The Conversational
Finnish Workbook CD contains the complete Foreign Service
Institute Conversational Finnish Workbook, both text and audio.
Designed to be used with Conversational Finnish,
Superior Language Products has transformed the original publication
from a 720 page text with accompanying 8 audio cassette tapes into an
easy-to-navigate digital version in searchable-PDF file format for use
on a personal computer. The contents of the original
publication, both text and audio, has been reproduced digitally exactly
as published.
Though
this workbook was
developed for use as part of a very intensive instructor-led language
program, the material is well-adapted to self-study. Each unit provides
drills and exercises which reinforce the material learned in the
corresponding unit of the main course. The workbook also contains many
reading exercises regarding Finnish culture and government. The
abundance of audio in this workbook insures that the student will be
provided with a good foundation in understanding the spoken language,
both formal and colloquial.
The audio pertaining to each
lesson or exercise is easily accessible
via a clickable-link located on each lesson page, making coordination
between text and audio, navigation, course browsing, and overall use
much easier than the original text/tape format. Each entry in
the Table of Contents is linked directly to the appropriate unit,
appendix, or reading lesson making access to any part of the
publication easy. In addition, each unit is fully bookmarked
and all cross-references in the original publication to other units and
to the glossary are linked and accessible with a click of the mouse.
If you like paper, you'll be
happy to hear that any lesson - or the
entire publication - can be printed by your inkjet or laser
printer. By reproducing individual lessons this way, one can
study them at any time - on the bus, during coffee break, while
traveling, etc.
Furthermore, the audio
portion of the lessons, being in mp3 format, can
be copied to your mp3 player for listening when you are away from the
computer.
Download
the entire Unit 1 with audio and user manual (approx. 7 mB) here.
Unzip this anywhere you like, preserving the
directory
structure, then use Adobe Reader to open the Unit 1 pdf file.
Note: Cross-reference
links outside of Unit 1 will not function in this sample unit.
Download the SLP user
manual for Conversational
Finnish Workbook. Right-click here (pdf, 790kB)
View and listen to the complete Workbook, Unit 1 on-line here
(pdf, 971kB) (Right-click to download the
pdf). Requires Adobe Reader. Use the right and left arrow keys to page forward
and back. Again: cross-reference
links outside of Unit 1 will not function in this sample unit.
To
listen to a sample mp3 audio recording (unit 1, exercise 1), click
here (mp3, 467 kB)
(note:
bitrate for these samples has been reduced from 128kbps to 32kbps for
faster downloads. Quality of the audio has therefore been
slightly degraded from the quality of the audio on the CD).
PURCHASE:
Conversational
Finnish Workbook: 1 CD-ROM - $29.00 (including shipping to any
location in the continental U.S. or Canada)
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Includes Adobe Reader and mp3 player software.
Contents
of Conversational Finnish Workbook
Practice
on pronunciation
Part one
Sequence
one
Sequence
two
Part two
Part
three
Contrasting
vowel drills
Contrasting
dipthong drills
Single
consonants, double consonants
Accent
and rhythm
Consonant
combinations
Consonant
changes with consonant gradation
Part
four
Countries,
names, etc.
Swedish
names
Units
I-XIV Material
for Units I-XIV consists of drills on material contained in the
Structural Notes to Units
I-XIV of the course text. See the table of contents for Conversational
Finnish.
Reading
material for Units V-XIV Area
studies readings:
General
Geography
Scandinavian
industrialization
Urbanization
Emigration
Nationalism/Scandinavianism
Popular
movements, parties
Parties
and political systems
Interest
groups
The
media
Newspapers
News
agencies
Radio
and television
The
Finnish position in the Baltic sphere
Baltic
history and politics
Finland
after World War I
The
Scandinavian school system
Denmark
The
Finnish school system
Preschool
Comprehensive
school
Midlevel
schooling
University
education
Finnish
judicial history
The
Finnish judicial system
The
constitution
The
court system
Energy
Scandinavian
welfare states
Finland
as a welfare state
Scandinavian
economy
Nordic
cooperation
General
The
Nordic Council
The
Nordic Countries and the UN
Success
and the limits of Nordic
cooperation
Results
of Nordic cooperation
American
views about Scandinavia
Finnish
foreign policy and its
image
abroad
Finnish
connections with the Baltic
States
and Scandinavia
The
principle of proportional
representation
in Finland
While
the original audio tapes vary in
quality, Superior Language Products has re-mastered the
original audio
to provide the best quality possible.
(c)
2008 Superior Language
Products