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Learning paths on elementary university courses in Finnish as a second language

2015

Along with the growing degree of internationalisation, Finnish university education needs to address issues related to learning and teaching Finnish as a second language. From the perspective of teaching Finnish and related pedagogical development, it is essential to recognise when, where and for which purposes learners need Finnish at the various stages of the language acquisition process. This article focuses on the learning paths of three international students who studied Finnish on a one-term elementary course at the University of Jyväskylä Language Centre. The article is based on a socio-cultural and ecological view on language learning and teaching. The data consist of learning diary…

vuorovaikutushigher educationComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATIONuniversity studentskansainvälistyminenFinnish second language learning
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Una más de la familia. Au pairs atrapadas entre el capital humano y la economía moral

2018

In contemporary societies we are witnessing an expansion of the messages of human capital. These messages have as their central dimension idea of the self-entrepreneur, which implies a deepening in the logic of activation, while blurring the wage relations. In this scenario, young people with university degrees are becoming a favourite target in the offensive of human capital. The penetration of these human capital messages can be seen in the discourses of young university students who have been forced to leave the country during the crisis. In the present text we approach the discourses of young women who came out as au pairs. The characteristics of this figure place it in a space halfway …

we explore the features that may be prefiguring the working conditions to which neo-liberalism seems to lead Au pairemprendimientoprecariousness. 95 108with little protection and conditions that in some cases border on exploitation. Through the stories of these womenentrepreneurship:SOCIOLOGÍA [UNESCO]1137-7038 8537 Arxius de sociologia 514142 2018 39 6874489 Una más de la familia. Au pairs atrapadas entre el capital humano y la economía moral Muñoz RodríguezDavidwhich implies a deepening in the logic of activationyoung people with university degrees are becoming a favourite target in the offensive of human capital. The penetration of these human capital messages can be seen in the discourses of young university students who have been forced to leave the country during the crisis. In the present text we approach the discourses of young women who came out as au pairs. The characteristics of this figure place it in a space halfway between training and employmentUNESCO::SOCIOLOGÍASantos Ortegawhile blurring the wage relations. In this scenarioAu pairprecariedadhuman capitalcapital humanoJuan Antonio In contemporary societies we are witnessing an expansion of the messages of human capital. These messages have as their central dimension idea of the self-entrepreneur
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