Essi Koskela
Biography
I am a Finnish language teacher (Finnish as a second language) at the Centre for Multilingual Academic Communication (Movi). My responsibilities include teaching Finnish to international degree students and exchange students, as well as developing teaching practices and course materials. I primarily teach beginner-level Finnish courses. In addition, I am a teacher in the Each One Teach One course.
I am currently working on my PhD dissertation in the Doctoral Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences, in the field of Linguistics and Communication Studies (applied linguistics).
Research interests
My ongoing PhD dissertation in applied linguistics, Becoming part of the university community and working life through multilingualism: The linguistic practices, beliefs, and multilingual agency of international master’s students in their everyday university life, focuses on the multilingual activities of international students studying in English-medium master’s programmes.
The research focuses on students’ multilingual practices and their beliefs about multilingualism. The study draws on ethnographic interview, observation, and visual data and uses nexus analysis as its methodological framework. The study contributes to identifying language practices that support inclusion.
My PhD dissertation was supported by a grant from Ellen and Artturi Nyyssönen foundation from 1 January to 31 May 2025.