Tarja Nikula-Jäntti
استاد · Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
University of Jyväskyläمعرفی
Tarja Nikula-Jäntti serves as a Professor at the Centre for Applied Language Studies within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä. Her academic work centers on language education frameworks, particularly examining intersections between language and subject content in multilingual educational environments across diverse institutional contexts.
Nikula-Jäntti's research adopts socio-functional perspectives emphasizing language's contextual and variable nature, with foundational work on content-language integration in CLIL classrooms. She argues for prioritizing language's role in knowledge construction rather than treating it as an isolated skill, advocating for collaborative dialogue between language specialists, content teachers, and researchers. Her scholarship directly addresses challenges in linguistically heterogeneous classrooms and informs language-aware pedagogical approaches applicable beyond CLIL contexts.
Her 2023-2025 publications reveal consistent focus on disciplinary literacies operationalization, multimodal knowledge construction in science education, and equity dimensions in CLIL implementation. Significant cross-national comparisons (Finnish-Spanish contexts) and European-wide CLIL policy analyses demonstrate her international research scope, while Tanzania-based teacher education collaborations reflect applied commitment to multilingual pedagogy in global contexts.
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As lead implementer for Finland's PISA 2025 Foreign Language Assessment (English), Nikula-Jäntti directs her unit's work on large-scale language proficiency evaluation. This high-visibility project connects her theoretical expertise in language assessment to national educational policy, though specific grant histories weren't detailed in available sources. Her collaborative networks include the CLIL Network for Languages in Education (CLILNetLe) working groups across 20+ European countries.
The Centre for Applied Language Studies at University of Jyväskylä serves as her primary research hub, supporting international collaborations like the Tanzania teacher education initiative and CLILNetLe's European-wide reporting. Her work consistently bridges theoretical linguistics with classroom practice through physics/chemistry multimodal studies and Finnish-Spanish comparative research, demonstrating commitment to contextually grounded language education solutions.
