English as a Third Language in Bilingual Finland: Basic Communication or Academic Language?

Trilingualism in Family, School and Community

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 219-238

  Holm, Kaj Sjö ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845655801     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

References (44)

1. Act no. 261/1991 Laki persukoulun muutoksesta [Supplement to Act of the Comprehensive School].
2. Act no. 262/1991 Laki lukiolain muutoksesta [Supplement to Act of the Upper 1111 Secondary School].
3. Björklund, S. and Suni, I. (2000) The role of English as L3 in Swedish immersion programmes in Finland: Impacts on language teaching and language relations. In J. Cenoz and U. Jessner (eds) English in Europe: The Acquisition of a Third Language (pp. 198-221). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
4. Channell, J. (1994) Vague Language. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
5. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (2001) Learning, Teaching, Assessment. Council of Europe: Cambridge University Press.
6. Cornell, A. (1985) Realistic goals in teaching and learning phrasal verbs. IRAL 22(4), 269-80.
7. Corson, D. (1993) Language, Minority Education and Gender: Linking Social Justice and Power. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
8. Corson, D. (1995) Using English Words. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
9. Corson, D. (1997) The learning and use of academic English words. Language Learning 47, 671-718.
10. Crystal, D. and Davy, D. (1975) Advanced Conversational English. London: Longman.
11. Cummins, J. (1979) Cognitive/academic language proficiency, linguistic inter-dependence, the optimum age question and some other matters. Working Papers on Bilingualism 19, 121-9.
12. Cummins, J. (2000) Putting language proficiency in its place. In J. Cenoz and U. Jessner (eds) English in Europe: The Acquisition of a Third Language (pp. 54-83). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
13. De Cock, S., Granger, S., Leech, G. and McEnery, T. (1998) An automated approach to the phrasicon of EFL learners. In S. Granger (ed.) Learner English on Computer (pp. 67-79). London: Longman.
14. Forsman, L. (2000) Effects of media input on incidental learning of English and on linguistic attitudes among Finland-Swedish high-school students. In K. Sjöholm and A. Østern (eds) Perspectives on Language and Communication in Multilingual Education (pp. 167-81). Reports from the Faculty of Education 6. Vaasa: Åbo Akademi University.
15. Gibbons, P. (1991) Learning to Learn in a Second Language. Newtown, Australia: Primary English Teaching Association.
16. Granger, S. (ed.) (1998) Learner English on Computer. London: Longman.
17. Hasselgren, A. (1994) Lexical teddy bears and advanced learners: A study into the ways Norwegian students cope with English vocabulary. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 4, 237-58.
18. Hoffmann, C. (2000) The spread of English and the growth of multilingualism with English in Europe. In J. Cenoz and U. Jessner (eds) English in Europe: The Acquisition of a Third Language (pp. 1-21). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
19. Hulstijn, J., Hollander, M. and Greidanus, T. (1996) Incidental vocabulary learning by advanced foreign language students: The influence of marginal glosses, dictionary use, and reoccurrence of unknown words. The Modern Language Journal 80, 327-39.
20. Hulstijn, J. and Marchena, E. (1989) Avoidance: Grammatical or semantic causes? Studies in Second Language Acquisition 11, 241-55.
21. Jungner, S. (1999) The International Baccalaureate section at Vasa övningsskola. In Sjöholm, K. and Björklund, M. (eds) Content and Language Integrated Learning: Teachers’ and Teacher Educators’ Experiences of English Medium Instruction (pp. 62-9). Publications from the Faculty of Education 4. Vaasa, Finland: Åbo Akademi University.
22. Krashen, S. (1982) Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition. Oxford: Pergamon.
23. Larsen-Freeman, D. (1985) State of the art on input in second language acquisition. In S.M. Gass, and C.G. Madden (eds) Input in Second Language Acquisition (pp. 433-44). Rowley, MA: Newbury House Publishers.
24. Laufer, B. (2000) Avoidance of idioms in a second language: The effects of L1-L2 degree of similarity. Studia Linguistica 54, 186-96.
25. Lightbown, P.M. and Spada, N. (1993) How Languages are Learned. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
26. Lintunen, P. (2001) The relaxed RP and elegant GA: Does your accent reveal your true character? Paper presented at the Inaugural Conference of the Finnish Association for the Study of English (FISSE), Turku/Åbo, Finland, 28-30 September.
27. Nikula, T. and Marsh, D. (1996) Language and Content Integrated Instruction in theFinnish Primary and Secondary Sectors: A National Survey. Jyväskylä, Finland: University of Jyväskylä, Continuing Education Centre.
28. Pietilä, P. (2001) Speaking skills in a foreign language: Reflections on the teaching of conversational skills. In M. Gill, A. Johnson, L.M. Koski, R. Sell and B. Wårvik (eds) Language, Learning, Literature: Studies Presented to Håkan Ringbom (pp. 101-10). English Department Publications 4. Turku, Finland: Åbo Akademi University.
29. Räsänen, A. (2001) Integrating content and language in FL-medium instruction. In E. Kimonen (ed.) Curriculum Approaches (pp. 197-213). Jyväskylä, Finland: Department of Teacher Education/Institute of Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä.
30. Ringbom, H. (1998) Vocabulary frequencies in advanced learner English: A crosslinguistic approach. In S. Granger (ed.) Learner English on Computer (pp. 41-52). London: Longman.
31. Sharwood Smith, M. and Kellerman, E. (1986) Crosslinguistic influence in second language acquisition: An introduction. In E. Kellerman and M. Sharwood Smith (eds) Crosslinguistic Influence in Second Language Acquisition (pp. 1-9). Oxford: Pergamon Press.
32. Shepherd, J. (2000) Implementation gap: An investigation of the 1994 EL curriculum in Finnish upper-secondary classes using a multiple method perspective approach. Unpublished licentiate thesis, Department of English, University of Vaasa, Finland.
33. Sjöholm, K. (1995) The Influence of Crosslinguistic, Semantic and Input Factors on the Acquisition of English Phrasal Verbs: A Comparison between Finnish and Swedish Learners at an Intermediate and Advanced Level. Åbo, Finland: Åbo Akademi University Press.
34. Sjöholm, K. (1998) A reappraisal of the role of cross-linguistic and environmental factors in lexical L2 acquisition. In K. Haastrup and Å. Viberg (eds) Perspectives on Lexical Acquisition in a Second Language (pp. 209-36). Lund, Sweden: Lund University Press.
35. Sjöholm, K. (2000) Attitudes towards English and two national languages in Finland. In K. Sjöholm and A. Østern (eds) Perspectives on Language and Communication in Multilingual Education (pp. 121-43). Reports from the Faculty of Education 6. Vaasa, Finland: Åbo Akademi University.
36. Sjöholm, K. (2001) Incidental learning of English by Swedish learners in Finland. In M. Gill, A. Johnson, L.M. Koski, R. Sell and B. Wårvik (eds) Language, Learning, Literature: Studies Presented to Håkan Ringbom (pp. 77-89). English Department Publications 4. Turku, Finland: Åbo Akademi University.
37. Suomi Lukuina, Tilastokeskus (2002) On WWWathttp://tilastokeskus.fi/tk/tp/tasku/taskus_vaesto.html.
38. Swedish in Finland (2000) On WWWathttp://www.finland.org/finnswedes.html.
39. Takala, S. (1998) Englannin kielen taidon taso Suomessa - hyvää kehitystä. In S. Takala and K. Sajavvaara (eds) Kielikoulutus Suomessa. Jyväskylä, Finland: Soveltatavan kielitutkimuksen keskus, Jyväskylän Yliopisto.
40. Takala, S. (2000) Some questions and issues on content-based language teaching. In K. Sjöholm and A. Østern (eds) Perspectives on Language and Communication in Multilingual Education (pp. 41-54). Reports from the Faculty of Education 6. Vaasa, Finland: Åbo Akademi University.
41. Tandefelt, M. (1999) Finlandsvenskan i tusen år - del två: Medborgare i republiken Finland. Språkbruk 4, 3-9.
42. Turunen, S.P. (2001) Aspects of attitudes to languages in Finland and Wales. PhD thesis, School of Education, University of Wales, Bangor.
43. Väyrynen, P., Räisänen, A., Geber, E., Koski, L. and Pernu, M.L. (1998) Kieliäkö ammatissa? Ammatillisten oppilaitosten kielten opetuksen nykytila ja kehittämis-tarpeet. Helsinki: Opetushallitus.
44. Vygotsky, L.S. (1962) Thought and Language. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.