Eva Malessa
eva.malessa@utu.fi ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2344-7553 |
Adult education; Adult literacy; Migrant learner population; LESLLA (Literacy Education and Second Language Learning for Adults); Educational linguistics; Educational technology; Serious games; TELL (technology-equipped learning); MALL (mobile-assisted language learning); Usability; Participatory design; Finnish as a second language
Currently researcher in the SustainLANG-project led by Prof. Minna Maijala.
The SustainLang-project is funded by the Research Council of Finland (2024–2028) and focuses on the 'Implementation of sustainable development goals in language teaching and learning'.
https://sites.utu.fi/sustainlang/en/
My main research fields are educational linguistics and technology. Further, I have a strong interdisciplinary research interest in ethics and sustainability.
Lately, I have been contributing to LESLLA, Literacy Education and Second Language Learning for Adults, research, specializing in technology-mediated initial literacy training and teaching of adult migrants with limited/interrupted educational backgrounds and digital literacy support of adult emergent readers of L2 Finnish.
Second and foreign language (English, Finnish, German) teaching experience in Finland and the United Kingdom.
- Providing an Online Space for Interaction and Co-reflection during International Modules for LESLLA Practitioners: How Research(ers) can Serve LESLLA Teachers (2024)
- LESLLA Symposium Proceedings
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication )
