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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
Suni, Minna
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After Integration Training: Variation in profiles and investment in Finnish as a second language

Lähivõrdlusi
This 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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Increasing fluency in L2 writing with singing [PDF]

Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
Fluency is an essential part of a language learner’s skills. Despite various studies on fluency, little is known about the effects of different pedagogical methods on the development of written fluency. In this paper, we examine how different pedagogical
Jenni Alisaari, Leena Maria Heikkola
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Vironkielisten osallistujien kielitaito Yleisten kielitutkintojen suomen kielen testissä

Lähivõrdlusi, 2021
Tarkastelemme tässä artikkelissa vironkielisten suomen oppijoiden osallistumista Suomen kansallisen kielitestin, Yleisten kielitutkintojen, keskitason tutkintoon ja heidän kielitaitoprofiiliaan tutkintotulosten valossa.
Mari Honko, Sari Ahola, Tuija Hirvelä
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Imagined Identities and Communities in the Learning Context of Finnish as a Second Language

Nordand, 2022
peerReviewed
Sun, Dukkeum, Ruohotie-Lyhty, Maria
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Which User Interaction for Cross-Language Information Retrieval? Design Issues and Reflections [PDF]

, 2006
A novel and complex form of information access is cross-language information retrieval: searching for texts written in foreign languages based on native language queries.
Beaulieu, M., Levin, S., Petrelli, D., Sanderson, M.   +3 more
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Learning paths on elementary university courses in Finnish as a second language [PDF]

, 2015
peerReviewed
Jalkanen, Juha, Eloranta, Johanna
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Suomi toisena kielenä -oppija ainereaalin kirjoittajana ylioppilaskokeessa

AFinLAn vuosikirja, 2023
Artikkeli käsittelee S2-kokelaiden suoriutumista ylioppilaskokeen ainereaalissa (biologiassa ja fysiikassa). Tavoitteena on selvittää, miten opiskelijoiden S2-kokeessa suoriutuminen ennustaa kokelaiden ainereaalin suorituksia. Tutkimuksemme keskiössä on kielen ja sisällön suhde tiedonalojen kielessä.
Nissilä, Leena, Reiman, Nina, Vaarala, Heidi, Leontjev, Dmitri   +3 more
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Measuring Syntactic Complexity in Spoken and Written Learner Language: Comparing the Incomparable? [PDF]

, 2014
Spoken and written language are two modes of language. When learners aim at higher skill levels, the expected outcome of successful second language learning is usually to become a fluent speaker and writer who can produce accurate and complex language in
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Encounters along Micro-Level Borders: Silence and Metacommunicative Talk in Service Encounter Conversations between Finnish Employment Officials and Immigrants

Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, 2014
This article examines the interaction between Finnish employment officials and their immigrant clients in service encounter conversations. It employs the concepts of metacommunicative talk, silence, agency and asymmetric interaction situation.
Tarja Tanttu
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