Emma's Finnish Learning Struggle: Beginner's Challenge

Описание: User story: Emma - part 1/3

Meet Emma. She's a master's student in Finland, juggling engineering coursework and training ship commitments.

She wants to learn Finnish. Needs to, actually. But she's stuck in an impossible gap.

Evening at the library. Her desk: thick Finnish grammar textbooks from university courses, engineering materials, and her phone with a colorful language app.

A classmate approaches. 'Moi!' she says cheerfully. Hi!

Emma freezes. She can't even respond to a simple greeting.

'Hi...' she switches to English, embarrassed.

The classmate switches too. The moment passes. Another missed opportunity.

Emma looks at her phone—the language app with cartoon characters and childish games. It treats her like she's five. She's 26, studying maritime engineering.

Then at the grammar textbook—university courses assume fluency she doesn't have. Conjugation tables. Complex syntax. She's a beginner.

Too simple. Too hard. Nothing in between.

Every day, the same trap. Apps that infantilize her. Courses that overwhelm her. And classmates she can't greet in their own language.

Emma isn't lacking motivation. She's lacking the right content—adult material at beginner level.

That gap? It's crushing her confidence before she can even start.

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