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Redesigning the Curriculum to Develop Multilingual Academic Literacies : An Analysis of Language Conceptualizations (2020)
Jalkanen, J., & Nikula, T. (2020). Redesigning the Curriculum to Develop Multilingual Academic Literacies : An Analysis of Language Conceptualizations. In M. Kuteeva, K. Kaufhold, & N. Hynninen (Eds.), Language Perceptions and Practices in Multilingual Universities (pp. 113-135). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38755-6_5
JYU authors or editors
Publication details
All authors or editors: Jalkanen, Juha; Nikula, Tarja
Parent publication: Language Perceptions and Practices in Multilingual Universities
Parent publication editors: Kuteeva, Maria; Kaufhold, Kathrin; Hynninen, Niina
ISBN: 978-3-030-38754-9
eISBN: 978-3-030-38755-6
Publication year: 2020
Pages range: 113-135
Number of pages in the book: 400
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication: Cham
Publication country: Switzerland
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38755-6_5
Publication open access: Not open
Publication channel open access: Channel is not openly available
Abstract
Teaching and learning languages for academic purposes have for a long time had an important role in Finnish Higher Education. In this chapter, we analyse the curriculum for multilingual and disciplinary language and communication studies developed at the University of Jyväskylä, which can be seen as one initiative to rethink the ways of organizing the development of language and communication skills at the university level. We are especially interested in how the curriculum is discursively constructed and what kinds of conceptions of language are built into the description of learning outcomes in the curriculum across different disciplines. Our results indicate that multilingual approach is manifested in the curriculum in a multi-layered fashion, echoing multiple voices and ideologies.
Keywords: language teaching; language learning; multilingualism; science communication; curricula; institutions of higher education; higher education policy
Contributing organizations
Ministry reporting: Yes
Reporting Year: 2020
JUFO rating: 3
