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Direct linkLuomaniemi, Katri; Mattinen, Aino; Sorariutta, Anne; Hannula-Sormunen, Minna – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2021
In this quasi-experimental study we examined how the Count How Many (CHM) intervention program can support multilingual children's early numeracy and oral language skills. The program is aimed at promoting spontaneous focusing on numerosity (SFON) and early numeracy skills in 3- to 5-year-old children who attend day care. We examined the effects…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Language Skills, Oral Language, Multilingualism
Alantie, Sonja; Tyrkkö, Jukka; Makkonen, Tanja; Renvall, Kati – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: This study reports on how very old (VO) Finnish people without dementia perform in the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB) and two verbal fluency tasks and which demographic factors predict the performance. Method: The study included fifty 80- to 100-year-old community-dwelling Finnish speakers with no dementing illnesses or speech-language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Finno Ugric Languages, Aphasia
Silinskas, Gintautas; Torppa, Minna; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2020
We investigated the extent to which home literacy activities during the preschool year would predict the development of children's language and literacy skills in primary school, in a highly transparent Finnish language. Also, the correlates of maternal literacy activities during preschool were examined. Literacy and language skills of 1,880…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Family Environment, Models, Learning Activities
Download full textKorkealehto, Kirsi; Lakkala, Minna; Toom, Auli – JALT CALL Journal, 2021
Student engagement is essential in online language courses where the risk of suspending studies is higher than in face-to-face teaching. Furthermore, oral language rehearsal is challenging in such a course; therefore providing sufficient assignments to rehearse oral interaction is central. This study investigates how student engagement and oral…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Learner Engagement, Japanese, Second Language Learning
Enticknap-Seppänen, Kaisa – Research-publishing.net, 2017
This study investigates tourism undergraduates' perceptions of learning engagement and oral communication in English through their experiences of testing a pilot purpose-designed educational digital game. Reflecting the implementation of digitalization strategy in universities of applied sciences in Finland, it examines whether single instances of…
Descriptors: Tourism, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Huhta, Ari – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2009
This article describes and analyses the development of a new test of aviation English by the Finnish Civil Aviation Authority (FCAA), as well as the overall situation in Finland as regards the testing of aviation English. The article describes the FCAA development project and evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the new test and the whole…
Descriptors: Testing, Aviation Education, Foreign Countries, Language Skills
