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| Contentid | 18187 |
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| Title | Who Is Learning Finnish, and Why? |
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Heavy metal paves path for Finnish studies In the US, students rarely learn Finnish with the goal of finding work related to it, says Taija Hämäläinen, who teaches Finnish at the University of Washington in Seattle. Finnish is often the second major. "In the Great Lakes region, you have traditionally got a lot of students with Finnish roots, but the number of such students has gone down over the last 10 or 15 years," says Hämäläinen. "Kaurismäki, Aalto, the Dudesons", Hämäläinen lists the reasons, other than roots or music, behind students interest in the Finnish language and culture. Read the full article at http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/themes/themes/education/11686-heavy-metal-paves-path-for-finnish-studies.html |
| Source | Helsinki Times |
| Inputdate | 2014-08-29 12:14:00 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2014-09-01 03:08:23 |
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| Publishdate | 2014-09-01 02:15:01 |
| Displaydate | 2014-09-01 00:00:00 |
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