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I want to learn languages other than Finnish

Post by mof » Tue Jan 27, 2004 1:57 am

Is there somewhere in Espoo where I can do a dummies course for:

Spanish
Russian
Japanese
Chinese (cantonese or mandarin)

or intermediate German


Am bored and have always wanted to learn them.


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Post by Tom and Jerry » Tue Jan 27, 2004 9:25 am

Swedish?

http://www.kreativpedagogik.se

This one will keep you busy for a few months. Learn 100 different dialects of Swedish:

http://swedia.ling.umu.se/

German?

http://www.goethe.de

Go for the Grosses Deutsches Sprachdiplom. That will keep you busy for at least six months.

(There is a Goethe Institut in Helsinki)

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Post by Hank W. » Tue Jan 27, 2004 10:40 am

Your best deal actually to learn something is to enroll into a "iltalukio" and take "d-language". It is serious enough. The other option is try "työväenopisto" for Chinese, but the enrollment was already.
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Post by mof » Tue Jan 27, 2004 6:22 pm

Thanx Hnak..

is there a "iltalukio" in Espoo ?
and I just assumed it would be hard to learn a foreign language in English in Finland..


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Post by Hank W. » Tue Jan 27, 2004 6:46 pm

Where do you have the "in English" part? :mrgreen:
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Post by kalmisto » Sun Mar 07, 2004 12:10 pm

mof

Check out this site! :

http://www.cas.usf.edu/languages/flresource.html

Visit also the Language Forum ( hosted by George Law ) at :

http://forums.delphiforums.com/linguist/

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Spanish lessons

Post by terve29e » Thu Apr 01, 2004 8:32 pm

Hello,

I am from Spain and I teach Spanish. I live in Lauttasaari and my students come to my house to receive one-to-one lessons. I teach all levels: from beginners to conversation.

If you are interested, please send me an e.mail and I will give you more details.

[email protected]

Regards.

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Post by Dina » Fri May 28, 2004 6:43 pm

Russian is more know world widethen Finnish & also all former CCCP know russian & it is sound great:)

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Post by kalmisto » Sat May 29, 2004 10:20 am

>> Russian is more know world widethen Finnish & also all former CCCP know russian & it is sound great:) <<

Do you mean that Russian sounds great ? What is your mother tongue? I once met an English guy who could not stand the sound of American English. I like the American accent. I also like Swedish ( the variety that is spoken in Sweden, I do not like the Swedish that is spoken in Finland ).
One of my American relatives told me that she finds the Swedish accent comical : "Their voices go up and down and up and down..."

Most foreigners find Finnish very harsh sounding and monotonous. ( maybe not the Japanese ). If a Swede tells you that Finnish sounds beautiful he/she is just being polite. The truth is that Finnish sounds very bad to Swedes.

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". Maybe we could also say that beauty is in the ear of the listener

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Post by BAT » Sat May 29, 2004 2:15 pm

I think you should be able to find quite a few options for Russian language at the kielikeskus of local universities, or the ilta lukio programmes. Russian is a great language - and very useful if you are keen on working in the Baltic area.

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Post by Dina » Sat May 29, 2004 2:17 pm

yes, Russian is sound great:
just lisen Opera in Russian:
Mysorgsky.Chaikovsky,shostakovich,Glinka, Shnitki...etc:)
I like american acsent more then British it is more open & clear to me:)

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Post by smurfbaby » Wed Jul 14, 2004 2:52 pm

i speak cantonese and mandarine, i'm going to hold classes for them. if u r interested on both, contact me by my email: [email protected] 8)

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Post by sunny1011 » Wed Jul 21, 2004 1:40 pm

Also looking for a good "refresh your Spanish" course for the coming autumn (against depression :( ). I studied Spanish (tranlations and terminology), but the recent Finnish language learning marathon has eaten it all up. Now, need a fresh breeze :wink:

I checked the Avoin Yliopisto and the Yliopisto Language Services, but the information is quite limited, the Language Services Center does not give any advices and there are too few native teachers (if any then at the most unsuitable times for a person working full time). I'd insist on a course held by a native. Is this really so rare? Where are you all, you cheerful Spanish and Latinamerican people? And well yes, I need a group, not a one-to-one training. :D
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