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dc.contributor.advisorPéter Szabó, Tamás
dc.contributor.authorIshimoto, Marino
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-15T08:22:02Z
dc.date.available2020-06-15T08:22:02Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/69935
dc.description.abstractThis study aims at exploring how multilingualism is represented in multicultural centers in Finland, and interpretations of these representations made by the staff members in multicultural centers through the lens of schoolscape. To accomplish the study aims, walking interviews with staff members was conducted in five different multicultural centers. The fragments of schoolscape in the multicultural centers were photographed. Discourse analysis was used for analyzing excerpts from the interviews. The findings reveal the covert language policy towards multilingualism in the investigated multicultural centers, which was to use Finnish as a lingua franca, while other languages than Finnish were used accordingly. Varieties of interpretation towards this covert language policy were made by the staff members. Some of them rather encouraged immigrants to speak Finnish, while others also pointed out the positive aspects of speaking immigrants’ mother tongue. Additionally, a perceived lower status of the Swedish in the multicultural center came to fore, even though Swedish is the other national language in Finland. Fragments of schoolscape in Finnish were carefully designed to make them understandable regardless of the Finnish language proficiency. With the findings, language policy and ideology inside and outside of the multicultural centers are reflected. The ways to enhance multilingualism in the aspect of the dichotomy in the use of language, time restrictions, staff members’ awareness of the impacts of the schoolscape on multilingualism are suggested. The number of participants, researchers’ Finnish language proficiency and focusing only on the visual aspect of schoolscape may limit the findings.en
dc.format.extent106
dc.language.isoen
dc.subject.otherschoolscape
dc.subject.otherlinguistic landscape
dc.subject.othernon-formal education
dc.subject.othermulticultural center
dc.titleSchoolscapes in Multicultural Centers in Finland : How Staff Members Perceive Multilingualism
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-202006154179
dc.type.ontasotMaster’s thesisen
dc.type.ontasotPro gradu -tutkielmafi
dc.contributor.tiedekuntaKasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekuntafi
dc.contributor.tiedekuntaFaculty of Education and Psychologyen
dc.contributor.laitosKasvatustieteiden laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Educationen
dc.contributor.yliopistoJyväskylän yliopistofi
dc.contributor.yliopistoUniversity of Jyväskyläen
dc.contributor.oppiaineMaster's Degree Programme in Educationfi
dc.contributor.oppiaineMaster's Degree Programme in Educationen
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dc.rights.copyrightThis publication is copyrighted. You may download, display and print it for Your own personal use. Commercial use is prohibited.en
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dc.subject.ysokieli ja kielet
dc.subject.ysomonikielisyys
dc.subject.ysosuomen kieli
dc.subject.ysokielipolitiikka
dc.subject.ysomonikulttuurisuus
dc.subject.ysokielenkäyttö
dc.subject.ysomaahanmuuttajat
dc.subject.ysolanguages
dc.subject.ysomultilingualism
dc.subject.ysoFinnish language
dc.subject.ysolanguage policy
dc.subject.ysomulticulturalism
dc.subject.ysouse of language
dc.subject.ysomigrants


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