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The Wind in the Willows : un roman de l'intime pour une tentative d’exploitation pédagogique des propriétés du texte littéraire
2016
This paper presents a teaching experiment based on the Edwardian children's literature classic, The Wind in the Willows, getting the students to engage with this text through reading, writing and talking, and aiming at triggering their linguistic creativity.
"I think it is important to learn to speak English, for the future" : Finnish upper secondary school students' opinions about teaching the speaking s…
2017
Tämä tutkielma tarkastelee lukion opiskelijoiden mielipiteitä englannin kielen puhumisen opetuksesta. Tarkoituksena oli kartoittaa, pitävätkö opiskelijat puhumista tärkeänä taitona ja opetetaanko sitä heidän mielestään tarpeeksi. Tutkielmassa käsitellään puhumista teorian, opettamisen ja valtakunnallisen lukion opetussuunnitelman perusteiden näkökulmasta, sekä aiempien tutkimusten valossa. Puhetaidon opetuksesta on suomalaisessa kontekstissa tehty vähäisesti tutkimusta, vaikka ääntämisen osa-alueesta on paljonkin tutkimusta. Tämä tutkimus nojaa kuitenkin enemmän ulkomailla EFL-opetuskonteksteissa tehtyihin tutkimuksiin. Mielenkiinnon kohteena on myös, mitä opetussuunnitelma sanoo suullisen …
"Media are your windows to the world" : teachers' perspectives on the use of media and ICT in foreign language teaching
2016
Eri medioita on käytetty opetuksessa jo vuosikymmeniä. Internetin ja sosiaalisen median käytön kasvun myötä uudentyyppiset mediat ovat ottaneet jalansijaa luokkahuoneissa ja niiden oppiainerajat ylittävään käyttöön kehotetaan myös uusimmissa opetussuunnitelmissa. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on selvittää kuinka usein opettajat käyttävät eri medioita opetuksessaan ja vapaa-ajallaan, kuinka pedagogisesti hyödyllisiksi he kokevat eri mediatyypit ja kuinka hyvin he osaavat niitä itse käyttää opetuksessa. Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on lisäksi saada tietoa siitä, mitkä ovat opettajien mielestä suurimmat hyödyt ja haasteet median opetuskäytössä ja siitä, minkälaista lisäkoulutusta medioiden käyt…
Creating Learning Environments Free of Violence in Special Education through the Dialogic Model of Prevention and Resolution of Conflicts
2021
Violence suffered by children is a violation of human rights and a global health problem. Children with disabilities are especially vulnerable to violence in the school environment, which has a negative impact on their well-being and health. Students with disabilities educated in special schools have, in addition, more reduced experiences of interaction that may reduce both their opportunities for learning and for building protective social networks of support. This study analyses the transference of evidence-based actions to prevent violence in schools –the Dialogic Model of Prevention and Resolution of Conflicts (DMPRC)– in the context of a special school, and its impact on the reduction …
Sprachlernspiele im DaF-Unterricht : Einblick in die Spielpraxis des finnischen und ungarischen Deutsch-als-Fremdsprache-Unterrichts in der gymnasial…
2009
The goal of this study is to analyze and compare aspects of language learning games in the context of Finnish and Hungarian high-school teaching of German as a foreign language (GFL). First, the practices of using games in GFL are investigated. Secondly, the subjective theories of teachers on language learning games are analyzed. Thirdly, the differences between the Finnish and Hungarian contexts are discussed.The data for this study was gathered with a written questionnaire (48 Finnish, 49 Hungarian GFL teachers) and through semi-standardized interviews (8 Finnish, 5 Hungarian GFL teachers). In addition, Hungarian and Finnish national curricula are analyzed. Through triangulation, both qua…
The use of video in foreign language teaching : a study of teachers' practices and attitudes
2012
Teaching English in composite classes at the lower level of comprehensive school
1997
Becoming a Language Teacher: A dream come true or a source of anxiety?
2015
In this qualitative study the author examined personal narratives written by 14 Finnish speaking student teachers of Swedish, in order to find out what they tell about their thoughts and feelings concerning their future work as language teachers. The following three themes were in focus: firstly, what university students tell about their reasons for wanting to become teachers in the first place; secondly, what kinds of worries concerning their future work they mention in their narratives; and thirdly, how student teachers could be supported during transition from teacher education to teaching. According to the study, students choose teaching for reasons that are related to: (a) teacher iden…
Development of pedagogical design in technology-rich environments for language teaching and learning
2015
This study explores the development of pedagogical design for language teaching and learning in increasingly technology-rich environments. More specifically, it focuses on the process of design, enactment and analysis of language and literacy pedagogies in technology-rich environments. Two substudies are reported in five articles, each of which approaches pedagogical design from a different perspective. The first substudy examined (a) what pedagogical choices language students make in regard to learning objectives, working modes, materials and assessment, and (b) what kind of experiences, attitudes and perceptions were behind these choices. The second substudy focused on developing a design…
Beliefs about oral corrective feedback in an Argentinean EFL university classroom : their impact on a teacher’s classroom actions
2019
Beliefs about oral corrective feedback (OCF) are essential components in the EFL classroom, especially when learning the speaking skill since teachers have to strike a delicate balance between the provision of OCF without negatively affecting students’ emotions. During the last years, many scholars have devoted great attention to the influence of affective factors in the learning of foreign languages. Among these factors, beliefs held by teachers and students have proved to impact significantly on the processes of teaching and learning a foreign language. The aims of this paper are: to describe the beliefs held by an Argentinian EFL teacher about OCF and to describe how her beliefs might sh…