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Teacher as creator: Orchestrating the learning environment to promote learner development
2022
Sociocultural theory (SCT) is a powerful basis for exploring and guiding L2 (second/foreign language) learner development. For the most part, however, the focus of classroom SCT-L2 has been on single activities, for example, teacher mediation of learners’ writing process or peer scaffolding. In this paper, we expand on these studies, building on Vygotsky’s (1997) metaphor of teacher as a creator of learner development. We propose how activities (1) where agency for guiding development lies with learners, (2) where the teacher takes the lead in guiding learner development, and (3) where opportunities for development emerge in dialogical interaction between the teacher and learners can be or…
EFL Teacher Education in Finland : Manifestations of Professional Agency in Teacher Educators’ Work
2020
English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teacher educators play a key role in the development of university-based teacher education and the preparation of preservice EFL teachers. However, the professional agency of EFL teacher educators in developing their work remains understudied. Employing a Vygotskian sociocultural theoretical perspective, this research considers the individual and collective professional agency of eight EFL teacher educators at two Finnish universities. Findings demonstrate that individual professional agency is enacted in the expression of professional identity and the development of professional relationships, and in offering and receiving professional assistance. Findin…
Linguistic, sociolinguistic, and pragmatic competence as criteria in assessing vocational language skills: the case of Finland
2010
The content of the assessment criteria used in assessing vocationally oriented language competence in the Finnish Competency-Based Qualifications was examined. The data consisted of the National Core Curricula, eight education providers’ assessment criteria used in rating performances in the Qualification of Business and Administration, and thematic interviews conducted with 12 language teachers and four workplace experts. The data were analysed qualitatively. The results showed that on the lower levels of language competence, sociolinguistic and pragmatic competences were considered important in compensating for lacking linguistic competence. The findings will be useful in further defining…
Way better than the original!! Music video covers and language revitalisation : A sociosemiotic view
2016
The development of the social media has opened up new spaces and genres for minoritised languages. As argued in previous research, access to new media spaces can contribute to the revitalisation of minoritised languages by generating new functions and values for them. Combining sociolinguistic and sociosemiotic approaches and bringing together data from four minority language contexts, Irish, Welsh, Sámi, and Corsican, this study addresses the potential of music video covers on YouTube to contribute to language revitalisation. The investigation suggests that music video covers in minority languages can have significance in language revitalisation in both language ideological and practical t…
Kootaan kaikki hulikaaniaines venäläisistä sotavangeista : sotavankileiri 24 eli kurileiri 1942-1944
2000
"Hurjapäitä raivottaria" : neuvostoliittolaiset sotavankinaiset Suomen sotavankileireillä vuosina 1941-1944
2002
Kirjeisiin kirjoitettu sota : avioparin kirjeenvaihdossa rakentuvat merkitykset vuonna 1944
2015
Tarkastelen tutkielmassa isovanhempieni Helmi ja Reino Yli-Luukon vuonna 1944 jatkosodan aikana käymää kirjeenvaihtoa. Käytetty kirjeenvaihto katkesi viideksi kuukaudeksi, kun Reino Yli-Luukko jäi sotavangiksi heinäkuussa 1944. Kirjeenvaihdossa rakentuu kuva kirjoittajien tavoista kuroa umpeen poissaoloa, sen vaikutuksista toisen osapuolen kadotessa, ja miten yhteydet luodaan uudelleen aviomiehen palatessa viestiyhteyksien ulottumattomista. Tarkastelutapani sijoittuu uuden sotahistorian teoreettiseen viitekehykseen. Käsittelen aineistoa kahdesta eri näkökulmasta: pohdin sen käyttöön liittyviä tutkimus- ja eettisiä haasteita, ja analysoin sen sisältämiä diskursseja. Tulkitessaan tunnepitoist…
De la perception de la voyelle /y/ chez des apprenants polonais du français langue étrangère
2019
The main objective of this study is to test the perception of the vowel /y/ among the Polish learners of FLE, as it does not exist in their natural vowel system. We defend the hypothesis that optimal perception conditions can make the identification and acquisition of new sounds more intelligible.