Finnish learner resources online
New links
For a comprehensive list of Finnish language online resources, download the pdf file (in Finnish with links to resources) or click the following link the see the Board of Education website and then download the file.
http://www.oph.fi/kehittamishankkeet/kuvaukset/aikis/yhteistyotahot
Based on the pdf document, below is a list of resources that use English-language instructions:
FINNISH ONLINE RESOURCES WITH INSTRUCTIONS IN ENGLISH
Resources are free of charge unless otherwise mentioned
SURVIVAL FINNISH
http://virtual.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=25143
Reading and listening basic phrases
EURO LANGUAGES NET
http://www.euro-languages.net/finland/
More survival Finnish, reading and listening
ONENESS
Online course with 10 lessons of basic Finnish
UUNO
Basic and intermediate Finnish using cartoons
TAVATAAN TAAS
http://donnerwetter.kielikeskus.helsinki.fi/finnishforforeigners/
Two-part online course of basic Finnish
DIGITAL DIALECTS
http://www.digitaldialects.com/Finnish.htm
Learning basic Finnish through interactive material and games; good for vocabulary
VOCABULARY TESTS
http://cc.oulu.fi/~langcent/fff/sananouns.htm (wasn't working in Mozilla on 25.2.10)
http://www.goethe-verlag.com/tests/EM/EM.HTM
EUROMOBIL
http://www.euro-mobil.org/english/
Downloadable language-learning programme using multimedia, targeted at exchange students
PRONUNCIATION EXERCISES
http://www.sci.fi/~kajun/finns/
FINNISH GRAMMAR
http://www.uta.fi/~km56049/finnish/
http://users.jyu.fi/~pamakine/kieli/suomi/
Finnish grammar explained in English
VOCABULARY EXERCISES
About 4,600 Finnish words with a number of exercises; REGISTRATION FEE: 5 EUROS (in 2010)
HANGMAN
http://www.clueword.com/game/hangman.htm
Vocabulary hangman game
VOCABULARY GAMES
http://eng.teachers.thelanguagemenu.com/games/Matchinggame
http://eng.teachers.thelanguagemenu.com/games/Picturevocabularygame
http://eng.teachers.thelanguagemenu.com/games/VocabularyGame
VERB CONJUGATION
http://www.linnala.net/pankki.htm
Verb conjugation exercises; scroll down the list to "Suomi".
LINGUHOUSE
http://www.linguhouse.com/Dir/StudyRoom/FI/StudyFI_Intro.html
Basic Finnish exercises
EASYTOWN
Dialogue exercises
TEXT EXCERCISE
http://cc.oulu.fi/~langcent/fff/ARKIAAMU.htm
MUSIC AND MEDIA
http://kielikompassi.jyu.fi/opetus/s2/S2-projekti/sivut/
"Maista mediaa" uses Finnish music and newspapers; for intermediate learners
FINNISH DIALECTS
http://kielikompassi.jyu.fi/opetus/s2/mps/
"Meillä päin Suomea" introduces Finnish dialects; for advanced learners (listen how Markku from Kuopio gets going!!!)
INFOPANKKI
Information about Finland in several languages; can be used as a translation exercise
DIALANG
http://www.dialang.org/intro.htm
Downloadable language-learning programme
VERBIX
http://www.verbix.com/languages/finnish.shtml
Conjugates Finnish verbs
FINSPELL
http://www2.lingsoft.fi/cgi-bin/finspell
Insert any word in the field and the site corrects it if you spelled it wrong and/or gives you the basic form. Good for finding the basic form if you cannot locate it in the dictionary.
THE FOLLOWING SITES ARE IN FINNISH WITH FINNISH-ENGLISH GLOSSARIES
INTERMEDIATE LISTENING EXERCISES
http://kielikompassi.jyu.fi/omatila/keskella_suomea/index.htm
"Keskellä Suomea" Listening exercises for intermediate/advanced learners
SUOMEA, OLE HYVÄ!
http://www.edu.fi/oppimateriaalit/suomeaolehyva/
A comprehensive Finnish course from beginners to advanced learners


