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Parallel sessions

 

Tuesday May 21, 2024, 14.30-16.00

Parallel session 1

Session 1A. Comparative perspectives

Chair: Ida Rebers
Room: D402

Finnish and Namibian pre-service language teachers’ future visions and sustainable pedagogical practices 
Salla-Riikka Kuusalu, University of Turku; Meameno Shiweda, University of Namibia; Minna Maijala, University of Turku; Minna Maunula, University of Jyväskylä; Minna Maunumäki, Open University of the University of Jyväskylä; Soila Merijärvi, University of Turku
Toward sustainable bilingual language education in Finland through world-centred education
Pei-fen Hsu, University of Jyväskylä

 

Session 1B. Language policy

Chair: Siv Björklund
Room: D406

Language and the law in Swedish education: Between guarantees and implementation 
Eduardo Faingold, University of Tulsa 
Syn på stöd till flerspråkiga barn och familjer i lokala styrdokument för småbarnspedagogik 
Pauliina Sopanen, Helsingfors universitet 

Session 1C. Teacher beliefs

Chair: Leena-Maria Heikkola
Room: D405

“Jag vet hur det känns”. En minoritiserad flerspråkig grundskollärares narrativ över den egna språkidentiteten 
Sara Snoder, Stockholms universitet
Swedish Language Teacher’s Beliefs about Teaching and Students 
Sanna Heittola, University of Helsinki
Finnish pre-service language teachers’ perceptions of culture – from social justice to cultural humility 
Leena Maria Heikkola, The Arctic University of Norway/ Åbo Akademi University; Minna Maijala, University of Turku; Päivi Laine, University of Turku; Maarit Mutta, University of Turku

 

Tuesday May 21, 2024,16.15-17.45

Parallel session 2

Session 2A. L1

Chair: Katrina Åkerholm
Room: D402

Data glowing: literature as disrupting and unsettling 
Katrina Åkerholm, Heidi Höglund, Åbo Akademi University
Gränsöverskridande skrivdidaktik i lärarutbildning 
Camilla Rosvall, Åbo Akademi; Erika Sturk, Umeå universitet/ Åbo Akademi 
Läsförmåga hos svenska lågstadieelever 
Linda Fälth, Linnéuniversitet 

 

Session 2B. Race, multilingualism and identity

Chair: Sanna Pakarinen
Room: D406

“I think that I believe it’s a problem, that English takes over” teachers’ concerns about learners’ language choices in a multilingual primary school context
Sara Snoder, Maria Nilsson, Stockholm University
Building Boundaries: Tackling or Embracing Colour-Evasiveness in Language Education in Finland? 
Venla Rantanen, Johanna Ennser-Kananen, Hoang Long Hai Nguyen, University of Jyväskylä
Teachers’ reflections on inclusion of newcomers in Swedish upper secondary education: Challenges arising from value differences and cultural diversity  
Annika Lejon, Åbo Akademi University

Session 2C. Bilingualism in national languages

Chair: Minna-Marie Pärkkä
Room: D405

Initiala språkfärdigheter i finska – språkberikad undervisning inom svenskspråkig småbarnspedagogik och förskoleundervisning 
Minna Pärkkä, Åbo Akademi University
Stavningsutvecklingen hos elever med olika språkbakgrund i årskurserna 1–3 i finlandssvensk skola  
Tanja Östman, Åbo Akademi University
Pupils’ experiences of the learning process and use of the target language in a local, experimental language-enriched programme in Finland
Katri
Hansell, Siv Björklund, Minna Pärkkä, Åbo Akademi University


Wed
nesday May 22, 2024, 10.1511.45

Parallel session 3

Session 3A. Practice; tools and methods

Chair: Siv Björklund
Room: D405

Enhancing language learning through the European Language Portfolio 
Olli-Pekka Salo, University of Jyväskylä & Hanna-Mari Koistinen, University of Eastern Finland
Socioemotionella färdigheter i språkundervisningen 
Sofia Kaleva, Åbo Akademi
Grammar Teaching Materials in Finnish EFL Textbooks 
Lingwang Kong, Kaukametsän opisto 

 

Session 3B. Young FL Learners

Chair: Minna-Marie Pärkkä
Room: D406

“It’s a teacher’s dream to have something this engaging”: English picture book read-alouds in upper primary school 
Maria Nilsson, Stockholm University
Exploring the use of self-assessment in Chinese primary school English teaching: teachers’ perspectives and practices 
Hu Yali, University of Eastern Finland  
Exploring Multiliteracies in Early FL Classrooms 
Karita Mård-Miettinen, Anne Pitkänen-Huhta, University of Jyväskylä & Anna Marzà, Unversitat Jaume I, Spain 

Session 3C. Learner Engagement

Chair: Liselott Forsman
Room: D402

Exploring learner engagement in the language classroom 
Marina Bendtsen, Sandra Bäck, Liselott Forsman, Åbo Akademi University
Engaging (in) communication – The roles of engagement and communicativeness in interactive classroom tasks in Spanish as a foreign language  
Fredrika Nyström, Uppsala Unversity
Oh my gosh! Emotion and engagement with extramural English among 6-year-olds 
Ulrikke Rindal, Pia Sundqvist, University of Oslo 

 

Wednesday May 22, 2024, 13.3015.00

Parallel session 4

Session 4A. New methods

Chair: Katrina Åkerholm
Room: D405

Tandem language learning through collaborative activities in Minecraft Education Edition 
Katri Hansell, Sandra Bäck, Åbo Akademi University; Matilda Ståhl, Tampere University 
Kamishibai theatre as a method of reading books in language lessons for very young learners a case study 
Hanna Jaloza, Wanda Blenska Private Primary School in Kowale (Poland) / Peipon Koulu, Porvoo (Finland)
Linguistic Simplification in the Language Education Classroom at the Academic Level: Teachers’ Perspectives and Practices 
Chuquizuta Silvera, Åbo Akademi University

 

Session 4B. Development of reading and writing skills

Chair: Ida Rebers
Room: D406

Differences and similarities in component skills reading profiles for native and immigrant fifteen-year-old students in Sweden 
Camilla Olsson, University of Gothenburg
Rörlighet och dynamik i skrivdidaktisk stöttning i tre miljöer 
Camilla Rosvall, Siv Björklund, Ria Heilä-Ylikallio, Åbo Akademi

 

Session 4C. Scaffolding writing

Chair: Liselott Forsman
Room: D402

Plurilingual students’ learning opportunities through functional writing in early school years: teacher perspectives 
Kimberly Norrman, Uppsala University
Genre-based instruction in the EFL classroom: Triangulating teaching, collaborative writing, and pupils’ texts 
Silvia Kunitz, Linköping University/ City of Stockholm ; Sara Sobarzo Petri, Region Gotland; Anna Green, Stockholm University/ City of Stockholm; Jessica Berggren, Stockholm University/ City of Stockholm

 

Thursday May 23, 2024, 09.30-10.30

Parallel session 5

Session 5A. Adult education

Chair: Sanna Pakarinen
Room: D402

From obstacles to insights: Recently migrated adults discuss their L2-mediated EFL studies in Finnish adult basic education
Antti Suomela, University of Turku 
”Jag är inte säker om jag klarar på svenska.” Finskspråkiga blivande läkares tankar om att bemöta patienter på deras eget språk 
Annamari Sahlstein, Åbo universitet

 

Session 5B. L1

Chair: Sofie Lundell
Room: D405

Analysing intermodal relations and dialogism in primary school multimodal composition
Oscar Björk, Luleå University of Technology & Sofia Hort, Mälardalen University
Ordkonstens flow och friktion
Sofie Lundell, Åbo Akademi

 

Session 5C. Syllabus development

Chair: Ida Rebers
Room: D406

Finnish language teachers’ collaboration practices – A study of teachers’ understanding of teaching of native level Finnish through participation in teacher-researcher collaboration 
Ida Rebers, Michaela Pörn, Åbo Akademi University & Anette Olin, University of Gothenburg 
Diskurser och deltagarroller kring svenska som andraspråk i den svenska skolan i Finland 
Mari Bergroth, Helsingfors universitet

Updated 19.5.2024