The aim of the study is to explore the impact of the acculturative social variables, proposed by Schumann (1978), on nine adult Arab learners of Finnish. In-depth interviewhas been utilisedas a method of data collection. ATLAS.ti version 7 software was used for managing and analyzing data. The findings showed that; the participants are socially distant from the Finnish host society, they have the intention to stay in Finland for long time and adaptation was chosen as an integration pattern,lack of similarity between the participants' native culture and that of the host Finnish community, and interactivesocial activities are limited to Finnish courses only.

Adult Arab learners of Finnish as second language (FSL) often encounter communication difficulty when dealing with official documents. They also cannot help their children in their school homework. FSL proficiency is an essential requirement to get an employment and to obtain the Finnish citizenship. The aim of this paper is to explore the use of the language learning strategies by a number of adult Arabs learning FSL in Finland. In addition to issues and difficulties related to the learning process encountered by this category of learners. Oxford's Strategy Inventory for language learning was used for the purpose of data collection and SPSS programme was employed to analyse data collected from the questionnaire, however, interview data were analysed manually. 30 (20 male and 10 female) adult Arab FSL learners taking beginning level course in Finnish at Helsinki School for Adult Learners participated in the current study. The results showed that adult Arab learners of Finnish used the language learning strategies at medium level with the average of (m=3.25). The results also showed a number of challenges that impede their second language learning process like the low literacy level of the learners, lack of communication with the Finnish society, and difficulties in reading and writing in Finnish.