Dear BASEES Postgraduate List Members,
Please see below for an exciting opportunity to learn Finnish (lessons are free!).
Best wishes,
Brendan McGeever
BASEES Postgraduate Representative
http://glasgow.academia.edu/BrendanMcGeever
Dear Postgraduate Student,
I am looking for participants for an online pilot course in Finnish language. The course is aimed at complete beginners who are postgraduate students at any British university. The course will run from 7 October to 13 December 2013 (10 weeks) with an exam in January 2014.
The course is free of charge. I am asking you to commit to the lessons, take the exam and give me feedback about your experiences at the end.
You will need a headset and the book Teach Yourself Complete Finnish by Terttu Leney.
We will have one 90-minute lesson a week online using Skype or Blackboard Learn (tbc.). I will run a poll to find a suitable time.
You will have access to a Moodle page with exercises, quizzes and additional texts.
The course will give you a basic knowledge of the Finnish language with focus on reading and speaking skills.
The course is useful if you want to study, work or conduct fieldwork/archive work in Finland. You can also take the course if you simply wish to know more about the language.
The teacher has previous experience of running online courses and has been teaching Finnish language for over 12 years.
To enrol on the course, send an email to [log in to unmask] by 23 September 2013. The maximum number of participants is 20, and they will be chosen on a first come first served basis. There will be a waiting list. I am looking forward to hearing from you.
All the best,
Riitta Valijärvi
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