{"id":80226,"date":"2025-02-21T09:10:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T07:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multilingua.ee\/opetaja\/triin-leesmann\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T16:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:52:08","slug":"triin-leesmann","status":"publish","type":"tribe_organizer","link":"https:\/\/multilingua.ee\/en\/teacher\/triin-leesmann\/","title":{"rendered":"Triin Leesmann"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I graduated from the University of Tartu in 1993 with a Master&#8217;s degree in Estonian philology and a teaching profession, and in 2025 with a Master&#8217;s degree in theology from the Faculty of Theology. For almost thirty years I have been involved in adult education and since 2023 I have been teaching Estonian in language courses (B1 and B2 level), but I have also helped individual students to prepare for exams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I consider patience, dedication and the ability and desire to understand each student individually to be important qualities of a good teacher. Alongside this, I also consider a supportive atmosphere in a group to be crucial. In the learning process, the teacher should be a guide and a support. At the same time, the goal should be to help the student to find self-confidence and continued motivation through an understanding of their own progress. So &#8211; a healthy mix of challenge and support.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the primary aim is to make language a comfortable means of communication, I believe that grammar is an important foundation for understanding the connections in a language and only this makes deeper understanding possible. I love the sparkle in students&#8217; eyes when they begin to love and perceive the language as a whole, and to ask the interesting questions they have about it in their everyday lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am also a member of the Estonian Language as a Second Language Teachers&#8217; Association and the Estonian Bible Translators&#8217; Group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As an adult educator, I:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"21\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;-&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">prepare and adapt learning materials based on the curriculum\/training programme;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"21\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;-&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">create a physical, mental, and social environment conducive to language learning; support the learners, notice and recognise changes in the learners\u2019 development, and respond to situations in the learning process in a supportive manner;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"21\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;-&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">continuously gather feedback from the learners\u00a0about the learning process;\u00a0analyse the learning process and assess learners\u2019 learning outcomes;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"21\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;-&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">analyse and evaluate my own activities in the learning process; recognise my strengths and development needs;\u00a0engage in continuous professional development; update training content and teaching methods, revising and modernizing them as needed;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"21\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;-&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">use relevant information and communication technology (ICT) tools (e.g., interactive smartboards, online platforms such as Zoom and\/or Teams, ML information system, cloud services such as Google Drive and\/or OneDrive, e-learning platforms, etc.) in the preparation, delivery, and evaluation of the teaching and learning process, as well as for supporting my own professional development; am able to search for information online using a critical evaluation of sources.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I am a\u00a0member of the Estonian Association\u00a0of Teachers as a Second Language (EKTK\u00d5L)\u00a0and participate in seminars and training courses. I continuously develop my professional skills\u00a0through Multilingua\u2019s in-house training sessions.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I graduated from the University of Tartu in 1993 with a Master&#8217;s degree in Estonian philology and a teaching profession, and in 2025 with a Master&#8217;s degree in theology from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-80226","tribe_organizer","type-tribe_organizer","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/multilingua.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_organizer\/80226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/multilingua.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_organizer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/multilingua.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_organizer"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multilingua.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/multilingua.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_organizer\/80226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92529,"href":"https:\/\/multilingua.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_organizer\/80226\/revisions\/92529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/multilingua.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}