Events and dissertations at the Centre for Applied Language Studies

Upcoming events and dissertations at the Centre for Applied Language Studies.
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Nordic Speech Research Forum: Post Doctoral Researcher Axel Ekström, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Human speech and animal speech-like sounds
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Nordic Speech Research Forum: Associate Professor Sari Ylinen, University of Tampere, Finland

Technology-enhanced language learning interventions in children
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Nordic Speech Research Forum: Post doctoral researcher Antti Saloranta and professor Leena Maria Heikkola, The Arctic University of Norway

Taking back Kven – Quantity differences in L1 and L2 speech
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Nordic Speech Research Forum: Professor Okim Kang, Northern Arizona University

L2 intelligibility in the contexts of AI and globalization
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Past events and dissertations

Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Nordic Speech Research Forum: Post Doctoral Researcher Stefanie Bade, University of Iceland

L2 accent in Icelandic: Folk ideas and attitudes
Workshops, courses and camps
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Researcher Training Seminar on the Politics of Participatory Language Research

Researcher Training Seminar on the Politics of Participatory Language Research on 20-21 August 2025
Waqar Shah
Dissertations
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S212, Vanha juhlasali, Seminarium-rakennus

25.6.2025 MS Waqar Ali Shah (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Applied Linguistics, CALS)

MS Waqar Ali Shah defends their doctoral dissertation in applied linguistics "Discursive normativities and ruptures in ELT textbooks and pedagogy in Pakistan: a Southern critical discourse studies perspective".
Universitätsbibliothek "Lähde" ("Quelle")
Congresses and conferences
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Internationale "Finnische Germanistiktagung" 2025

Thematische Schwerpunkte der Konferenz mit dem Titel "Herausforderungen an die Germanistik im 21. Jahrhundert" sind Fragen der angewandten Germanistik.
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Nordic Speech Research Forum: Professor Pekka Lintunen, University of Turku, Finland

Awareness is the key? Perspectives on the role of phonetic awareness in L2 pronunciation learning
Sheryl Cooke
Dissertations
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Agora auditorio 2, Agora

3.5.2025 MA Sheryl Cooke (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, applied linguistics, CALS)

MA Sheryl Cooke defends their doctoral dissertation in Applied linguistics (CALS) "The Assessment of English as a Lingua Franca and the Comprehensibility Construct".
Entrepreneurship in Finland -event
Alumni events
Other events
Student events
Business cooperation
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Entrepreneurship in Finland: Info session

Entrepreneurship in Finland: Info session
Congresses and conferences
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Language Campus Seminar 2025: Language unites

A seminar aimed for the members of the Language Campus
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Nordic Speech Research Forum: Professor Magdalena Wrembel, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań & Assistant Professor Jolanta Sypiańska, Szczecin University

Investigating speech rhythm and utterance fluency from a multilingual perspective: insights from production studies on L1 Polish – L2 English – L3 Norwegian learners
Dissertations
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Agora auditorio 2, Agora

5.4.2025 FM, MA Eva Malessa (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Applied Linguistics, CALS)

FM, MA Eva Malessa defends their doctoral dissertation in Applied Linguistics "Access to (M)ALL".
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Nordic Speech Research Forum: Lecturer Lisa Tulaja, Kiel University, Germany

Acceptability as a crucial dimension for measuring pronunciation. What we can learn from Danish as an L2.
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Nordic Speech Research Forum: Senior Associate Professor Elisabeth Zetterholm, Linköping University, Sweden

Pronunciation in L2 teaching for adult immigrants in Sweden
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