Suomalaisten nuorten tekstikäytänteet monikielisessä arjessa

Abstract

his paper examines the literacy practices of young people in the current multilingual context of Finland. It is part of a larger project looking into the role of English in the everyday lives of Finnish teenagers. Theoretically the study draws on Literacy Studies and discourse analysis, and the methodological approach is ethnographic. The participants in the study were seven 14–16 years old boys and girls, with whom sustained contact was kept for 16 months. The methods include photographs, literacy diaries and discussions based on these. The findings show that the textual landscape of these young people is rich and both Finnish and English texts are used as an inte- gral part of everyday activities. The attitudes towards and the values related to English and Finnish texts proved, however, to be different