Marjut Johansson
Professori, ranskan kieli/Professor, French marjut.johansson@utu.fi +358 29 450 3318 +358 50 328 9207 Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku : 315 |
interactional (socio)linguistics, sociocultural linguistics, discourse analysis, interaction with social robots, digital discourse, computer-mediated communication, political media discourse, language use in professional and expert contexts, multilingualism and language practices, language learning and language expertise
I work as Professor of the French Studies, my expertise is in applied language studies.
I have served as the Head of the School of Languages and Translation Studies during 2017-2024.
Previously I have worked as a university teacher and as a lecturer at the Universities of Tampere and Turku, as a visiting scholar at the Université de Provence, France (1997) and as a senior scientist at the Academy of Finland (2009-2010).
I have completed MA studies at the Université de Provence and at the University of Turku where I also defended my PhD thesis (2000).
My recent research interests cover three major topics:
1) Interaction based on artificial intelligence, espcially human-robot interaction. The main topic here is human-robot interaction in foreign language situations. Read more on the site of RoboLang -research team: https://sites.utu.fi/robolang/
2) Sociopolitical media discourse. I have worked on a variety of topics in socio-political media discourse, including work that examines transformations of online news discourse, social media discussions, and multimodal digital texts. I have co-edited several volumes and special issues pertaining to these topics: Analyzing Digital Discourses (Johansson, Tanskanen, Chovanec, 2021),Special issue on Mediatizing emotion: Networked Practices of Stance-taking in Reactions to Global Events and Crises ( Giaxoglou and Johansson, 2020).
3) Language use in professional and expert contexts, multilingualism, language practicies and policies. At present, I work on the research topic of Finnish foreign language education policies, French among other languages.
Teaching: courses on discourse and interaction studies as well courses on sociolinguistics,especially on topics related to the French-speaking world, multilingualism and language policies.
Supervision: Supervision of MA and doctoral theses. I am interested in supervising projects whose theoretical and methodological approaches are related to any of topics described above.
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- Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) (2025) The Language of Digital Education. An Expanded Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts Johansson, Marjut
- Less or more widely studied languages – How has language specialist education in Finland changed in twenty years? (2025) Linguistic and Intercultural Landscapes in the European Higher Education Veivo, Outi; Norro Soili; Johansson, Marjut
- VIERAIDEN KIELTEN OPISKELUN JA OSAAMISEN TULEVAISUUS SUOMESSA. Visioraportti (2025) Kolehmainen, Leena; Johansson, Marjut; Lähteenmäki, Mika; Vilkuna, Outi; Koistinen, Satu
- Kielitaito on osa kansallista huoltovarmuutta — Suomi tarvitsee jatkossakin useiden vieraiden kielten osaajia (2024)
- Turun Sanomat
- Kielten opetuksen noidankehästä kestävään kielikoulutuspolitiikkaan (2024)
- Hiiskuttua: Turun yliopiston humanistisen tiedekunnan verkkolehti
- Kielten osaajien vähentyminen on uhka tiedon huoltovarmuudelle (2024) Lähteenmäki Mika, Kolehmainen Leena, Johansson Marjut
- ‘Am I saying it wrong?’ Progressivity-related troubles and instructional opportunities in child-robot L2 interaction (2023)
- Prologi : viestinnän ja vuorovaikutuksen tieteellinen aikakauslehti
- Kielten opiskelu vähentyy – miksi? (2023)
- Turun Sanomat
- Playing with Pronunciation (2023)
- Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy
- Advice-Giving between Young Learners in Robot-Assisted Language Learning (2022) Proceedings of the Conference : Human Perspectives on Spoken Human-Machine Interaction Honkalammi Hilla-Marja, Veivo Outi, Johansson Marjut
- A Friend or a Machine? A Study on the Child–Robot Relationship in a Foreign Language Class of Young Learners (2022)
- Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
- Kieli, koulutus ja yhteiskunta – helmikuu 2022: Sosiaaliset robotit ja kielenoppiminen (2022) Johansson Marjut, Maijala Minna, Mutta Maarit, Veivo Outi
- Sosiaaliset robotit ja kielenoppiminen (2022)
- Kieli, Koulutus Ja Yhteiskunta
- Vuorovaikutus ja kielenoppiminen sosiaalisen robotin kanssa (2022)
- Kieli, Koulutus Ja Yhteiskunta
- Analyzing Digital Discourses. Between Convergence and Controversy (2021) Johansson Marjut, Tanskanen Sanna-Kaisa, Chovanec Jan
- Practices of Convergence and Controversy in Digital Discourses (2021) Analyzing Digital Discourses. Between Convergence and Controversy Johansson Marjut, Tanskanen Sanna-Kaisa, Chovanec Jan
- Talking with a chatbot: Simulated understanding of human-chatbot communication? (2021) Analyzing Digital Discourses. Between Convergence and Controversy Johansson Marjut
- Affectivity in the #jesuisCharlie Twitter discussion (2020)
- Pragmatics
- Introduction: Networked practices of emotion and stancetaking in reactions to mediatized events and crises (2020)
- Pragmatics
- Kielipolitiikasta kielikoulutuspolitiikkaan: historia, tulevaisuus, ideologia (2020)
- Kasvatus : Suomen kasvatustieteellinen aikakauskirja
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