I hope you had a great Halloween, folks! ⭐
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October II announcement
In a family of zithers, there is a Finnish folk instrument called Kantele. Played by strumming or plucking the strings with fingers, kantele has evolved from a basic 5-string instrument into a full 32 or even 39 string electrical rock star of instruments, that is nowadays produced in multitude of colors. Read our blog article ➣ Finnish kantele and listen to some kantele music, hand picked for your listening pleasure.
If you missed ➣ the second announcement of September, you can start reading our past months events and news. ➣ Mid October News is naturally available too. But hey, smile, 6th of October we saw the ➣ World Smile Day☺, so through the link you can find downloads and prepare to share next years smiley celebration!
OLS forums are evolving and new learning materials have been added! ➣ New languages for professionals offers specialty vocabulary to everyone in their chosen study path, or even if you are just curious and want to expand your knowledge.
However, our main piece of news this month is undoubtedly ➣ Our second OLS Video Contest that is out now! You have a generous amount of time to take part in the contest, the deadline to sign up is s out until 4 Feb 2024! ➣ Our new video contest forum can be found here. Please read the rules carefully and take part. The prize is a gift card that can be used to train tickets or interrail passes.To ask questions, we can build a ➣ FAQ together on this thread.
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Some funny Finnish language specifics can be learned on ➣ Aataminaikuinen and ➣ Vanha suola janottaa! Grab a glass of water and hide images of your exes before you open the links! You will know what I mean when you see the latter one!
Now that you are in Suomi Finland, lets get the discussion going. ➣ What made you choose Suomi? And lets compare how each of us started our schooling journey, by reading and discussing ➣ How kids start their school life in Finland and finally, there is a Masterclass for you to do apart from languages ➣ Finding your Inner Finn - it's all pure fun and teaches you plenty too.
In the end, you can go view ➣ Erasmus news for the events in this forum thread.
That is all for October, it surely was plenty!
Minna, OLS Community Manager – Finnish