Opiskelijat Agoran käytävällä juttelemassa

Language learning, teaching, and multiliteracies

We study language learning and teaching as social and cultural practices, combining individual, community, and societal perspectives.

In the focus area research, we examine operational settings under multilingualization, multiculturalization, and technologization, and aim to predict the future emphasis of language learning and teaching. 

Focus area projects and researchers

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Digital support for learning and assessing second language speaking (DigiTala)

DigiTala - research project between University of Helsinki, Aalto University and Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥ developing a digital tool to assess oral language skills
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FIN-CLARIAH

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥ is part of the national research infrastructure FIN-CLARIAH aiming to create new tools and methods for researchers.
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IMPACT

The IMPACT project examines the influence of these language proficiency mandates and associated high-stakes testing on the lives of adult immigrants in Finland.
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Language Ideologies and the Csángó Educational Program: A Case of Inventing or Erasing Language?

The project aims at insights into language ideologies through investigating processes of change, which are taking place after launching a language revitalization program in 2001 among a marginalized linguistic minority, the Moldavian Csángó.
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Modelling Citizen Science for Education

MSCEDU brings together expertise of researchers, outreach partner schools and students in co-creating a methodology for extending Extreme Citizen Science to the humanities and social sciences in schools.
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Writing and participation in digitalising Finland

This study investigates writing practices and needs for writing skills of adults in digitalising Finland. The practical aim of the study is to promote the development of teaching and assessment of writing in different environments.