About Me
Welcome!
Sara Jaaksola
Teacher and doctoral researcher, M.Ed.
I am Sara Jaaksola from Finland and I am a Chinese language teacher teaching Mandarin Chinese to adult learners in Guangzhou, China. To know more about Chinese lessons, check out my Chinese language center called Expat Chinese.
Besides teaching Chinese, I am a doctoral researcher at the Department of Teacher Education, University of Turku, Finland. At the moment, I am researching the language learning motivation of adult learners of Chinese as a second language. I am interested in a variety of topics related to L2 Chinese language learning, language learning motivation, and L2 Chinese pedagogy.
Current position
Doctoral researcher
Department of Teacher Education
University of Turku, Finland
Chinese language teacher, CEO
Expat Chinese – private language center
Guangzhou, China
Education
Master of Education (M.Ed.)
Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages
Sun Yat-Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Chinese language (B.A.)
Chinese language degree program for exchange students
Sun Yat-Sen University
Guangzhou, China
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Email: sara.k.jaaksola@utu.fi
Publications
邓小宁,陈琳 & 亚雪芳.(2018).面向零起点外籍家庭主妇的汉语教材设计. 国际汉语(00),139-151. doi:CNKI:SUN:GJYU.0.2018-00-017.
Presentations
Jaaksola, Sara (2024, 5) WHAT MOTIVATES ADULT STUDENTS TO LEARN CHINESE?Motivational changes during a beginner Mandarin Chinese course [Poster presentation] PLL5, Madrid.
Jaaksola, Sara (2024, 6) WHAT MOTIVATES ADULT STUDENTS TO LEARN CHINESE?Motivational changes during a beginner Mandarin Chinese course [Poster presentation] GRIFE, Hong Kong
Jaaksola, Sara (2024, 11) Factors affecting motivation during a beginner Mandarin Chinese university course [Paper presentation] JoLII, Shenzhen