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Language Practices in the Work Communities of Finnish Language Centres
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Hanna Kosonen – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2025
Linguistic diversity is growing in Higher Education, driven by factors like internationalization and digitalization. This trend necessitates a reevaluation of language practices within academic communities. Language Centres play a crucial role in modelling effective practices and reshaping these practices to address the multilingual needs of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Language Teachers' Accounts of Challenges in Two European Settings of Integration Training
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Häkkinen, Miira; Mikkilä-Erdmann, Mirjamaija – European Educational Research Journal, 2023
This study investigates the work of second language teachers in two institutional settings responsible for integration training. By exploring teachers' accounts in Finland and Germany, we seek to deepen the understanding of the daily practice of second language education. Bridging conceptual and practical approaches, the aim is to contribute to…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies, Teaching Methods
Integrating Entrepreneurial Working Life Skills with Foreign Language Teaching -- Two Cases from the University of Oulu
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Sorvari, Jaana; Rusko, Satu; Jackson, Nina; Ainonen, Hanna-Leena – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
This activity report describes two cases of Language teaching for degree students in the University of Oulu with new pedagogical approaches aiming towards authentic working life skills. Co-creation, collaborative learning and cooperation across borders are the building blocks for these innovative language teaching projects. Case 1 describes…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Case Studies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Recognition of Prior Learning of English: Test or Assess?
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Pilkinton-Pihko, Diane; Suviniitty, Jaana; Kauppinen, Tomi – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2019
Living in learning societies encourages learning outside the classroom. Alongside this reality, higher education institutions have been incorporating policies and procedures that support recognition of prior learning (RPL). This development means establishing adequate RPL assessment practices. Our empirical study at the Aalto University Language…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Prior Learning
Language Learning 2.0--International Collaboration Made Easy
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Kotikoski, Tuula-Harriet; Doshi, Natasha – Research-publishing.net, 2014
The Internet has become part of our daily life and serves as a source of knowledge as well as a space for interaction. E-learning is thus a vital element in teaching, and digital media offer not only the possibility to support the individual learning processes of students, but also to foster multilingualism and to immerse into authentic learning…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Online Courses
The Fly's Perspective: Discourse in the Daily Routine of a Business Manager.
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Louhiala-Salminen, Leena – English for Specific Purposes, 2002
Reports on an observation study of the discourse activities for one day of a Finnish business manager who works in a multinational corporation. His discourse activities were tape recorded and copies were taken of written materials. Examined salient features that characterize discourse activities in a multinational corporation and tested the…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Data Collection, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)