Essi Koskela
Biography
I work as a university teacher (Finnish as a second language) at the Centre for Multilingual Academic Communication. I teach Finnish courses on different language levels for international degree students and exchange students. I am also one of the teachers in the Each One Teach One language learning programme. You can contact me by email.
I have previously worked as a teacher in the JYU.INTEGRA training. I was responsible for the Instagram account of JYU.INTEGRA training in years 2021–2024.
I also work on my dissertation at the Department of Language and Communication Studies. My study focuses on the multilingual agency of international master's degree students in Finland. I had funding from the Ellen and Artturi Nyyssönen Foundation from January to May 2025.
Research interests
In my dissertation, I study the multilingual agency of international students who have come to Finland to complete different English-medium master’s degree programmes. I focus on the students’ beliefs about multilingualism and multilingual practices in everyday life at the university. The etnographic data consists of material collected by interviewing and observing the research participants, and visual material. I use nexus analysis in this study.