Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
1 Hour(s) 31 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Aleksi Linna
Rating
Course Overview
Learn All You Need to Know about Vowels, Diphthongs and Basic Characteristics of Finnish Prounication
Pronunciation lays the foundation to your Finnish speaking skills and that's why it's fundamental to learn how pronounce like a true Finn. I'm here to help you to achieve just that.
In this part 1, you will learn all the fundamentals of the Finnish pronunciation. This will help you to understand how the Finnish pronunciation works and to help your skills to develop further.
Secondly, we will cover all the vowels and learn how to pronounce them individually and with example words. We will also learn how the Finnish vowel harmony works.
Thirdly, you will learn everything you need to know about diphthongs, which is a pair of two different vowels in the same syllable. This are frequent in Finnish so this is important to know..
Course Content
- 5 section(s)
- 35 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Back Vowels
- Section 3 The Front Vowels
- Section 4 Neutral Vowels
- Section 5 Diphthongs
What You’ll Learn
- Basic Characteristics of FInnish pronunciation
- Vowels
- Diphthongs
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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DDuane Douglas Donovan
Clearly a module of a bigger course but still useful as a stand alone programme. The pronunciation is clear and subtitles are broken down to be helpfully stressed.
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CCarol Hathaway
Kind of early to rate an instructor, but I think he's good. Better than a native speaker because native speakers can't hear their own sounds as different and teach the difference. The instructor's English pronunciation could use some work, but while some words sound strange in American English, (especially the word "vowels", which comes up often in the beginning; I kept hearing "bubbles"), it is not unusual. My Arabic instructor pronounces "Arabic" in a way that sounds like " a rabbit" in English. I love it that this instructor is a polyglot just because he loves languages. Me, too. I'm learning Finnish just because it is considered almost as hard as Icelandic, the hardest language for Americans to learn. Also, I have grandchildren living in Finland. I think he is right; learning how to teach foreign languages as a formal linguist is almost a guarantee that the students will learn very little. I've learned a lot from the instructor already with his own method of teaching.
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MMichał Sekuła
Kiitos! Finnish pronunciation simply and clear
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IIoan-Adrian Parvu
I don't know about other people, but I have a great time. Kiitos, Aleksi !
