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Björklund, Mikaela; Björklund, Siv; Sjöholm, Kaj – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2013
This article presents some aspects of multilingualism and multilingual education in the Nordic countries, drawing upon experiences from the project "Network for Researchers of Multilingualism and Multilingual Education, RoMME" (2011-2013), where Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden are represented. The aim is to briefly present and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Trend Analysis, Educational Trends
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Nordberg, Bengt – Linguistics, 1976
Describes the linguistic backgrounds of Sweden and Finland and presents a few examples of recent sociolinguistic research in these countries. (CFM)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Diglossia, Educational Policy, Finnish
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Hakulinen, Auli; Sorjonen, Marja-Leena – Research on Language and Social Interaction, 1993
Topics addressed in this review include ethnology and traditional dialect study, philology, linguistic conversion analysis, and interaction within the social sciences. Finland's size affects these research activities and research on spoken interaction is shifting to group projects with a common focus. (Contains 68 references.) (JP)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Ethnology, Foreign Countries, Interaction
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Hautamaki, Sirkka – Educational Media International, 1992
Discusses radio and television programing in Finland by the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) and describes programs that have been developed to cover the country's three official languages: Finnish, Swedish, and Saame. Language courses offered by the YLE are described, and the importance of languages in the community is considered. (LRW)
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Educational Radio, Educational Television, Finnish