Minna Maijala
FT, KT
minmai@utu.fi +358 29 450 3350 +358 50 428 5604 Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku Office: A308/95 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3532-9813 |
Teaching and learning German as a foreign language; culture/grammar teaching and learning in foreign language education; research of textbooks and other teaching materials; pre-service language teacher cognition; sustainability in language teaching and learning
Current position: Professor in Language Teaching and Learning, School of Languages and Translation Studies. Head of the German Department.
Previous professional experience:
Deputy Vice Dean (study and international affairs) of the Faculty of Humanities, January 2022–June 2022
Associate Professor in Language Teaching and Learning, School of Languages and Translation Studies, August 2019–March 2022
University Lecturer in German, School of Languages and Translation Studies (SLT), Faculty of Humanities, University of Turku, August 2018–July 2019
University lecturer in German, Language Centre, University of Turku, August 2004 to July 2018 (on leave of absence August 2013 to July 2016, part time January 2018 to July 2018)
Pedagogical university lecturer (part time), Language Centre, University of Turku, January 2018 to July 2018
University lecturer in foreign language education, Department of Teacher Education, University of Turku, August 2013 to July 2016
Title of Docent in Foreign Language Education, Department of Teacher Education, University of Turku, December 2011
Since 2021, I have been a member of the executive committee (utuCYL) of the strategic research and education profile of 'Children, young people and learning' (https://www.utu.fi/en/research/thematic-collaborations-in-research/children-young-people-and-learning).
My main research fields are teaching and learning foreign languages, cultural aspects in foreign language teaching and learning, intercultural learning and research on textbooks and other teaching materials. In recent years, the scope of my research has been extended through research on various aspects of pre-service language teacher cognition. A new line of my research related to sustainability issues in language teaching emerged through the ongoing project ‘Ethical and sustainable language teaching’ (EKKO, 2021–2024) funded by the Kone Foundation (https://sites.utu.fi/ekko/). I am also responsible leader of the research project 'From Forest Words into Forest Action' (Kone Foundation, 2024-2027). Further, the collaboration in the RoboLang-research group (PI Marjut Johansson, ks. https://sites.utu.fi/robolang/) has led me to the research of robot-assisted language learning.
Moreover, I am the vice head of the steering group of the Centre for Language Learning Research Leala (SLTS), University of Turku (2019–2022, see https://sites.utu.fi/kielen-oppimisen-tutkimuskeskus/en/) and member of the executive committee of the strategic research and education profile ‘Children, young people and learning’ of the University of Turku (2021–2023).
Further, I am a member of the editorial committee of the journal Informationen Deutsch als Fremdsprache (Info DaF).
Teaching German for BA/MA-students, research in the field of teaching and learning German as a foreign language, responsible for MA-studies for pre-service language teachers (especially pre-service teachers of German) Courses 2018–2019: BA/MA Theses, German Speaking Countries: History, Society, Culture; Written exercises in German, Workshop: Teaching German as a foreign language
Supervisor of doctoral students in the doctoral programme Utuling in SLTS.
- EKKO-hanke: kestävästi kohti pedagogisia ratkaisuja (2024)
- Hiiskuttua: Turun yliopiston humanistisen tiedekunnan verkkolehti
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - University language students’ evaluations of ecological, social, cultural and economic sustainability and their importance in language teaching (2024)
- International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - ‘Am I saying it wrong?’ Progressivity-related troubles and instructional opportunities in child-robot L2 interaction (2023)
- Prologi : viestinnän ja vuorovaikutuksen tieteellinen aikakauslehti
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Conceptualising transformative language teaching for sustainability and why it is needed (2023)
- Environmental Education Research
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Diskursive Landeskunde als Peer-Peer-Interaktion zwischen L1- und L3-Sprecher:innen im universitären DaF-Unterricht (2023)
- German as a Foreign Language
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - ESIPUHE: Kieliä ikä kaikki: jatkuvaa kieltenoppimista kestävään tulevaisuuteen (2023) Kieliä ikä kaikki: jatkuvaa kieltenoppimista kestävään tulevaisuuteen Kim Tytti, Maijala Minna, Mäntylä Katja, Mäkinen Susanna
(Article in a professional research book (D2)) - Kestävä kehitys yliopistojen kieltenopetuksessa (2023)
- Yliopistopedagogiikka
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Kestävän kehityksen periaatteet kielenoppimisen arvioinnissa (2023)
- AFinLA-teema
(Refereed article in compilation book (A3)) - Kestävyyskasvatuksen mahdollisuudet kieltenopetuksessa (2023) Kieliä ikä kaikki: jatkuvaa kieltenoppimista kestävään tulevaisuuteen Kuusalu Salla-Riikka, Maijala Minna
(Article in a professional research book (D2)) - Kielenoppiminen ja ikä (2023) Kieliä ikä kaikki: jatkuvaa kieltenoppimista kestävään tulevaisuuteen Maijala Minna, Mäntylä Katja
(Article in a professional research book (D2)) - Kieliä ikä kaikki: jatkuvaa kieltenoppimista kestävään tulevaisuuteen (2023) Kim Tytti, Maijala Minna, Mäntylä Katja, Mäkinen Susanna
(Editorship of a professional journal, book or conference proceedings (D6)) - Kieltenopettajien kokemuksia vuoden 2020 etäopetuksen aikana (2023) Kieliä ikä kaikki: jatkuvaa kieltenoppimista kestävään tulevaisuuteen Kim Tytti, Maijala Minna, Pelto Annika
(Article in a professional research book (D2)) - Lernen, Lesen und Lehrwerke - Betrachtungen zu Deutsch als Fremdsprache aus finnischer Perspektive (2023) Lesedidaktik Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Aktuelle Entwicklungen und Ansätze Minna Maijala, Mareen Patzelt
(Refereed article in compilation book (A3)) - Monipuolisia kieli- ja kulttuuritaitoja tarvitaan kestävän kehityksen periaatteiden edistämisessä (2023)
- Leala-tutkimuskeskuksen blogi
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - Percepciones del profesorado finés acerca de la enseñanza de la lengua de herencia (2023) El español como lengua de herencia: retos educativos y perspectivas internacionales Ansó Ros Judith, Maijala Minna
(Refereed article in compilation book (A3)) - Pre-service language teachers’ perceptions of sustainability and its implementation in language teaching (2023)
- Language Teaching Research
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Teachers’ Role in Robot-assisted Language Learning: the Impact on the Classroom Ecology (2023)
- EUROCALL Newsletter : The EuroCALL Review
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Vieraiden kielten aineenopettajaopiskelijoiden sähköposteja tulevaisuudesta: tarkastelussa teknologiset oppimisympäristöt (2023)
- Ainedidaktiikka
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - DACH-bezogene Übungen in DaF/DaZ-Lehrwerken für die Primarstufe (2022)
- Zielsprache Deutsch
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Das mehrsprachige Bedeutungspotenzial finnischer Lernender: Die Verwendung der Konnektoren in L3-Deutsch und -Schwedisch (2022)
- Finnish journal of linguistics
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))