Finnish Graded Reader
FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE
BASIC COURSE SERIES
This work was compiled and published with the support of the Office of Education, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, United States of America.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price $4.50
Finnish Graded Reader and accompanying tape recordings are designed to develop reading ability in Finnish through the coordination of audio material with the printed page, with minimum recourse to translation. The fifty-seven selections have been arranged and edited to provide a sequence suitable to the growing competence of students as they progress from the beginning through the intermediate stages of reading proficiency. It has been an aim in the editing to retain as much as possible of the original style and flavor while modifying constructions and vocabulary as necessary for the benefit of students.
The text has been planned as a supplement to a beginning course in Finnish, to be introduced when the student has mastered much of the basic structure of Finnish and about 700 lexical items. It may also be used effectively in an intermediate course.
Among its features are lexical and grammatical drills, which, together with questions after each reading selection, are intended to help the student develop facility in conversing and in using vocabulary and structure beyond the introductory level. The accompanying tapes emphasize the spoken language and liven the material.
Finnish Graded Reader is the work of the Finnish staff of the School of Language Studies under the direction of Augustus A. Koski. Aili R. Bell compiled and edited the reading selections, vocabulary lists and drills. She also voiced the tapes of the selections and drills and proofread the typescript before publication. Marja- Terttu Kenney typed the card index and a draft of the materials. Donna A. Kowalski, lrma C. Ponce and Linda E. Terrio prepared the typescript. Patrick Pletcher of the Audio-Visual Staff prepared the cover and title page and assisted in arrangement of illustrations in the text. The tape recordings were produced in the Foreign Service Institute studios with the technical assistance of Jose M. Ramirez.
The Foreign Service institute gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance of the U.S. Office of Education which has made possible the preparation and publication of this volume.
James R. Frith, Dean
School of Language Studies
Foreign Service Institute
Department of State