Awareness of second language inflectional morphology: A case study on Finnish as a second language [PDF]
Acta Linguistica Hungarica, 2007 The Finnish language has a very extensive inflectional morphology, whereas Vietnamese, as an isolating language, has no inflection at all. Therefore, the major challenge encountered by Vietnamese immigrants learning Finnish is to develop awareness of the existence, function and use of inflection. This paper examines how this process manifests itself in
Minna Suni
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Learning paths on elementary university courses in Finnish as a second language [PDF]
, 2015 peerReviewed
Johanna Eloranta, Juha Jalkanen
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Language Learning Strategies Use and Challenges Faced by Adult Arab Learners of Finnish as a Second Language in Finland [PDF]
English Language Teaching, 2017 Adult Arab learners of Finnish as second language (FSL) often encounter communication difficulty when dealing with official documents. They also cannot help their children in their school homework. FSL proficiency is an essential requirement to get an employment and to obtain the Finnish citizenship.
Ahmed H. Naif, Noor Saazai Mat Saad
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After Integration Training: Variation in profiles and investment in Finnish as a second language
LähivõrdlusiThis study examines adult migrants’ situation in Finland one year after completing Integration Training, a year-long full-time labour market training.
Tanja Seppälä
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Imagined Identities and Communities in the Learning Context of Finnish as a Second Language [PDF]
Nordand, 2022 peerReviewed
Dukkeum Sun, Maria Ruohotie‐Lyhty
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Paths to Learning Second Languages in Finland [PDF]
Revista Română pentru Studii Baltice şi Nordice, 2020 This article is concerned with comparative approaches to second language instruction and second language choices in Finland and describes the challenge of preserving Finland’s language and culture while facing the globalization process.
Adél Furu
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Finnish Language Teaching through Improvisation - Conforming the Educational Values within an Improvisational Frame [PDF]
Revista Română pentru Studii Baltice şi Nordice, 2019 In my article, I examine the moments of gaps or pauses in improvisational scenes used in a Finnish language as a foreign language class. In my research I use different improvisational exercises and techniques (e.g.
Anja Keränen
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Teaching English as a Second Language in the Early Years: Teachers’ Perspectives and Practices in Finland [PDF]
Education Sciences, 2023 Second language (L2) education in the early years has been steadily increasing worldwide. Since second language education at earlier ages is relatively new in many countries, not much research is available regarding teaching practices in this context ...
Selma Koyuncu +2 more
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International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP), 2020 Communication skills, especially academic writing skills in English, are vital for a successful career in the global scientific community. Finnish engineering students, however, seem to encounter problems when preparing their scientific publications in English as a second language (ESL) for international forums. Thus, these skills should be enhanced at
Hanna Niemelä, Johanna Naukkarinen
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Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2019 Considering all the many challenges of forced migration to the immigrants themselves, learning the local language is of extreme importance when attempting to integrate into a new society. Earlier research shows that the mother tongue phonology disturbs the perception of those redundant contrasts that are crucial to the target language, which then ...
Satu Savo, Maija S. Peltola
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