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Novel Opportunities for Intercultural Music Education: Integrating Singing and a Language-Aware Approach in Learn-Finnish-by-Singing Choirs
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Lehtinen-Schnabel, Johanna – Research Studies in Music Education, 2023
The topic of language awareness in intercultural music education has received surprisingly little attention in discussions on meaningful and responsive musical practices, despite language being an ubiquitous issue that every music educator encounters when entering a multilingual learning environment. This study explores a language-aware…
Descriptors: Music Education, Singing, Music Activities, Metalinguistics
L2 English Vocabulary Breadth and Knowledge of Derivational Morphology: One or Two Constructs?
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Leontjev, Dmitri; Huhta, Ari; Tolvanen, Asko – Language Testing, 2023
Derivational morphology (DM) and how it can be assessed have been investigated relatively rarely in language learning and testing research. The goal of this study is to add to the understanding of the nature of DM knowledge, exploring whether and how it is separable from vocabulary breadth. Eight L2 (second or foreign language) English DM…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Towards Language-Aware Pedagogy? Experiences of Students in Multilingual Finnish Schools
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Repo, Elisa – Language and Education, 2023
Curricular reform requires Finnish schools to be language aware and promote instruction that builds on students' linguistic resources. However, knowledge about students' experiences related thereto remains scarce. To create understanding about linguistic integration in increasingly multilingual schools, this study quantitatively explores the…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Multilingualism, Sociocultural Patterns, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
On What Grounds? Justifications of Student Translators for Their Translation Solutions
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Vottonen, Erja; Kujamäki, Minna – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2021
This paper reports on an empirical experiment in which a group of MA student translators justified their translation solutions. The aim of the work was to determine to what extent students rely on their theoretical knowledge of translation in their justifications and use the metalanguage of the field. The data consists of transcribed…
Descriptors: Translation, Masters Programs, Graduate Students, Metalinguistics
Raising Awareness of Multilingualism as Lived -- In the Context of Teaching English as a Foreign Language
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Kalaja, Paula; Pitkänen-Huhta, Anne – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2020
This article reviews possibilities of raising learners' language and culture awareness or that of multilingualism as subjectively experienced, based on a review of two collections of studies that have made use of arts-based methodologies. This kind of data makes it possible to recollect past experiences, envision future events and reflect on…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Multilingualism, Art Education, Teaching Methods
Language Orientations in Early Childhood Education Policy in Finland and Norway
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Alstad, Gunhild Tomter; Sopanen, Pauliina – Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 2021
This article investigates the language orientations in education policy documents for early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Finland and Norway. Finland, an officially bilingual country, and Norway, a predominantly monolingual country, share similar views on ECEC. However, the ECEC field in both countries has undergone major changes in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Child Care, Cross Cultural Studies