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| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7155 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes  20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 9 of 15 16 April 2013 at 1:10am | IP Logged | |||||
If you're truly that serious about getting "Finnish for Foreigners", note that volume 1 consists of a textbook, workbook, book of speaking drills, and audio (between 6 and 10 CDs depending on how the reseller divides the audio) while volume 2 consists of a textbook, workbook and audio (3 CDs). Volume 3 is a graded reader. Ask any potential seller what exactly he/she is offering under the title "Finnish for Foreigners" by M-H Aaltio. Unfortunately, it may be difficult to find in its complete form but with a bit of luck perhaps you can acquire the course piecemeal by looking through Bookfinder.com or Amazon Marketplace. Because of the potentially high cost of the course, do give consideration to learning material for Finnish that's available legally online and free of charge. You may be pleasantly surprised at how far you can get on just the freebies. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Ariail Newbie United States Joined 4243 days ago 23 posts - 23 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Finnish | Message 10 of 15 16 April 2013 at 3:19am | IP Logged | |||||
Thank you very much. I have found a website which sells the complete first volume for a total of $225: http://www.worldlanguage.com/Products/Finnish-for-Foreigners -Vol-1-Full-Length-Course-on-Audio-CDs- 500147.htm Are you familiar with this website? Is it reliable? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7155 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 11 of 15 16 April 2013 at 3:29am | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm familiar with it but have never bought from that company. As with considering any course, check that it indeed is in stock. Someone seems to have got burned by worldlanguage.com, unfortunately.
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| Ariail Newbie United States Joined 4243 days ago 23 posts - 23 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Finnish | Message 12 of 15 16 April 2013 at 3:34am | IP Logged | |||||
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Ouch. It doesn't say whether it's available or not. =/
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| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7155 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 13 of 15 16 April 2013 at 4:05am | IP Logged | |||||
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All it says is that it'll ship in 3-5 business days implying that it's in stock.
This isn't ideal, but it could be worthwhile in the end. - Finnish For Foreigners I (textbook) (at least $11.75) - Finnish for Foreigners I (workbook) (at least $32.94) (older edition of the workbook is at least $7.81 when I checked) - Finnish for Foreigners I (drillbook) (at least $7.01) - Finnish for Foreigners I (CD for textbook) (at least $73.90) - Finnish for Foreigners I (CD for exercises) (at least $73.90) Not really pretty, but there it is. The books are used from Amazon Marketplace with minimum prices as of a few minutes ago. The CDs are sold by a Finnish bookstore called "Ruslania". Here is its listing for "Finnish for Foreigners" in which there are "a few pieces left" of the audio and a few of the books. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Ariail Newbie United States Joined 4243 days ago 23 posts - 23 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Finnish | Message 14 of 15 16 April 2013 at 5:19pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Unfortunately, I can't read Russian. I could probably use Google Chrome to translate it, albeit poorly. After adding
the links you have given me, Finnish for Foreigners will cost a total of $199.50, or $174.37 if I purchase the older edition of the workbook. I may purchase the first volume eventually, but I would like to have a stronger understanding of Swedish first, since that's the most influential Scandinavian language (that is, if you don't include Dutch). Thank you for all your help. I really appreciate it. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Phantom Kat Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5062 days ago 160 posts - 253 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Finnish | Message 15 of 15 18 April 2013 at 7:29pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I would like to mention that the exercise book for Finnish for Foreigners I contains the
exercise dialogue found on the audio in the back with the rest of the answers, so you can still complete the audio exercises by reading the dialogue and then answering the questions. I just thought you should know. - Kat 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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