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Sinikka
Lahtinen
Professor, Finnish, Finno-Ugric and Scandinavian languages
FT (PhD)

Contact

+358 29 450 3327
+358 50 328 4391
Arcanuminkuja 1
20500
Turku

Areas of expertise

Second/foreign language learning
writing
interlanguage pragmatics

Biography

I work as professor (permanent position) since 2015 (acting, since 2012)  in the department of Scandinavian languages in the School of Languages and Translation Studies at the University of Turku.

I moved to Turku from the University of Jyväskylä where I worked in different positions and different departments (Department of Languages, Department of Teacher Education, Language Centre). I received my PhD degree in Scandinavian languages in 1999 at the University of Jyväskylä.

Teaching

My teaching responsibilities include the MA-thesis seminar, supervision of MA and doctoral theses. I give courses on SLA both at the BA and MA level, on my own and in cooperation with my colleagues.

Research

My research interests have focused on learning Swedish as a second/foreign language (L2). My special interest area is the learning and development of written Swedish, writing process and interlanguage pragmatics.

Publications

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