Antti Suomela
MA
antti.suomela@utu.fi ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8095-4079 |
basic education for adults;EFL
I am a doctoral researcher, and I also work in the KISUVI project as a project researcher. Additionally, I am an English and special education teacher and have worked in the field for over a decade.
My PHD is focused on adult immigrants' English studies in Finnish basic education for adults.
Presentations
Identity, ideology, and investment – multilingual adult learners discuss their L2-mediated EFL studies (2023, Finnish Association of Applied Linguistics symposium)
”An unrealistic ‘mission impossible’” – (foreign) language studies in basic education for adults according to school heads (2022, Research Day at University of Turku)
Nationwide survey: implementation of foreign language studies in adult basic education and principals' views on how to develop the language studies (2021, Finnish Association of Applied Linguistics symposium)
- English teachers: from accomplices in linguistic erosion to agents of change (2024)
- Hiiskuttua: Turun yliopiston humanistisen tiedekunnan verkkolehti
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - Rehtorit kielikoulutuspoliittisina toimijoina – miten kieltenopetus koetaan ja mihin päätöksenteko pohjautuu? (2024)
- Kieli, Koulutus Ja Yhteiskunta
(Article or data-article in scientific journal (B1)) - Low-qualified immigrants are studying English at a frantic pace (Matalasti koulutetut maahanmuuttajat opiskelevat englantia turbovauhdilla) (2022)
- Elävää tiedettä
(Popularised article or blog post (E1))