Eesti keele lektorina Oulus
Teaching Estonian in Oulu

Summary/Abstract: In the spring of my last year in Oulu, togeather with the Finnish and Sammi departments,we organized an Estonian language day to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Estonian instruction at the University of Oulu.We invited all the previous Estonian language instructors to speak and I asked them each to prepare answers to ten questions which seemd important to me at the time.Years later,my successor Heli Laanekask asked me to answer the same questions.I did so and am now sharing my impressions with our readers.Thinking back on my years in Oulu, I recall many vibrant personalities,institutions,events and celebrations,and I am overcome with nostalgia,because I remember those times as some of the most meaningful,interesting and eventful years of my life, which I could write about at great length accompanied by pictures,letters,documents etc.

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