Marjut
Johansson
Professor, Digital Language Studies, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Head of the School of Languages and Translation Studies
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Areas of expertise
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
Biography
I work as Professor of the French Studies, my expertise is in applied language studies. Since 2017, I serve as the Head of the School of Languages and Translation Studies, University of Turku.
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).
Teaching
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.
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.
Research
My recent research interests cover three major topics:
1) Interaction based on artificial intelligence, espcially human-robot interaction. The main topic here is child-robot interaction in foreign language learning 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.
Publications
Kielten opetuksen noidankehästä kestävään kielikoulutuspolitiikkaan (2024)
Hiiskuttua: Turun yliopiston humanistisen tiedekunnan verkkolehti
(Artikkeli ammattilehdessä tai kirjoitus ammatillisessa blogissa (D1))
Kielten osaajien vähentyminen on uhka tiedon huoltovarmuudelle (2024)
(Muu (O2))‘Am I saying it wrong?’ Progressivity-related troubles and instructional opportunities in child-robot L2 interaction. (2023)
Prologi : viestinnän ja vuorovaikutuksen tieteellinen aikakauslehti
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Kielten opiskelu vähentyy – miksi? (2023)
Turun Sanomat
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
Playing with Pronunciation (2023)
Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Vuorovaikutus ja kielenoppiminen sosiaalisen robotin kanssa (2022)
Kieli, Koulutus Ja Yhteiskunta
(Artikkeli ammattilehdessä tai kirjoitus ammatillisessa blogissa (D1))
Advice-Giving between Young Learners in Robot-Assisted Language Learning (2022)
Human Perspectives on Spoken Human-Machine Interaction
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))
Advice-Giving between Young Learners in Robot-Assisted Language Learning (2022)
Human Perspectives on Spoken Human-Machine Interaction
(Artikkeli ammatillisessa konferenssijulkaisussa (D3))
Kieli, koulutus ja yhteiskunta – helmikuu 2022: Sosiaaliset robotit ja kielenoppiminen (2022)
(Toimitustyö ammatilliselle lehdelle, kokoomateokselle tai konferenssijulkaisulle (D6))A Friend or a Machine? A Study on the Child–Robot Relationship in a Foreign Language Class of Young Learners (2022)
Robophilosophy Conference, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))