Minna Suni

Dealing with Increasing Linguistic Diversity in Schools — the Finnish Example

Europe has undergone major changes, and so has its linguistic landscape. Increasing population mobility has left no part of Europe untouched, and has forced several countries to adapt to a variety of challenges. Due to increasing immigration and the empowerment of established linguistic minorities, countries that were officially labelled as monolingual are now recognized as multilingual. Immigration has raised questions typical of late modernity, due to the fact that the uniformity of the nation state has gradually broken down. Within this process an obvious tension has emerged between well-established systems meant for a relatively homogeneous society, and the new, more dynamic reality of diverse languages and a more heterogeneous population.

Miten produktiivisen syntaksin indeksi palvelee toisen kielen tutkimusta

Tassa artikkelissa tarkastellaan sita, miten produktiivisen syntaksin indeksi eli IPSyn toimii analysoitaessa suomea toisena kielenaan oppivien lasten puhetta. Paahuomio on menetelman kaytettavyyden arvioinnissa seka tutkimusprosessin ja sen tulosten erittelyssa. Produktiivisen syntaksin indeksi on varsinaisesti suunniteltu ensikielen kehityksen seurannan valineeksi, ja sen kehittelytyo ja toimintaperiaate on esitelty toisessa taman julkaisun artikkelissa (Nieminen s. 69 – 83; ks. myos Nieminen & Torvelainen 2003). Nama artikkelit muodostavatkin kokonaisuuden, jossa jalkimmaista ei voisi olla ilman edellista.