Finnish for Foreigners Vol. 1 (audio CDs & books)
by Maija-Hellikki Aaltio
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Author: Maija-Hellikki AaltioEdition: Music CD
Audio: Finnish (Unknown); Finnish (Original Language); Finnish (Published)
Published: 1987-06-15
ISBN: 157970283X
Number of pages: 590
Publisher: Audio-Forum
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Book Review: A compact yet complete intro to Finnish
Summary: 4 Stars
The course is a good option to do a self-training, especially to read and understand spoken Finnish. The coursebook is accompanied by 2 cassettes with recorded lesson texts and pronounciation exercises. There is also an exercise book for Vol.1 with another 2 casettes with listening comprehension exercises. The course is fairly fast-paced - each few minutes of recorded lesson is accompanied with 4-8 points of grammar. So, there are never enough drills or exercise material and one should rely on memorizing nearly every sentence in the lesson material to make some progress.
Approach of M.Hellikki Aaltio is very practical - vocabulary offers nothing exotic and grammar explanations are simple and only the most essential things are said at each level. The course contents is quite old; it reflects realities of 1980-ies, but it is probably fine for any serious language learner. I still do not know the language well, but Vol.1 of "Finnish for Foreigners" helped me a lot to start reading and understanding Finnish TV. Since Finnish is not an indo-european language, its strange vocabulary (lots of very long compound words with many vowels and few consonants) and difficult grammar (e.g. each noun can have 28 different flexions/cases in singular and plural). So, even looking up words in a dictionary requires quite substantial knowledge of grammar. This course enables one to cope nicely with these challenges.
Summary of Finnish for Foreigners Vol. 1 (audio CDs & books)
This practical course in modern Finnish was developed by Maija-Hellikki Aaltio of Helsinki University. Volume 1 uses 2 books: one provides transcripts of the Finnish dialogs with idiomatic English translations, notes on strucural patterns, and explanations of essential points of grammar; the other provides a variety of exercises with instructions in English. The third book contains oral drills. Reissued in 2005 on 10 audio CDs (8 hours of recording), accompanied by a 236-p. text, a 276-p. exercise book, and a 78-p. oral drills book. Product No. AFFN01D.Miscellaneous Books
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