The discipline of Finnish language and culture is a study subject meant for international students. As a research discipline, it covers broad themes from linguistics to literature and cultural studies ...

The Research Group for Finnish Language and Literature Education studies, in particular, subject didactic questions related to the teaching of mother tongue and literature and Finnish as a second ...

For Estonian speakers, the Finnish accent is the easiest to recognize. In contrast, accents such as Lithuanian and Danish ...

The review considers language policy phenomena related to Finnish, Swedish, Sámi languages, Finnish and Finnish-Swedish sign language, and the Romani language, as highlighted by public debate. The ...

"Who knew what a troll was before?" literature and Finnish language teacher Saara Varmola asked her 14 and 15-year-old students who all promptly raised their hands during a class at a Helsinki school.

and showed her a booth. This anecdote shows a big difference between Finnish and other European languages and the fact that the Finns at that time were not particular good at other languages which ...

A couple of Finnish tongue twisters: Vesihiisi sihisi hississä. The sea monster was hissing in the elevator. Ärrän kierrän orren ympäri ässän pistän taskuun. The R I shall put around a ...

Finland is consistently ranked as Europe's most media literate country and the skills needed to spot online hoaxes are on the ...