![]() White is clearly writing for the new immigrant to Finland as opposed to a linguaphile living in his home country. There's not much discussion of pronunciation, though she may assume that the reader has access to a Finnish speaker. Grammar begins with the simplest of verb conjugation and noun declension, and even before that she tries to introduce individual phrases the student will find helpful in Finland (The text "Closed" on shop signs, for example). She begins with a helpful list of things the speaker of English will find challenging (lots of endings, no articles). ![]() White's course expects no previous acquaintance with Finnish. Leila White's FROM START TO FINNISH, put out by the Helsinki firm Finn Lectura, is one such publication. ![]() However, inside of Finland a number of textbooks are written for the foreign immigrant market. For the student in an English-speaking country wanting to learn Finnish, the only readily available textbook is Terttu Leney's TEACH YOURSELF FINNISH.
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