Thursday, September 2, 2010

First Post!

This quarter, for my passage, I will be teaching myself Finnish. So far, I have a "Beginner's Finnish" book, and a pen pal who is quite eager to help me with my Finnish. I haven't started on the book yet, but I have talked a little bit with Jenni, my pen pal.

In the book, there are 297 pages, along with two CDs. This means that on each school day, I will have to read at least 8 pages for every school day. I'd like to have everything the book teaches memorized by the end of the quarter, so I think that will be the overall goal of my passage.

I will definitely continue studying after this quarter.

I am learning Finnish for two reasons. The first is so I can speak the language, and the second is so I can understand the lyrics of the Finnish songs that I listen to.
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  1. UnknownSeptember 12, 2010 at 3:33 PM

    Sounds like you have a good plan, Sam! I'm eager to learn some Finnish with you. One question: how are you doing the pen pal thing? Are you using Skype or another videoconferencing software, or are you emailing back and forth? Also, I would suggest that you set a protocol for your communication with your pen pal, where you set times for speaking/writing in Finnish and/or English.

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