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Mari
Mäkilä
Finnish, Finno-Ugric and Scandinavian languages
PhD
KISUVI

Contact

Arcanuminkuja 1
20500
Turku

Areas of expertise

Language learning
L2 Swedish
L2 English
Spoken learner language
Written learner language

Biography

12.12.2024 –

Postdoctoral Researcher


06.06.2016 – 11.12.2024

PhD Student, Scandinavian languages, University of Turku

08/2016 – 12/2016

funded by Svenska Litteratursällskapet i Finland

01.01.2017 – 01.03.2021

Doctoral Candidate, Utuling, University of Turku

01.06. – 20.08.2021

Project Researcher, Helsekvenser i tre morfologiskt olika inlärarspråk, Scandinavian languages, University of Turku (The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland)

01.04.2022 – 31.03.2023

Project Researcher, Monikielisten kirjoittajien kirjoitusprosessit: sanastokeskittymien ja sujuvuuden visualisointi graafiteorian avulla (KISUVI), School of Languages and Translation Studies, University of Turku (Kone foundation)

01.04.2023 – 31.03.2024

Doctoral Candidate, Utuling, University of Turku (funded by The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland)

01.04.2024 – 11.12.2024

Project Researcher, Monikielisten kirjoittajien kirjoitusprosessit: sanastokeskittymien ja sujuvuuden visualisointi graafiteorian avulla (KISUVI), School of Languages and Translation Studies, University of Turku (Kone foundation)

12.12.2024 – 31.05.2025

Postdoctoral Researcher, Monikielisten kirjoittajien kirjoitusprosessit: sanastokeskittymien ja sujuvuuden visualisointi graafiteorian avulla (KISUVI), School of Languages and Translation Studies, University of Turku (Kone foundation)

Teaching

Spring 2017 Teacher at the project course Analysing spoken learner language

Autumn 2017 Teacher at the project course Organising a scientific symposium

Autumn 2018 Teacher at the course Current research in Scandinavian languages

Autumn 2020 Teacher at the course Current research in Scandinavian languages

Research


In the KISUVI project, I examine fluency in multilingual learners' writing processes.

I am interested in how Finnish-speaking learners of Swedish and English produce complex structures. In my research, I investigate, for instance, the differences between spoken and written production, and learners' individual styles of producing the target language.

Publications

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