Towards Language-Aware Pedagogy? Experiences of Students in Multilingual Finnish Schools

Autor/in	Repo, Elisa
Titel	Towards Language-Aware Pedagogy? Experiences of Students in Multilingual Finnish Schools
Quelle	In: Language and Education, 37 (2023) 4, S.460-482 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Repo, Elisa)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0950-0782
DOI	10.1080/09500782.2022.2116985
Schlagwörter	Metalinguistics; Multilingualism; Sociocultural Patterns; Scaffolding (Teaching Technique); Foreign Countries; Educational Change; Second Language Learning; Native Language; Secondary School Students; Educational Experience; Teaching Methods; Academic Language; Curriculum Development; Student Characteristics; Finno Ugric Languages; Second Language Instruction; Student Attitudes; Student Surveys; Institutional Characteristics; Language Usage; Language Attitudes; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Metalanguage; Metasprache; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Ausland; Bildungsreform; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sekundarschüler; Bildungserfahrung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Academic; Language; Languages; Akademiker; Sprache; Wissenschaftssprache; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Schülerverhalten; Schülerbefragung; Sprachgebrauch; Sprachverhalten; Finnland
Abstract	Curricular reform requires Finnish schools to be language aware and promote instruction that builds on students' linguistic resources. However, knowledge about students' experiences related thereto remains scarce. To create understanding about linguistic integration in increasingly multilingual schools, this study quantitatively explores the relationship between lower secondary school students' (aged 13-16, N = 409) experiences and their linguistic backgrounds from three perspectives: (i) pedagogical practices, (ii) first language(s), and (iii) participating in academic-language situations. Theoretically, the study follows a sociocultural understanding of operationalising scaffolding within a learner's zone of proximal development, valuing multilingualism as a resource, and identifying the demands of academic language. The data were collected at two multilingual schools via a survey. The findings reveal questions about the implementation of the language-aware curriculum requirement in schools. The experiences of students with diverse linguistic backgrounds differ, and thus, multilingual schools should pay specific attention to translating language awareness into pedagogical practices. The results further suggest that if activating learners via co-constructing, negotiating, and reformulating knowledge is helpful for emergent learners of Finnish, finding novel strategies to transform language and pedagogical understandings for sociocultural applications could help students overcome linguistic boundaries. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01