STEP 4: Equality through literacy & Me as a language and communication professional
How do I teach the Finnish language? How does a language aware approach help to teach other school subjects?
Pedagogical multidisciplinary studies in Finnish language and literature prepare student teachers to teach Finnish language and literature in grades 1 to 6 (age 7-13) of basic education and in preschool. In addition, they offer the capacity to teach other school subjects using a language aware approach and also to take into account the needs of multilingual learners in different subjects and to utilise their multilingual resources.
In Step 4, language and language use are examined for example from the following perspectives:
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Pupils’ (multilingual) language environments and linguistic identity development
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Differentiation of language use features in different situations and text types
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Language resources of pupils in writing
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Interpretation of Finnish language structures in textbook exercises
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Linguistic features of the texts of different subjects
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Integration of different subjects into Finnish language teaching
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Developing language awareness through literature
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Conceptualisation of linguistic phenomena