The new edition of this successful course has been fully revised and updated, and is packed with new learning features to give you the language, practice and skills to communicate with confidence. The 448-page book contains 18 learning units, plus grammar and word glossaries. Also included are two CDs of audio learning material (160 minutes).
How it works:
- Uses the Discovery Method - figure out rules and patterns to make the language stick
- Teaches the key skills - reading, writing, listening and speaking
- Helps you learn to learn - tips and skills on how to be a better language learner
- Builds your vocabulary - thematic lists and activities to help you learn vocabulary quickly
- Provides culture notes - learn about the people and places of Finland
- Enables outcomes-based learning - focus your studies with clear aims
- Gives authentic language activities - everyday conversations give you a flavour of real spoken Finnish
- Lets you test yourself - see and track your own progress
NEW Look out for our companion app! FINNISH COURSE: TEACH YOURSELF is full of fun, interactive activities to support your learning with this course. Apple and Android versions available.
By:
Terttu Leney
Imprint: Teach Yourself
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 238mm,
Width: 168mm,
Spine: 55mm
Weight: 920g
ISBN: 9781444195224
ISBN 10: 1444195220
Series: Teach Yourself
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 08 April 2014
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Mixed media product
Publisher's Status: Active
: Introduction : Pronunciation : Let's practise! 01: Nice to meet you 02: Welcome! 03: One, two, three... 04: Straight on 05: Have a pleasant journey! 06: Speaking on the phone 07: Bon appetit! 08: What would you like? 09: In the sauna: more water on the stove 10: Oh dear, oh dear! 11: Come and see us! 12: Tell us a little bit about yourself 13: Excuse me, do you speak Finnish? 14: What is the weather like outside? 15: Beware of elks on the road! 16: The evening news 17: Congratulations! 18: With true Finnish grit : Key to the exercises : Finnish-English vocabulary : English-Finnish vocabulary : Appendices : Taking it further : Index
Terttu Leney has taught Finnish at Chelsea & Westminster Adult Education Institute, the University of Surrey and the UK Foreign Office in London. She has also been a freelance broadcaster for the Finnish section of the BBC World Service and Examinations Administrator for Language Testing Associates, London. In 1996 she gained a Postgraduate Diploma in Current Developments in Language Training from the University of Westminster.
