Whether one's goals are travel, business, or further study of the language, BEGINNER'S FINNISH provides users with the linguistic tools for immediate communication on an elementary level. Each lesson consists of a dialogue that gives a taste of everyday Finnish conversation, vocabulary, idioms that present commonly used phrases, grammar explaining the structure of the language, and exercises to test understanding and active language skills.

Agi Risko is a Hungarian-American who has taught Finnish, Hungarian, Swedish, and German in the United States for 20 years. She has a degree in Finno-Ugric studies from Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, and holds a doctorate degree in Germanic languages and literature from Ohio State University.