Tere!

Pretty long time ago, I talked about an Estonian language learning platform called Keeleklikk which I completed in two months. In fact there is a next-level platform called Keeletee. This time I spent six months completing it.

★Course Structure

The course structure of Keeletee is almost the same as Keeleklikk. However, the videos were not tacky animation where kid characters have a fully grown man voice but authentic interviews with real people. There are a couple of animations but the quality is better than the ones in Keeleklikk.

One chapter consists of interviews or animation videos, phrase quizzes, grammar tutorials and word quizzes. 

★Grammar

In terms of the Estonian language grammar, you complete the basics by the A2 level, so when I started Keeletee I was wondering about what I would learn as a grammar.

In fact, I felt there were more like how to use some particular verbs. This is probably because in Estonian some verbs need objectives in the second form but others require the third form. Other than that, I learnt the form of verbs to say “it is reported” or idioms. (Actually I quite forget what I learnt in the beginning as I spent six months this time…)

While learning on Keeletee, I took notes on Evernote because the data will not possibly disappear by saving online, and each note can be compiled as a notebook. (More strictly speaking, I took notes on paper while watching the grammar tutorials or finding new words, and after learning I summarised them on Evernote. It’s good for me because I can think about the layout of the learning results later.) 

★Certificate

On Keeleklikk, after completing all the chapters you can take a final exam, and if you passed, you can get a digital certificate. However, Keeletee doesn’t have such a system. (There are tests after each chapter though. Personally I set the minimum score which was eight out of ten.)

This is my guess, but the reason why Keeletee doesn’t have such a certificate is that even the certificate from Keeleklikk is not official. (Some people might try to use it as an official certificate which is not accepted, so they may have assumed the questions regarding that and wanted to avoid immigrants’ confusion.) If you want to get an official language certificate, you need to take an official exam by the government.

It seems this exam is held every month and the fee is free. Since I graduated from the postgraduate school in Estonia, I’m not required to acquire the language, but the regular people may need it on the B2 level or something within five years. 

However, I completely have no idea as it doesn’t matter to me.

★From Now

As the COVID-19 situation has gotten better, the bars and shopping centres are open, and it’s not mandatory to wear masks for the face-to-face meeting, I assume that the Estonian language courses will open in autumn again. If I’m not too busy at work, I want to register for it. 

But still I have a few months by then, so I will learn it again at my own pace. (On the contrary, I want to focus on learning CSS now, personally.)

Thus, learn the Estonian language at your own pace and enjoy your Estonian/foreign language learning life!

Aitäh! 🙂