This is the home page of my Language Services. Its purpose is to introduce my services and some related thoughts. This is a brief description, please, see the other pages for details. Professionally, I am a language consultant and an English teacher (facilitator, tutor, lecturer, expert, you name it) and started my own business on 1 August 2007. I did this to create something new and to offer my services to a larger clientele than before. There is no master plan behind this; this is something I do out of pleasure.
I offer two kinds of services: language consulting (language checking, editing, proof-reading and translation of English and Finnish texts) and English lessons. I have checked scientific articles and reports (physics, computer science, education), literary texts, and advertisements. I have also translated short texts (e.g. advertisements, manuals, service descriptions, private stories and texts, and my own texts, of course) into/from Finnish and English. However, I do not offer official translations (e.g. official contracts and certificates).
I am a qualified English (EFL/ESL) and Swedish teacher in Finland. As a part of my Language Services, I plan and execute English lessons, courses, and distance learning packages for adult students from near-beginners to experts (face-to-face only in Joensuu). My related work experience includes teaching at comprehensive schools, upper secondary schools, a vocational school and at university level. I held a lectureship in English until the end of December 2007 and now teach some of my courses as a full-time instructor (see Curriculum Vitae) in addition to other courses. These include Business English courses at local companies. In the past, I have given group and private tutoring in English for customer service professionals, students preparing for the matriculation examination, and a company director in conversation and presentation skills.
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