Awareness of second language inflectional morphology: A case study on Finnish as a second language

Suni, Minna

doi:10.1556/aling.54.2007.2.6

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“…Finnish is an agglutinative language with an extensive inflectional morphology, which means that the endings and suffixes of words are significant in meaningmaking and understanding (Suni 2007(Suni : 221, 2008. Kifibin mentions two different cases (the elative and the allative case) as targets of learning.…”

Section: Interaction With Significant Others At the Workplacementioning

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Affordances and constraints: Second language learning in cleaning work

Strömmer

2016

Multilingua

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This paper examines opportunities for language learning in a cleaning job, which is a typical entry-level job for immigrants. An ethnographic case study approach is taken to investigate examples of the conditions that allow or prevent language learning for the focal participant, a sub-Saharan man who works as a cleaner in Finland. This case illustrates on a micro-scale the impact of the new economy on a worker in a company that has outsourced its cleaning services. Theoretically and methodologically, the study applies van Lier's (2004) ecological approach to language learning and Scollon and Scollon's (2004) nexus analysis. The analysis of interaction order shows that within outsourced cleaning services, the cleaner is isolated from the work community around him and communication between him and clients is relayed through intermediaries. Consequently, only occasional opportunities arise for interaction in L2 in the workplace. Examples of work situations that offer affordances for linguistic action are analysed in depth to find out how work-related language learning could be supported. However, the pedagogical value of such affordances might be rather low, and hence, as it often offers very limited opportunities for developing second language skills, cleaning may be a dead-end job.

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Affordances and constraints: Second language learning in cleaning work

Strömmer

2016

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“…Also object marking was analyzed, and there was a preference for marking de niteness over inde niteness. Suni (2007; has analyzed how Vietnamese learners of Finnish start to process receptively the in ectional morphology of Finnish in interaction. eir growing awareness of in ection is clearly re ected in their repetition practices, and the key nding is that receptive segmenting of in ectional morphology is a prerequisite for the productive use of it, when the rst language of the learner is an isolating one.…”

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The impact of Finno-Ugric languages in second language research: Looking back and setting goals

Suni

2012

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This state of the art review aims at discussing the potential relevance of Finno-Ugric languages in the larger context of second language research. Key results received in the studies conducted in the field of Finno-Ugric languages as second languages are introduced, and some interim conclusions based on them are made. The main areas in focus are cross-linguistic influence, forms and constructions, second language interaction, and motivation, identities and integration. Furthermore, some future lines of investigation are suggested for the researchers of the field. The research activities are recommended to get more closely bound to the internationally established or emerging paradigms, and research activities involving several Finno-Ugric languages are strongly encouraged. To promote international co-operation, some existing gaps or obvious needs for research are pointed out, and preliminary research initiatives are made. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5128/LV22.1

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“…Certainly more research is needed to understand how students in FLH provide and receive input and feedback from their peers, what kinds of error correction and help they give to each other, and what type of comprehensible input is given. FLH may provide both the benefits of interacting with an NS (Suni, 2007) and with NNSs (Varonis & Gass, 1985) and demonstrates that conversing with NNSs provides adequate input and interaction to help students of different types of L2s and proficiency levels to improve their language skills.…”

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The Benefits of Living in Foreign Language Housing: The Effect of Language Use and Second-Language Type on Oral Proficiency Gains

Martinsen

Baker

Bown

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The Modern Language Journal

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Many colleges and universities in North America employ foreign language housing (FLH) as a means of exposing students to a second language (L2). However, little research examines the effectiveness of these houses on L2 use and gains. The purpose of this study was to examine whether L2 learners living in FLH use the L2 more and whether they make greater language gains than classroom-only learners. This study also evaluated what kinds of tasks predict greater gains and whether such gains are related to the L2 studied. FLH learners of French, German, Russian, and Japanese were matched with classroom-only learners based on age, gender, and proficiency. Both groups took a preprogram and postprogram oral proficiency interview (OPI) and reported their L2 use. Results revealed that FLH students used the L2 more and made greater language gains than classroom-only learners, although differences across the 2 groups were related to the L2 they were studying. In addition, results revealed that using the L2 in particular tasks predicted greater language gains. Such findings suggest that FLH, as portrayed in the current study, with students grouped by language and 1 native speaker per apartment, provides an environment in which students can improve L2 oral proficiency.IN THE MID-1990S, SEVERAL SCHOLARS IN second language acquisition (SLA) called for a more "context-sensitive" . Since then, a number of studies have answered that call. In addition to the growing number of qualitative studies, quantitative studies have

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Awareness of second language inflectional morphology: A case study on Finnish as a second language

Cited by 4 publications

References 13 publications

Affordances and constraints: Second language learning in cleaning work

Affordances and constraints: Second language learning in cleaning work

The impact of Finno-Ugric languages in second language research: Looking back and setting goals

The Benefits of Living in Foreign Language Housing: The Effect of Language Use and Second-Language Type on Oral Proficiency Gains

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