Interview (In-Class)

                Tuomas came from Finland, and his family members also live from there. Beginning in elementary school, he was taught English, as well as his native Finnish. One of the biggest transitions for Tuomas was when he went to high school in the middle of Finland. Being a native of western Finland, his dialect was different even though he was in the same country, so learning was not exactly as simple as it would have been otherwise, just because he had to get used to different dialects. Each different town in Finland has their own specific dialect, much like the North-South transition in the USA, so when traveling it was difficult sometimes to get used to other people’s dialects. While in High School, Tuomas learned Swedish as well as his continued learning of English. The transition to schools (college) in America is at times hard for Tuomas as it is not his native language, so sometimes he has difficulty getting his points across as clearly as he would like to.