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.
- Deutschunterricht mit Rammstein. Reflexionen und Erfahrungen aus der Unterrichtspraxis (2022)
- Mémoires de la Société Néophilologique
(Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)) - Eettisen kieltenopetuksen jäljillä : Tempus, Magazine of the Federation of Foreign Language Teachers in Finland (2022)
- Tempus
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - FI-DACH-Landeskunde in finnischen Deutschlehrwerken: eine Zeitreise (2022)
- Mémoires de la Société Néophilologique
(Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)) - Finnish University Students’ Views of the Strengths of Foreign Language Courses (2022)
- Journal of Language Teaching and Research
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Intercultural diversity in Finland’s German textbooks (2022)
- Artificially Correct
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - Kestävä kehitys kieltenopetuksessa: kieliaineiden opettajaopiskelijoiden käsityksiä kestävyysaiheista kielten oppitunneilla (2022)
- AFinLan vuosikirja
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Kieli, koulutus ja yhteiskunta – helmikuu 2022: Sosiaaliset robotit ja kielenoppiminen (2022) Johansson Marjut, Maijala Minna, Mutta Maarit, Veivo Outi
(Editorship of a professional journal, book or conference proceedings (D6)) - Oppimisympäristöt A1-kielen opetuksen mahdollistajina vuosiluokilla 1–2 (2022)
- AFinLan vuosikirja
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Robotti luokkahuoneen ekosysteemissä – robotit kestävän kehityksen tavoitteiden edistäjinä? (2022)
- Kieli, Koulutus Ja Yhteiskunta
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - Sosiaaliset robotit ja kielenoppiminen (2022)
- Kieli, Koulutus Ja Yhteiskunta
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - Eettisyys ja kestävä kehitys. (2021)
- Tempus
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - Eettisyys ja kestävä kehitys kielten opetuksen ja kielten opettajien koulutuksen tulevaisuuden haasteena (2021)
- Kieli, Koulutus Ja Yhteiskunta
(Article or data-article in scientific journal (B1)) - Eettisyys ja kestävä kehitys suomen opetuksessa (2021)
- Suomenopettajat : Suomi toisena kielenä -opettajat ry:n jäsenlehti
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - Esipuhe: Vauhtia ja virikkeitä varhennettuun (2021) Vauhtia ja virikkeitä varhennettuun kielenopetukseen Opas varhentaville opettajille Hurme Henrik, Maijala Minna
(Article in a professional research book (D2)) - Kestävää kehitystä kielten opetukseen – mitä ja miten? (2021)
- Turun yliopiston blogi
(Popularised article or blog post (E1)) - Kestävän kehityksen käytänteitä saksan opetuksessa – etämatkailua ja ekologista arkea saksankielisissä maissa (2021)
- Aue-säätiön julkaisuja
(Popularised article or blog post (E1)) - Kielellisen ja kulttuurisen moninaisuuden huomioiminen varhennetussa kielenoppimisessa (2021) Vauhtia ja virikkeitä varhennettuun kielenopetukseen: Opas varhentaville opettajille Maijala Minna, Mutta Maarit
(Article in a professional research book (D2)) - Kohti eettisesti kestävää kielten opetusta (2021)
- Hiiskuttua: Turun yliopiston humanistisen tiedekunnan verkkolehti
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - Multimodal postcards to future selves: exploring pre-service language teachersâ process of transformative learning during one-year teacher education programme (2021)
- Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - The role of the teacher in heritage language maintenance courses in Finland (2021)
- Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))