Phrases for the break room: booklet and video

The break room booklet helps language-learning employees to practise spoken language, and native-language employees to speak more clearly.

Illustration of two people standing. One person is speaking with hand raised while the other has hands on hips. Desk in background.

Content:

Discussion booklet (and video) with spoken phrases for the language learner and tips for speaking clearly for the native speaker.

For whom:

Language-learning employees and their native-language colleagues.

Time:

15 themes, each with 3-4 phrases and a video of roughly a minute in duration (total video duration about 13 minutes); 15 tips for native speakers.

Benefit:

Encourages practising Finnish-language discussions in social situations at the workplace.

Print the Phrases for the break room booklet for your workplace

You can either have the booklet printed at a print shop or print the pages with a regular printer. Below are the instructions.

Printing the triangular booklet at a print shop:

You can provide your print shop with the information below and the attached file ("painotiedosto").

Size: 210 x 148 mm.
Number of pages: 34 pages + triangular cardboard backing.
The pages are printed so that the text can be read correctly from both sides of the triangular cardboard.
Pages on Silk 200 g paper.
Triangular backing on 300 g cardboard.
Wire binding at the top.
Color printing and die-cutting for the triangular backing.

Printing the booklet pages with a regular printer:

Use the digital ("digitaalinen") file for printing, not the print file. Note that the file's pages are designed for A5 size.

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