Building blocks: Developing second language resources for working life

This interdisciplinary project explores the Finnish language resources needed and developed by adult immigrants whose aim is to get employed in their own field in Finland. Two major educational reforms serve as the framework of the project: one concerns the integration training available for unemployed immigrants, and the other has an effect on all upper secondary vocational education and training provided in Finland.

Table of contents

Project duration
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Core fields of research
Learning, teaching and interaction
Research areas
JYU.Well
Working life interaction
Department
Department of Language and Communication Studies
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Funding
Research Council of Finland

Project description

This interdisciplinary project explores the Finnish language resources needed and developed by adult immigrants whose aim is to get employed in their own field in Finland. Two major educational reforms serve as the framework of the project: one concerns the integration training available for unemployed immigrants, and the other has an effect on all upper secondary vocational education and training provided in Finland. 

The project brings together two holistic theories of second language development that rely on the idea of language use as a key to language learning: language ecology and complex dynamic systems theory (CDST).

The host institution of the project is Department of Language and Communication Studies, Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥, Finland. The project is funded by the Academy of Finland for years 2019–2023.

Publications

Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
Mustonen, Sanna
Strömmer, Maiju
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Linguistics and Education
Puranen, Pauliina
Publication
2024

Lukeminen on taitolaji : puheenvuoroja lukijoista, lukemisesta ja lukutaidosta
Mustonen, Sanna
Suni, Minna
Publication
2023

Language, Migration and In/Exclusion in the Workplace
Seilonen, Marja
Suni, Minna
Publication
2023
Available through Open Access

Kielikoulutus mukana muutoksessa
Strömmer, Maiju
Suni, Minna
Ruuska, Katharina
Iikkanen, Päivi
Publication
2023
Available through Open Access

Kieli, koulutus ja yhteiskunta
Ruuska, Katharina
Publication
2023

Angouri, Jo
Kerekes, Julie
Suni, Minna
Publication
2023

Language, Migration and In/Exclusion in the Workplace
Angouri, Jo
Kerekes, Julie
Suni, Minna
Publication
2023
Available through Open Access

European Journal of Applied Linguistics
Leskinen, Kirsi
Publication
2023

Alusta alkuun
Suni, Minna
Publication
2022
Available through Open Access

Journal of the European Second Language Association
Lesonen, Sirkku
Steinkrauss, Rasmus
Suni, Minna
Verspoor, Marjolijn
Publication
2021
Available through Open Access

Crossing Borders, Writing Texts, Being Evaluated : Cultural and Disciplinary Norms in Academic Writing
Leskinen, Kirsi

Project team

Project leaders

External members

Sirkku Kronholm

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