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Seeing English through signing eyes : Finnish sign language user's views on learning English (2009)

Kelly, R. (2009). Seeing English through signing eyes : Finnish sign language user's views on learning English. In J. Kalliokoski, T. Nikko, S. Pyhäniemi, & S. Shore (Eds.), Puheen ja kirjoituksen moninaisuus = Variationsrikedom i tal och skrift = The diversity of speech and writing (pp. 81-96). Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistys ry. Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistyksen julkaisuja, 67. https://journal.fi/afinlavk/article/view/60008

JYU authors or editors

Publication details

All authors or editors: Kelly, Riitta

Parent publication: Puheen ja kirjoituksen moninaisuus = Variationsrikedom i tal och skrift = The diversity of speech and writing

Parent publication editors: Kalliokoski, Jyrki; Nikko, Tuija; Pyhäniemi, Saija; Shore, Susanna

ISBN: 978-951-9388-55-7

Journal or series: Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistyksen julkaisuja

ISSN: 0781-0318

Publication year: 2009

Number in series: 67

Pages range: 81-96

Number of pages in the book: 227

Publisher: Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistys ry

Place of Publication: Jyväskylä

Publication country: Finland

Publication language: Finnish

Persistent website address: https://journal.fi/afinlavk/article/view/60008

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Delayed open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/85918

Abstract

This article discusses learner beliefs of Finnish Sign Language users as learners of English. For Finnish Sign Language users, the language learning situation is a complex one: Finnish Sign Language is a visual language but English has to be learned mostly in a written modality and with the help of Finnish. This qualitative study focuses on Finnish university students' beliefs about themselves as learners of English. The beliefs are elicited from the students' self-portraits as learners and their mind maps about the most important factors in learning English. The self-portraits provide four different points of view on learning English. The findings are compared with the results of a previous study concerning Finnish students' learner beliefs.

Keywords: language learning; English language; sign language users; Finnish Sign Language; learning experiences; conceptions of learning

Contributing organizations

Ministry reporting: Yes