and participating in the discussion that follows the presentation.

  • Language level: B2-C1
  • Time: at 18.00-19.30
  • Location: Zoom
  • No of participants: 25

Teacher: Pille Maffucci

Registration: https://iseteenindus.integratsioon.ee/service/view/12293?lang=en

NB! You can register for the events through the Integration Foundation's self-service, which you can enter using an ID card, Mobile-ID or Smart-ID. Please see the user guide: https://integratsioon.ee/iseteenindus

Mafia Game Night A2+ (Jõhvi)

Once a month, we are organising an exciting Mafia role-playing night for people interested in Estonian. During the evening, the participants will be able to communicate with each other in Estonian in a relaxed atmosphere.

This is a legendary and super fun party game, in which the citizens of a city aim to remove all mafia members from society, while the mafia aim to gain an upper hand – a situation where there are more mafia members than citizens.

The game is simple and requires no special preparation or prior practice. The game is a lot of fun and very exciting because, similarly to a poker game where people get eliminated, the Mafia players will want to try again immediately. The game of Mafia requires attention, logic, and people skills. The more you play Mafia, the more you learn about people – you will be able to tell when someone is lying. So, the game also has an educational and a psychological aspect.

  • Language level: A2+
  • Time: 12 January from 18.15-20.00
  • Location: Jõhvi Culture and Leisure Centre (Pargi 40, Jõhvi)
  • Number of participants: up to 10

Host: Olga Hodakovskaja

Registration: https://iseteenindus.integratsioon.ee/service/view/12292?lang=en

NB! You can register for the events through the Integration Foundation's self-service, which you can enter using an ID card, Mobile-ID or Smart-ID. Please see the user guide: https://integratsioon.ee/iseteenindus

 

Cooking club A2+ (Tallinn)

We’ll cook together, sharing skills, tips and recipes, then set the table, sit down and enjoy the food we’ve made.

At the end of each class we’ll summarise what we’ve learnt in Estonian in terms of both new words and about cooking itself. We’ll discuss what we found difficult and what exciting new discoveries we made.

The classes will be all about socialising, which will take place entirely in Estonian.

This year, the cooking classes are only open to relative beginners. Participation is on the basis of proof of vaccination. Each class will be limited to 10 participants.

Participants should bring their own aprons.

  • Language level: A2+
  • Time: 07.01 from 11.00-14.30
  • Location: Estonia pst 5a, Tallinn (Tallinna Rahvaülikool, entrance from the courtyard)
  • No of participants: 10

Contact person: Mari Taalmann
Registration: (27.12 kell 9.00)  https://iseteenindus.integratsioon.ee/service/view/12112?lang=en

NB! You can register for the events through the Integration Foundation's self-service, which you can enter using an ID card, Mobile-ID or Smart-ID. Please see the user guide: https://integratsioon.ee/iseteenindus

Cooking club A2+ (Tallinn)

We’ll cook together, sharing skills, tips and recipes, then set the table, sit down and enjoy the food we’ve made.

At the end of each class we’ll summarise what we’ve learnt in Estonian in terms of both new words and about cooking itself. We’ll discuss what we found difficult and what exciting new discoveries we made.

The classes will be all about socialising, which will take place entirely in Estonian.

This year, the cooking classes are only open to relative beginners. Participation is on the basis of proof of vaccination. Each class will be limited to 10 participants.

Participants should bring their own aprons.

  • Language level: A2+
  • Time: 05.01 from 17.30-20.30
  • Location: Estonia pst 5a, Tallinn (Tallinna Rahvaülikool, entrance from the courtyard)
  • No of participants: 10

Contact person: Mari Taalmann
Registration: (27.12 at 9.00)  https://iseteenindus.integratsioon.ee/service/view/12075?lang=en

NB! You can register for the events through the Integration Foundation's self-service, which you can enter using an ID card, Mobile-ID or Smart-ID. Please see the user guide: https://integratsioon.ee/iseteenindus

Publication "Returning home 2022"

The booklet " Returning home" published by Integration Foundation gives practical information on returning to Estonia and shares insights about the lives of returnees.

Nearly 7,000 people with Estonian roots return to Estonia every year. The stories in the publication "Returning home 2022" provide a cross-section of the activities and adaptation of the returnees, as well as a lot of practical information for starting a new life in Estonia. In addition, advice is given:

• where and how to start learning Estonian,
• how to find suitable employment,
• how to find a placement in school for your child,
• and other questions that the returnee may face are answered.

The booklet is freely available to be browsed online:
in English: https://issuu.com/insamisa/docs/insa_brochure_web_eng_2
in Estonian: https://issuu.com/insamisa/docs/tagasi_tulemised_2022

You can find additional information about the services created by the Integration Foundation for returnees at www.integratsioon.ee/en/information-those-returning-estonia