Hakola, E. & Pitkänen-Huhta, A. “Tästähän nyt käydään tätä polemiikkia, että saako ekaluokkalaisilla näkyä toi teksti” – Kirjoitetun kielen rooli varhaisessa A1-kielen opetuksessa. Presentation at AFinLA Autumn Symposium. 7.11.2025, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland.
Hakola, E. “Tää on tää ikuinen ristiriita tästä, että kun toiset opettajat on sitä mieltä, että tekstiä ei saa näkyä laisinkaan” – Kirjoitetun kielen rooli varhaisessa A1-kielen opetuksessa. Presentation at the Subject Didactics Symposium 2026. 13.2.2026, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Hakola, E. Examining the Role of Written Language in Early Foreign Language Education in a Multiliteracy Project. Presentation at the Spring School 2026 of the University of Jyväskylä. 28.4.2026, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Hakola, E. “So, there's this controversy going on about whether first graders should see that text” – The Role of Written Language in Early Foreign Language Education. Presentation at the 2nd International ELLRA Conference. 3.6.2026, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Hakola, E. Written Language in Early Foreign Language Lessons – Teacher Practices in the First Grade. Presentation at the Emerging Researchers' Conference (ERC). 17.8.2026, Tampere, Finland.
Mård-Miettinen, K., & Hakola, E. A multimodal research design for investigating multiliteracies in early foreign language classrooms in Finland. Guest lecture at Institut Universitari de Ciències de l'Educació (IUCE) 10.6.2026, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Spain.
Mård-Miettinen, K., Hakola, E., Pitkänen-Huhta, A., & Lahti, L. Målspråksanvändning i kommunikativa och aktiverande uppgifter i tidig undervisning av främmande språk. Presentation at the ASLA Symposium ’Språkets roll i en utmanande tid: minoritets-, majoritets- och utbildningsperspektiv’, 7.5.2026, Umeå University, Sweden.
Mård-Miettinen, K., & Pitkänen-Huhta, A. Multiliteracies in Early Foreign Language Education: Interrelations between a Pedagogical Concept, Curriculum and Teacher Beliefs. Presentation within the thematic symposum ’Multiliteracies, language education and curriculum’ at ECER 2026, 20.8.2026, Tampere University.
Mård-Miettinen, K., Pitkänen-Huhta, A., Hakola, E., Sopanen, P. & Saukko-Rauta, L. Sketchnoting as an analytical data generation method in ELL classrooms. Presentation within the thematic symposium 'Researching Early Language and Literacy Learning with Visual Methodologies' at the 2nd ELLRA Conference 5.6.2026, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.
Mård-Miettinen, K., Pitkänen-Huhta, A., Marzá, A., & Prasad, G. Multiliteracies in early language education: Analyzing additional language curricula in Finland, Ontario and Valencia. Presentation at AFinLA Autumn Symposium 7.11.2024. University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Mård-Miettinen, K., Sopanen, P., & Melander-Ilomäki, N. Monilukutaidon näkökulmia kieltenopetukseen. A workshop for at a science fair held at the teacher training school of Jyväskylä, Finland, 6.11.2024.
Mård-Miettinen, K., & Roiha, A. Researching Early Language and Literacy Learning with Visual Methodologies. A thematic symposium at the 2nd ELLRA Conference 5.6.2026. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.
Puronaho, K., Mård‑Miettinen, K., Moate, J. & Tarnanen,M. “It's like a completely different school subject!” Teacher conceptualizations of early language education. Presentation at EDUPSY Summer School 1.6.2026. University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Sopanen, P. & Mård-Miettinen, K. Miltä englannin oppiminen tuntuu? Modaliteettien ja tunteiden yhteispeli varhaisessa kieltenopetuksessa. Presentation at AFinLA Autumn Symposium, 7.11.2025, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland.
Sopanen, P. Multilitteracitet i tidig främmandespråksundervisning i Finland. Presentation at an international researcher meeting, 25.2.2026, Högskolan i Väst, Trollhättan, Sweden.
Sopanen, P., Puronaho, K., Mård-Miettinen, K., Pitkänen-Huhta, A. & Hakola, E. Monilukutaito varhaista kieltenopetusta uudistamassa (MultiELL). Presentation at an internal symposium (Koulutuksen kipinöitä) of the University of Jyväskylä, 21.4.2026, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Sopanen, P. ”Jag tycker inte om kortspel” – Känslor och multimodalitet i tidig språkundervisning. Presentation at ASLA Symposium ’Språkets roll i en utmanande tid: minoritets-, majoritets- och utbildningsperspektiv’, 7.5.2026, Umeå University, Sweden.
Sopanen, P. Foreign language teachers’ reflections of learning environments – dreams and realities. Presentation at ECER (European Conference on Educational Research) ‘Knowing and Acting: The changing conditions and potentials of education research’, 20.8.2026, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
