Aija Elg

Visiting Lecturer of Finnish | M.A. University of Helsinki, 1990
Email aijaelg@uw.edu

Teaching:

Second Year Finnish
Topics in Finnish

Publications:

“Suomen kielen ja kulttuurin lähde”, Helsinki (Finnish as a foreign language course book for upper secondary schools), 2006

Curriculum for Upper Secondary Education in City of Vantaa and Tikkurila Upper Secondary School, City of Vantaa, Finland. Editor, 2005

“Distance Learning at Indiana University” in proceedings of the 1st International Workshop for ODL Materials – Production and Delivery, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia,  Spain, July, 2000

“Use of ICT in Teaching Finnish Language at Indiana University” SASS 2000: The 90th Annual Meeting of The Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S.A., 2000

Koskinen, Lacruz, Martinez, Monforte & Montesinos, "The Great Paella Cookbook for Online Learning”. Helsinki University of Technology and Universidad Politecnica de Valencia. Translated by Aija Elg, 1991

Asunmaa, Elg, Kiri, Kytö, Mattila, Pylvänäinen, Guidelines for Development of Curricula for Adult Immigrant Learners. The National Board of Vocational Education, Finland, 1991

Research:

Aija Elg has taught Finnish as a foreign language for 25 years. Her career includes teaching at Helsinki University Language Centre, Helsinki Summer University and University of Helsinki. During 1998 – 2000 she was a visiting lecturer of Finnish at Indiana University-Bloomington. She has served as a Finnish teacher in the European Commission’s Office in Finland and several adult learning institutions. She has also taught Finnish as a mother tongue and literature for seven years in Tikkurila Upper Secondary School.

Methodology and strategy for language learning and teaching has always been one of her special interests. She designed and implemented a professional development programm for the language teachers of Tampere University. In University of Helsinki’s Vantaa  Institute for Continuing Education, she was tutored teacher trainees of Finnish as a foreign language. Her areas of expertise include foreign language methodology and pedagogy, and awareness of intercultural issues.