Phrases for the break room: booklet and video
Discussion booklet (and video) with spoken phrases for the language learner and tips for speaking clearly for the native speaker.
Language-learning employees and their native-language colleagues.
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.
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.
Video: Phrases for the break room
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©2023 University of Helsinki
Phrases for the break room: booklet and video, november 2023, produced by the University of Helsinki and made by Emmi Pollari and Jenni Lintumäki, is licensed under a CC-BY Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The material can be found at kielibuusti.fi. Photos: All rights reserved.
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