This study describes some of the linguistic features used by 11 six-year-old bilingual children in a narrative task. All the children spoke Finnish as their first language and had begun to acquire English at the latest at the age of four. The objective of the study was to discover whether and how the English language possibly influenced the children’s linguistic choices when telling a story in Finnish. This was performed by observing the atypical expressions the bilingual children produced in their narratives and further by comparing these expressions to the language usage of monolingual six-year old peers (n = 10) and monolingual five-year-olds (n = 12) in the same task. Nearly all bilingual children produced atypical expressions whi...
This is a study on washback of a language exam in Ingrians’ language course in 2003–2016. Ingrians a...
Based on a one-year ethnographic study of a primary school in Finland with specialised classes in Fi...
Colloquialisms in translated Finnish fiction (englanti)1/2003 (107)Colloquialisms in translated Finn...
The purpose of this research was to study the bilingual class students' attitudes toward schoolwork,...
Background and aim. Bilingualism is a worldwide and old phenomenon. It is also a current topic in sp...
Bilingual upbringing in a Finno-Swedish context (englanti)2/2004 (108)Bilingual upbringing in a Finn...
In order to manage in Finnish environment of daycare and school, it is crucial that a child from a d...
Finnish as a second and foreign language: a subject of research (englanti)4/1997 (101)Eija Aalto Sir...
Simultaneous bilingualism in infants (englanti)2/2004 (108)Simultaneous bilingualism in infantsBilin...
Target. There are currently few tools to evaluate young adults' linguistic abilities in the Finnish ...
In this article, we examine the concerns of teachers and other teaching staff (N = 596) regarding th...
In this article I study administrative information given to immigrants that is written in an easy fo...
Tavoitteet. Viime vuosina on tehty paljon tutkimusta lasten kielenkehityksestä ja luovista toimintat...
The concept of language awareness has become central in Finnish schools and curriculaduring recent y...
This dissertation examines multilingualism and language awareness in the context of the changing lan...
This is a study on washback of a language exam in Ingrians’ language course in 2003–2016. Ingrians a...
Based on a one-year ethnographic study of a primary school in Finland with specialised classes in Fi...
Colloquialisms in translated Finnish fiction (englanti)1/2003 (107)Colloquialisms in translated Finn...
The purpose of this research was to study the bilingual class students' attitudes toward schoolwork,...
Background and aim. Bilingualism is a worldwide and old phenomenon. It is also a current topic in sp...
Bilingual upbringing in a Finno-Swedish context (englanti)2/2004 (108)Bilingual upbringing in a Finn...
In order to manage in Finnish environment of daycare and school, it is crucial that a child from a d...
Finnish as a second and foreign language: a subject of research (englanti)4/1997 (101)Eija Aalto Sir...
Simultaneous bilingualism in infants (englanti)2/2004 (108)Simultaneous bilingualism in infantsBilin...
Target. There are currently few tools to evaluate young adults' linguistic abilities in the Finnish ...
In this article, we examine the concerns of teachers and other teaching staff (N = 596) regarding th...
In this article I study administrative information given to immigrants that is written in an easy fo...
Tavoitteet. Viime vuosina on tehty paljon tutkimusta lasten kielenkehityksestä ja luovista toimintat...
The concept of language awareness has become central in Finnish schools and curriculaduring recent y...
This dissertation examines multilingualism and language awareness in the context of the changing lan...
This is a study on washback of a language exam in Ingrians’ language course in 2003–2016. Ingrians a...
Based on a one-year ethnographic study of a primary school in Finland with specialised classes in Fi...
Colloquialisms in translated Finnish fiction (englanti)1/2003 (107)Colloquialisms in translated Finn...