As the world becomes globalized, language-immersion education in our public schools is increasingly important. We need to teach our students about other cultures and languages as well as model ...

FITCHBURG — The Finnish Center at Saima Park, at 67 Scott Road, will host Finnish language classes on 10 Mondays, from Sept. 13 to Nov. 15. Two levels are being offered by instructor Saija Laurla, who ...

Lappeenranta (Finland) (AFP) – Two Finnish towns near the Russian border plan to close schools offering Russian language and culture classes, upsetting parents and students who say cross-cultural ...

The number of Russian speakers resident in Finland could match the size of Finland’s Swedish-speaking minority within 40 years. Russian could replace Swedish as the nation’s second-most widely spoken ...

Hancock, Mich. — For some of the students in Hilary Virtanen’s community Finnish class, studying the language is a practical matter. “My kids are going to Finland, and one of us better know how to ...

New provisional figures from Statistics Finland show that residents whose first language is neither Finnish, Swedish nor Sámi now make up 5.4 percent of the population – while Swedish speakers make up ...