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Kaksikieliset oppilaat suomea ja venäjää kirjoittamassa : minun rakkaus väri - valeasininen ja violetti (2012)

Ullakonoja, R., Nieminen, L., Haapakangas, E.-L., Huhta, A., & Alderson, C. (2012). Kaksikieliset oppilaat suomea ja venäjää kirjoittamassa : minun rakkaus väri - valeasininen ja violetti. In L. Meriläinen, L. Kolehmainen, & T. Nieminen (Eds.), Monikielinen arki (pp. 113-134). Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistys ry. Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistyksen julkaisuja, 70. https://journal.fi/afinlavk/article/view/60034

JYU authors or editors

Publication details

All authors or editors: Ullakonoja, Riikka; Nieminen, Lea; Haapakangas, Eeva-Leena; Huhta, Ari; Alderson, Charles

Parent publication: Monikielinen arki

Parent publication editors: Meriläinen, Lea; Kolehmainen, Leena; Nieminen, Tommi

ISBN: 978-951-9388-58-8

Journal or series: Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistyksen julkaisuja

ISSN: 0781-0318

Publication year: 2012

Number in series: 70

Pages range: 113-134

Number of pages in the book: 134

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/60034

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Delayed open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/86450

Additional information: AFinLAn vuosikirja 2012, ISSN 0781-030X

Abstract

The present study focuses on Russian-Finnish bilingual pupils’ writing performances which were evaluated on the Common European Framework of Reference scale by three raters. The aim is to investigate how the pupils differ in their two languages in writing. In addition to CEFR-ratings we attempt to characterize the pupils’ performances on a more qualitative level as well as to describe their background in order to understand the reasons behind the level of their performances. Especially the pupils performing poorly in both languages are discussed. The results show that growing to become bilingual is complex: in addition to speaking Russian at home, the immigrant pupils should also read and write in Russian in order to become equally fluent in those skills. Also, we suggest that bilingual pupil’s writing performance in both languages should be evaluated at school, in order for teachers to better understand and diagnose the pupil’s problems in learning to read.

Keywords: immigrants; Russians; bilingualism; language learning; mother tongue; Finnish language; Russian language; use of language; language skills; reading; writing; fluency; learning difficulties

Free keywords: heritage language; CEFR

Contributing organizations

Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2012

JUFO rating: 1