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Towards multilingual competence: examining beliefs and agency in first year university students’ language learner biographies
2021
As working life across the world is increasingly multilingual, multicultural and multidisciplinary, higher education language teaching is faced with a challenge of how to prepare students for it. Many universities have recently developed multilingual pedagogies but central to their success is learners’ perceptions of these practices. To fill this gap, this article explores first year university students’ language learner biographies to gain insight into how learners construct their linguistic realities. The biographies were studied with discourse analytical methods to examine the participants’ beliefs about language learning and their sense of agency in it. The results reveal that participa…
Effects of authority: Voicescapes in children’s beliefs about the learning of English
2012
This paper examines learner beliefs from a dialogical point of view. Drawing on the writings of the Bakhtin circle, it sees beliefs as shared and recycled viewpoints that are multivoiced: they echo the voices of others as well as the voice of the speaker. A longitudinal interview study was conducted among a group of young Finnish learners of English. The analysis of the data focused on the voicework present in the learners’ answers: how they, on the one hand, echoed or even repeated the voices of authority, and, on the other hand, brought forward their own insights. The results indicate that the authoritative voices strongly influence how the individual viewpoints are formed and presented a…
Finding Learning in Teaching : Eritrean primary teacher educators' perspectives on implementing learner-centered and interactive pedagogies
2018
Eritrea has given an increasing policy emphasis on implementing learner-centered interactive pedagogies (LCIP) at all levels of the education system. However, both teachers and teacher educators struggle with implementation of matching school practices. This study attempts to identify some of the gaps between the objectives set in the National Education Policy of the State of Eritrea and the everyday practices observable at the educational institutions. The focus of the analysis is on examining data from teacher educators at the Asmara Community College of Education. The international exposure and collaboration with Finnish education experts has been appreciated by the teacher educators as …
The BioS4You European project: An innovative way to effectively engage Z-generation students in STEM disciplines
2021
In this contribution, we present the BioS4You project and analyse the results obtained in the first 18 months of its activity. The “Bio-Inspired STEM topics for engaging young generations” (BioS4You) Erasmus+ KA2 Innovation project aims to bridge the gap between STEM national curricula (which include Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and the needs of Z-generation students, uninterested to basic themes, but enthusiastic in issues related to environmental, social, and health concerns. The BioS4You project engages young learners in STEM subjects, starting with current issues of interest for them, as the social and environmental impact of new technologies, connecting STEM conce…
Subject-verb agreement of finite verbs in the present tense in written productions of Finnish secondary school learners of English as second language
2012
Subjektin ja verbin välinen kongruenssi on englannin kieliopin perusasioita, joka toimii tiettyjen säännön-alaisuuksien mukaisesti. Ilmiö on kuitenkin kiinnostava, sillä jopa edistyneetkin oppijat tekevät konguenssin tuottamisessa virheitä. Aiemmat tutkimukset ovat osoittaneet, että muun muassa subjektin kompleksisuudella ja semanttisilla piirteillä on vaikutusta kongruenssin hallintaan. Aiemmat tutkimukset eivät kuitenkaan ole ottaneet huomioon oppijoiden taitotasoja ja mahdollisia eroja kongruenssin tuottamisessa eri taitotasojen välillä Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on selvittää, miten yläkoulu-ikäisten taitotasoeroilla on vaikutusta kongruenssin tuottamiseen englannin kielessä. Tutkim…
Uz skolēnu vērstās pieejas elementi mūsdienu angļu valodas mācību grāmatās: mācību grāmatu analīze
2017
Bakalaura darba tēma ir „Uz skolēnu vērstās pieejas elementi mūsdienu angļu valodas mācību grāmatās”. Bakalaura darba mērķis ir analizēt un salīdzināt uz skolēnu vērstās pieejas uzdevumus divās mācību grāmatās. Pirmā grāmata ir “Insight Elementary Student’s Book”, kuras autors ir J. Wildman. Otrā mācību grāmata ir “Solutions Elementary Student’s Book”, kuras autori ir P.A. Davis un T. Falla. Bakalaura darbā sastāv no trīs nodaļām par angļu valodas mācīšanu un uz skolēnu vērstu pieeju, kā arī nodaļa par empīrisko pētījumu rezultātiem. Teorētiskā apskata nodaļās tiek pētīti mācību grāmtas novertējuma kritēriji, uz skolēnu vērsta mācību pieeja, un uz skolēnu vērstas pieejas uzdevumu veidi. Bak…
Beliefs about second language acquisition held by dysphatic students
2006
Eighth-graders' attitudes towards studying English : A study of the effect of language choices and the differences between the genders
2009
Asenteilla ja suhtautumisella on suuria vaikutuksia kielenoppimiseen, niin motivaation kuin yleisen innostuksenkin kannalta. Kieliasenteita on tutkittu paljon etenkin motivaation piirissä ja asenteiden vertailua on tehty esimerkiksi eri sukupuolten ja ikäryhmien välillä. On kuitenkin monia tekijöitä, joiden yhteydestä kieliasenteisiin ei ole paljon tietoa. Tämän tutkielman tarkoituksena oli selvittää millä tavoin pitkän valinnaisen kielen opiskelu vaikuttaa englannin kieleen suhtautumiseen kahdeksannella luokalla sekä millä tavoin nuo vaikutukset eroavat tyttöjen ja poikien välillä. Luonteeltaan kvantitatiivinen aineisto kerättiin kyselylomakkeen avulla yhteensä 45 kahdeksasluokkalaiselta.…
La motivation des étudiants à l’entrée à l’université : quels effets directs ou indirects sur la réussite ?
2015
L’enjeu de cet article réside dans la mesure du rôle des capacités motivationnelles des étudiants sur la réussite universitaire, en adoptant une démarche quantitative et intégrative. À cette fin, les données récoltées sur des étudiants en première année de licence de trois filières permettent de contrôler un ensemble de facteurs relatifs aux caractéristiques socio-démographiques et scolaires des étudiants. Mesurée dans le cadre de la théorie de l’autodétermination, il ressort des analyses que la motivation intrinsèque exerce une influence positive tandis que l’amotivation se traduit par de moins bonnes performances. Par ailleurs, la motivation est un atout pour les bons étudiants, mais ne j…
The Role of Learning Difficulties in Adolescents’ Academic Emotions and Academic Achievement
2019
The present study examines associations between learning difficulties (LD), academic emotions, and academic achievement among 845 Grade 6 adolescents (455 girls, 390 boys). Reading difficulties (RD) and math difficulties (MD) were identified based on tested reading and math skills in the fall semester of Grade 6. At this time, the students also rated their hope, enjoyment, and anxiety regarding literacy and math. Information on students' achievement in literacy and math, as well as their overall academic achievement, was gathered using questionnaires in both the fall and spring semesters of Grade 6. The results show, first, that students with RD had lower hope and higher anxiety toward read…