Dmitri Leontjev

Dmitri Leontjev

Senior Researcher
Unit
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department / Division
Centre for Applied Language Studies
Room number
Ag C515.2
Email
dmitri.leontjev@jyu.fi
Mobile
+358408054500
Postal address
Mattilanniemi 2
Fields of science
6121 Languages

Biography

I am a senior researcher at the Centre for Applied Language Studies of the University of Jyväskylä. I research language assessment as a part of teaching and learning process. My particular focus is teaching, learning, and assessment from the Sociocultural Theory perspective. My further research areas include Vygotskian praxis, dynamic assessment, assessment literacy.

I am the vice-director of the DD-Lang project. I am a member of AFinLA Executive Board and an editor-in-chief of the Apples Journal. Internationally, I am a member of theSCT-SLL Working Group Coordinating Committee and serve on the editorial boards of the CEFR Journal and the Language and Sociocultural Theory journal.

Research interests

My research on language assessment that supports learning can be broadly positioned at the intersection of language assessment and language education. I, namely, research language teaching, learning, and assessment as dialectically related, and I study these in the process of change in interaction between theory and practice. My research is informed by sociocultural theory and Vygotskian praxis. Some specific research topics I engage with include dynamic assessment, assessment literacy, teacher development in praxis, and learner development.

Attachments

Leontjev CV October 2023

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Projects

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Project

Dynamic Diagnostic Language Assessment - Conceptual and Practical Innovation in Foreign Language Education and Assessment

Dynamic and diagnostic assessment of foreign language