A Report on my Foreign Language Learning Experience BA English Language and Communication Focus

1 I aim to discuss and evaluate my acquisition of the grammatical systems of foreign languages; focusing primarily on Finnish, though with reference to German. Having done a short three week course for total beginners in Finnish and having studied German to undergraduate level, I have achieved a very different level of competence in the languages. These two entirely separate learning experiences give me a basis for comparison and contrast that I aim to explore fully. I am also interested how my previous knowledge of German might have affected my acquisition of Finnish. This report will principally be an exercise in introspection, however through my background reading and triangulation I aim to make it as valid as it is possible for an individual case to be.