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New ‘Eesti amps’ collaborative groups will launch in October

17.09.2026

In October, new groups taking part in the ‘Eesti amps’ series of collaborative activities will launch across Estonia. The meetings of the groups will run until May 2027 and are designed to support the learning and use of the Estonian language in everyday life.

These activities are aimed at adults living in Estonia from a variety of linguistic and cultural backgrounds, including newly arrived immigrants, returnees, and Estonian citizens. Anyone wishing to improve their Estonian language skills and gain a better understanding of Estonian culture and society is invited to take part.

Over the course of eight months, each group will hold 16 regular meetings and go on two study trips. The programme consists of 60 academic hours of learning. During meetings, language learning is combined with practical and cultural topics, and great emphasis is placed on active communication and the use of Estonian in everyday situations.

Participants will be supported by volunteers who speak Estonian as their mother tongue or at least at level C1. Through joint activities, learners can develop their language skills, acquire new knowledge, and forge connections with Estonian speakers in a safe and friendly environment.

Study trips take participants to various locations across Estonia. This provides an opportunity to use Estonian in real-life situations and to learn about the country’s regions, culture, traditions, and different aspects of life.

The collaborative activities take place in the Kesklinn, Mustamäe, Lasnamäe, Haabersti, and Põhja-Tallinn districts of Tallinn, as well as in Tartu, Jõhvi, Narva, Sillamäe, and Lääne-Viru County.

Taking part in the programme helps to improve Estonian language skills, boost confidence in using the language, and broaden knowledge of Estonia and its culture. These meetings help to form new connections and experiences, which support the learning of Estonian even after the programme has ended.

You can sign up for the collaborative activities in the self-service of the Integration Foundation. The number of places is limited.

The collaborative activities are co-funded by the European Social Fund+ under sub-activity No. 3.4.4.4 ‘Provision of cultural, leisure, and collaborative activities to support Estonian language learning and practice’ of project No. 2021-2027.4.07.23-0006 ‘Activities supporting Estonian language learning and civic education’.

MAFF film evening in Narva

Language level required: B1+
Location: Linda 2
Time: 01.10.2026 kell 18:00 - 21:00
Format: Language Practice
Organizer: Narva eesti keele maja

At the film evening taking place on 1 October, you can watch films that have also reached the finals of the Matsalu Nature Film Festival, discover fascinating wildlife and nature, and discuss what you have seen.
The films are in English with Estonian subtitles.

Film “Ice Nomads” (53 minutes)
Austria | 2026 | 53 min | original language: English | subtitles: Estonian
Original title: *Ice Nomads*

On board a 15-metre sailing boat, a crew sets off for another world, like astronauts conquering a distant planet.

They are on their way to meet A23A, the oldest and largest iceberg in the world. For four decades, this giant, measuring 70km long by 60km wide, 38 times the size of Paris, has been wandering like a comet in one of the world's most dangerous seas, east of Cape Horn.
The story begins in 1986 in Antarctica when A23A broke away from a glacier releasing an ice island 300 meters thick, 75 km long, and 60 km wide. A trillion tons of ice drifted away from the continent and out to sea. A 30-metre-high ice cliff stretched as far as the eye could see, with the remaining 90% under water! Thus began the extraordinary journey of a fragment of Antarctica that became much more than an iceberg...

Its life, marked by strandings, sudden changes of direction, traps set by currents, assaults by monstrous storms, fractures, but also by the enrichment of the waters attracting a rich fauna around it, make it a true character in an adventure film.
After 39 years of existence, the megaberg is approaching an island where millions of birds and marine mammals live, their lives hanging in the balance depending on the trajectory of this ice monster.
It is at this moment that the crew joins the ice titan.

Film "Home to Many”
Germany | 2026 | 56 min | original language: English | subtitles: Estonian

After moving to a new city a family of mice leads me to spend more and more time in a park nearby. This way I also encounter other inhabitants like red squirrels, mallards, geese, mute swans and the rose-ringed parakeets. Even though the city park is a rather ordinary place, with animals everyone seems to already know, you can observe the most incredible things here.

Registration: https://iseteenindus.integratsioon.ee/service/view/17991?lang=en

NB! You can register for the events through the Integration Foundation's self-service, which you can enter using an ID card, Mobile-ID or Smart-ID. Please see the user guide:https://integratsioon.ee/iseteenindus

Nädalavahetus muuseumis

Language level required: A2+
Location: Linnuse 9, Keila linn
Time: 10.10.2026 10:00 - 06.12.2026 12:30
Format: Language Practice
Organizer: Tallinna eesti keele maja

Eesti keele praktiseerimist toetavad õppetegevused toimuvad Harjumaa muuseumis.

Eeldused osalemiseks: A2 omandatud

10.10. L Tutvumine ja toidukultuur.
Tutvume omavahel. Räägime eesti toidukultuurist.
Vaatame, kuidas leiba tehakse ja saame ise kaasa teha. Räägime, milliseid toite saab teraviljadest teha.

15.11. P Muuseumi esemed
Tutvume muuseumiga. Vaatame erinevaid esemeid.
Räägime, mida inimesed vanasti kasutasid ja mida kasutatakse tänapäeval.

06.12. P Info vanasti ja tänapäeval.
Räägime raamatutest, internetist, kuulutustest ja ajalehtedest.
Vaatame püsinäitusel vanu kuulutusi.
Rühmaarutelu. Mõttevahetus ja õpitud sünavara kordamine.

Teenuse läbiviija: Aili Hagala

Registration: https://iseteenindus.integratsioon.ee/service/view/17990?lang=en