Voices of pedagogical development - Expanding, enhancing and exploring higher education language learning Edited by Juha Jalkanen, Elina Jokinen and Peppi Taalas Published by Research-publishing.net, not-for-profit association Dublin, Ireland; Voillans, France, [email protected] © 2015 by Research-publishing.net (collective work) Each author retains their own copyright Voices of pedagogical development - Expanding, enhancing and exploring higher education language learning Edited by Juha Jalkanen, Elina Jokinen, & Peppi Taalas Rights: All articles in this collection are published under the Attribution-NonCommercial -NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Under this licence, the contents are freely available online (as PDF files) for anybody to read, download, copy, and redistribute provided that the author(s), editorial team, and publisher are properly cited. Commercial use and derivative works are, however, not permitted. 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ISBN13: 978-1-908416-26-1 (Ebook, PDF, colour) ISBN13: 978-1-908416-27-8 (Ebook, EPUB, colour) Legal deposit, Ireland: The National Library of Ireland, The Library of Trinity College, The Library of the University of Limerick, The Library of Dublin City University, The Library of NUI Cork, The Library of NUI Maynooth, The Library of University College Dublin, The Library of NUI Galway. Legal deposit, United Kingdom: The British Library. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data. A cataloguing record for this book is available from the British Library. Legal deposit, France: Bibliothèque Nationale de France - Dépôt légal: septembre 2015. Table of contents v Notes on contributors 1 Voices of pedagogical development: an introduction Juha Jalkanen, Elina Jokinen and Peppi Taalas Section 1. Expanding perspectives 13 Teaching process writing in an online environment Fergal Carolan and Anna Kyppö 31 Teaching networking: an interpersonal communication competence perspective Lotta Kokkonen and Merja Almonkari 57 Virtual Slovak: insight into learning Slovak in an e-learning environment Anna Kyppö 85 Developing a conceptual framework: the case of MAGICC Teija Natri and Anne Räsänen Section 2. Enhancing practices 105 Feedback on individual academic presentations: exploring Finnish university students’ experiences and preferences Adrienn Károly 131 Sharing and promoting disciplinary competences for university teaching in English: voices from the University of Jyväskylä language centre’s TACE programme Kirsi Westerholm and Anne Räsänen 159 Enabling the full participation of university students with disabilities: seeking best practices for a barrier-free language centre Margaret Trotta Tuomi and Camilla Jauhojärvi-Koskelo iii Table of contents 171 Doing what we teach: promoting digital literacies for professional development through personal learning environments and participation Ilona Laakkonen 197 Learner agency within the design of an EAP course Riina Seppälä Section 3. Exploring perceptions 225 Learning paths on elementary university courses in Finnish as a second language Johanna Eloranta and Juha Jalkanen 241 From canon to chaos management: blogging as a learning tool in a modern Finnish literature course Elina Jokinen and Heidi Vaarala 279 Grammar is the heart of language: grammar and its role in language learning among Finnish university students Pekka Saaristo 319 Use your languages! From monolingual to multilingual interaction in a language class Anna Kyppö, Teija Natri, Margarita Pietarinen and Pekka Saaristo 337 Students’ choice of language and initial motivation for studying Japanese at the University of Jyväskylä Language Centre Pauliina Takala 359 Name Index iv Notes on contributors Editors Juha Jalkanen, MA, is a lecturer and a pedagogical developer at the Language Centre. His research focuses on pedagogical development and language and literacy practices in technology-rich environments. His interest in pedagogical development lies in understanding the complexities of expertise, learning and technology in multilingual and multicultural contexts of higher education. Elina Jokinen, PhD, is a lecturer at the Language Centre. She has a special interest in writing as an academic profession and the creative process for art and research. She also has extensive work experience in the world of literature and publishing houses. Her current work involves developing pedagogy for writing in an academic context and coaching and mentoring writers struggling with their first academic essays as well as those more experienced writers who publish their research results for wider audiences and through different media. Peppi Taalas, PhD, adjunct professor, is the director of the Language Centre. Her current research interests are educational and organisational change processes on both policy and practical levels, including change in learning and teaching cultures, staff development and teacher roles, and attitudes in technology-enhanced language learning settings. She has been involved in many national and international research and development projects on the knowledge society, teaching innovation and the future of education. She is currently vice- president of Eurocall. Contributors Merja Almonkari, PhD, is a senior lecturer at the Language Centre. She has expertise in the study of political communication, communication skills and emotions as well as in the pedagogical development of speech communication courses for academic purposes. She has published articles and edited books on v Notes on contributors political communication, academic speech communication, communication apprehension and social anxiety. Fergal Carolan, MA, is currently a lecturer of English at the Language Centre. He primarily teaches academic reading, academic communication skills and academic writing at both the basic and intermediate levels. His interest in pedagogical development lies in understanding the uses and limitations of ICT, such as online learning platforms, in the academic writing process. Johanna Eloranta, MA, is a lecturer at the Language Centre. Her research focuses on internationalisation and integration, especially in the contexts of higher education and second language learning. Her interest in pedagogical development lies in learning and teaching Finnish as a second language in an academic setting. She is also involved in national and international collaboration related to second language pedagogy. Camilla Jauhojärvi-Koskelo, MA, is a lecturer in Swedish at the Language Centre. Her research focuses on motivation and attitudes towards studying Swedish among university students. She has also been involved in developing a barrier-free Language Centre. Adrienn Károly, PhD, is a lecturer at the Language Centre. She has 15 years of teaching experience in higher education (in Hungary and Finland). Currently, she teaches English for Academic/Specific Purposes and research communication courses at all levels. Her main research interests lie in the intersection of foreign language learning and teaching, translation studies, language policy, multilingualism, intercultural communication and education. Her current research focuses on improving instructional (particularly feedback) practices in higher education. Lotta Kokkonen, PhD, is a lecturer at the Language Centre. Her research focuses on interpersonal communication relationships and social networks. Her interest in pedagogical development lies in understanding the communication challenges and opportunities that global, multicultural and multilingual vi Notes on contributors working life presents to future professionals. She is also involved in university- level development projects aimed at enhancing students’ internationalisation competences. Anna Kyppö, PhD, is a lecturer of Slovak and English at the Language Centre. Her research focus is on the development of new language learning and teaching environments and on the impact of technology on learning the less commonly taught languages (LCTL). In addition to the development of Slovak studies in the context