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• Learner’s beliefs : a case study of adult immigrants independently learning Finnish as a second language 

  Siren, Maricris (2021)

  Learners’ beliefs about second language acquisition (SLA) are described as learners’ personal theories about language learning and language in general. Previous studies reported that beliefs can be productive or unproductive ...

• How do MMORPGs facilitate language learning for Finnish EFL students? 

  Autio, Petri; Takamaa, Jesse (2020)

  Englannin kielen globaalista vahvasta asemasta johtuen koulun ulkopuolinen kielenoppiminen on entistäkin tärkeämpi tapa hankkia ja pitää yllä kielitaitoa. Oppijan tulee altistua autenttiselle kielelle, mikä ei välttämättä ...

• Peer interaction, mediation, and a view of teachers as creators of learner L2 development 

  Poehner, Matthew E.; Leontjev, Dmitri (Wiley-Blackwell, 2023)

  SLA researchers in a variety of theoretical traditions have argued that interaction is essential to supporting learner L2 (second/foreign language) development. While L2 research informed by sociocultural theory has generally ...

• Learning to read for the first time as adult immigrants in Finland : Reviewing pertinent research of low-literate or non-literate learners’ literacy acquisition and computer-assisted literacy training 

  Malessa, Eva (Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)

  Against the backdrop of increasing global humanitarian migration to highly literate countries and the resulting necessity and challenge to provide language and literacy education to non-literate or low-literate adult second ...

• Negative constructions in nonliterate learners' spoken L2 Finnish 

  Tammelin-Laine, Taina; Martin, Maisa (Georgetown University Press, 2016)

  This chapter discusses the development of Finnish expressions of negation in four initially nonliterate women with very low oral skills during their first ten-month language course. While many studies have been published ...