A1 Journal article (refereed)
Visuaaliset narratiivit ja valmistuvien aineenopettajien käsitykset vieraiden kielten opettamisesta (2013)

Alanen, R., Kalaja, P., & Dufva, H. (2013). Visuaaliset narratiivit ja valmistuvien aineenopettajien käsitykset vieraiden kielten opettamisesta. AFinLA-e: Soveltavan kielitieteen tutkimuksia, 5, 41-56. https://journal.fi/afinla/article/view/8738

JYU authors or editors

Publication details

All authors or editors: Alanen, Riikka; Kalaja, Paula; Dufva, Hannele

Journal or series: AFinLA-e: Soveltavan kielitieteen tutkimuksia

ISSN: 1798-7822

eISSN: 1798-7822

Publication year: 2013

Volume: 5

Pages range: 41-56

Publisher: Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistys ry

Publication country: Finland

Publication language: Finnish

Persistent website address: https://journal.fi/afinla/article/view/8738

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/94103

Abstract

Applied linguistics has been witnessing a narrative (or an autobiographical) turn. For the past 15 years we have been working with written narratives as a means of looking at subjective experiences of learning or teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL). It is only more recently that we have begun to experiment with narratives in another mode (i.e., with visual ones). In this specific study pre-service teachers (n = 62) who were about to graduate from a five-year MA program were asked to draw a picture of themselves as giving a foreign language class in the not so far future. The study was conducted within a sociocultural framework, and teaching thus viewed as intentional, goal-directed and mediated activity. Based on the narrative and conceptual analysis of the images, some key findings of the study will be reported concerning beliefs about foreign language teaching in relation to such issues as learning environment, artifacts and interaction in a foreign language class.

Keywords: foreign languages; language learning; language teaching; visuality; narrativity

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Ministry reporting: Yes

VIRTA submission year: 2013

JUFO rating: 1