Sinikka Lahtinen
 FT (PhD)


sinikka.lahtinen@utu.fi

+358 29 450 3327

+358 50 328 4391

Arcanuminkuja 1

Turku


ORCID identifierhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1319-8699





Areas of expertise
Second/foreign language learning; writing; interlanguage pragmatics

Biography

I work as professor (permanent position) since 2015 (acting, since 2012)  in the department of Scandinavian languages in the School of Languages and Translation Studies at the
University of Turku.

I moved to Turku from the University of Jyväskylä where I worked in different positions and different departments (Department
of Languages, Department
of Teacher Education, Language
Centre). I received my PhD degree in Scandinavian languages in 1999 at the University of Jyväskylä.



Research

My research
interests have focused on learning Swedish as a second/foreign language (L2). My
special interest area is the learning and development of written Swedish, writing process and interlanguage pragmatics.



Teaching

My teaching
responsibilities include the MA-thesis seminar, supervision of MA and doctoral theses. I give courses on SLA both at the BA and MA level, on my own and in cooperation with my colleagues.



Publications


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