A4 Article in conference proceedings
Toisella ja vieraalla kielellä lukemisen diagnosointi : DIALUKI-hankkeen teoreettisia ja käytännöllisiä lähtökohtia (2011)

Nieminen, L., Huhta, A., Ullakonoja, R., & Alderson, C. (2011). Toisella ja vieraalla kielellä lukemisen diagnosointi : DIALUKI-hankkeen teoreettisia ja käytännöllisiä lähtökohtia. In E. Lehtinen, S. Aaltonen, M. Koskela, E. Nevasaari, & M. Skog-Södersved (Eds.), Kielenkäyttö verkossa ja verkostoissa (pp. 102-115). Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistys AFinLA ry. AFinLA-e Soveltavan kielitieteen tutkimuksia, 3. https://journal.fi/afinla/article/view/4470

JYU authors or editors

Publication details

All authors or editors: Nieminen, Lea; Huhta, Ari; Ullakonoja, Riikka; Alderson, Charles

Parent publication: Kielenkäyttö verkossa ja verkostoissa

Parent publication editors: Lehtinen, Esa; Aaltonen, Sirkku; Koskela, Merja; Nevasaari, Elina; Skog-Södersved, Mariann

ISBN: 978-951-9388-57-1

Journal or series: AFinLA-e Soveltavan kielitieteen tutkimuksia

ISSN: 1798-7822

eISSN: 1798-7822

Publication year: 2011

Number in series: 3

Pages range: 102-115

Number of pages in the book: 138

Publisher: Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistys AFinLA ry

Place of Publication: Jyväskylä

Publication country: Finland

Publication language: Finnish

Persistent website address: https://journal.fi/afinla/article/view/4470

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/95294

Additional information: AFinLAn vuosikirja, 0781-030X ; 2011
Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistyksen (AFinLA) julkaisuja, 0781-0318 ; n:o 69

Abstract

The article deals with the diagnosis of reading in a second or foreign language (L2) and the role of diagnostic assessment in language testing and in applied linguistics. We discuss new openings in diagnosing L2 and focus on the new research project DIALUKI – Diagnosing reading and writing in a second or foreign language which is a multi-disciplinary, international 4-year (2010–2013) study into diagnosing reading and writing. It seeks to identify the cognitive, affective and linguistic features which predict a learner’s strengths and weaknesses in those areas. We discuss the theories of reading that inform our attempts to diagnose L1 and L2 reading abilities and describe in some detail how comprehension and different cognitive processes related to reading have been operationalised in the first sub-study of DIALUKI, in which almost 900 learners of English as FL and Finnish as L2, aged 10–18, are studied cross-sectionally in Finland.

Keywords: foreign languages; second language; language learning; literacy; evaluation; learning difficulties

Free keywords: diagnostic assessment; reading in L2

Contributing organizations

Ministry reporting: Yes

VIRTA submission year: 2011

Preliminary JUFO rating: Not rated