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PhD, Lecturer of English (EAP, ESP, CLIL)/Language Centre
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January 2017-
Lecturer of English (EAP, ESP, CLIL)
Aalto University Language Centre
(On leave of absence 2019-2020 for teaching & research at Åbo Akademi University, Department of English Language and Literature)
Previous Employment (selection)
Prior to joining Aalto University -2017
H. W. Donner Project Lecturer in Applied Linguistics (5 year-project), English Language and Literature, Åbo Akademi University.
E.g., development and teaching of mandatory and optional seminars at the Master's level and Bachelor’s level in linguistics, applied linguistics and methodology; supervision and co-supervision of students writing their thesis on linguistic topics at all levels (BA, MA, and PhD), and in psychology and logopedics (MA-level, topic dyslexia). Initiator and director of three research projects, coordinator of the teacher's line.
Applied linguistics. Language testing. Corpus linguistics.Foreign language learning and teaching.
Diverse learners.
Previously (selection)
Various teaching and research positions (full-time, part-time) English, German.
Åbo Akademi University Faculty of Arts: English Language and Literature; German Philology
Åbo Akademi University Faculty of Education: Department of Teacher Education
Åbo Akademi University: Open University, Language Centre, Centre for Continuing Education
Langnet PhD research position, Finnish Graduate School in Language Studies. Subprogram Kielenoppimisen haasteet. (OPM-rahoittama)
Misc.
Founding member of NorDys, Nordic Network for Reading and Writing Disabilities in Higher Education 2012-. Current director and coordinator of the activities in Finland.
Board member of AFinLA, Finnish Association of Applied Linguistics 2015-2018. Co-ordinator of the Afinlandia Award 2016, 2017, 2018.
Member of AccaNet Accessible Aalto Network for collaboration 2017-
Member of Finelc 2digi. Two-year project on digitalization in Finnish Language Centres 2017-2018/19.
Member of Finelc2digi2. Two-year project in Finnish Language Centres 2022-2023. (Subgroup: Special needs)
Peer-reviewer for scientific journals
Publications
Peer-reviewed scientific articles
Lindgrén, S-A. 2001. “How to Reveal a Spy – in a Real Letter.” In Gill, M., A. W. Johnson, L. M. Koski, R. D. Sell, B. Wårvik (eds.) Language, Learning, Literature Studies Presented to Håkan Ringbom. Åbo, Åbo Akademi University. 131-139.
Lindgrén, S-A. 2005a “Zur Identifikation und Fremdsprachenerwerb unter legasthenischen Universitäts-studierenden.” In Parry, Ch., M. Skog-Södersved (eds.) Annäherungen. Beiträge auf dem Finnischen Germanistentreffen, Vaasa 16.-17.09.2004. Vaasa, Germersheim (SAXA Beiheft 8). 84.
Lindgrén, S-A. 2005b.“Die Relevanz von Abhaklisten bei der Erkennung von Legasthenie.” In Neuendorff, D., H. Nikula, V. Möller (eds.) Alles wird gut. Beiträge des Finnischen Germanistentreffens 2001 in Turku/Åbo, Finnland. Frankfurt: Peter Lang. 277-298.
Lindgrén, S-A. 2015a. “Academic Vocabulary and Readability in EFL Theses.” In Pietilä, P., K. Doró, R. Pípalová (eds.) Lexical Issues in L2 Writing. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 155-174.
Lindgrén, S-A. 2016. “[Review of the book Learner corpora in language testing and assessment (Studies in corpus Linguistics 70)].” ICAME Journal. (40): 148-153.
Lindgrén, S-A., & Laine, M. 2007. “The adaptation of an adult group screening test for dyslexia into Finland-Swedish: Normative data for university students and the effects of language background on test performance.” Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. (48): 419-432.
Lindgrén, S-A., & Laine, M. 2011a. “Cognitive-linguistic performances of multilingual university students suspected of dyslexia.” Dyslexia. (17): 184-200.
Lindgrén, S-A., & Laine, M. 2011b. “Multilingual dyslexia in university students: Reading and writing patterns in three languages.” Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics. (25): 753-766.
Virtanen, T., & Lindgrén, S-A. 1998. “British or American English? Investigating what EFL students say and what they do.” In Lindquist, H., S. Klintborg, M. Levin, M. Estling (eds.) The Major Varieties of English. Papers from MAVEN 97. Växjö Acta Wexionensis. 273-281.
Publications intended for professional communities
Lindgrén, S-A., & Laine, M. 2015. FS-DUVANTM Dyslexiscreening för finlandssvenska ungdomar och vuxna [Test battery with manual for a dyslexia screening test for Finland-Swedish speaking young adults and adults]. Stockholm: Hogrefe Psykologiförlaget. Press release/pressmeddelande
Lindgrén, S-A., & Laine, M. 2016. Lilla FS-DUVAN Dyslexiscreening för finlandssvenska elever i årskurs 3, 5 och 7 [Test battery with manual for a dyslexia screening test for Finland-Swedish pupils in grades 3, 5, and 7]. Stockholm: Hogrefe Psykologiförlaget. Press release/pressmeddelande
Lindgrén, S-A., & Laine, M. 2017. FS-MiniDUVAN Fonologiskt test för finlandssvenska förskolebarn. [Phonological test battery with manual for Finland-Swedish children in pre-school]. Stockholm: Hogrefe Psykologiförlaget. Press release/pressmeddelande
Theses
Lindgrén, S-A. 1997. “Contracted forms in the International Corpus of Learner English and in Grammars and Usage Manuals”. Unpublished Master’s thesis. Engelska institutionen vid Åbo Akademi. Åbo.
Lindgrén, S-A. 1999. “Zu der Kongruenz zwischen mehrteiligen Subjekten mit unterschiedlichem grammatischem Numerus und dem Finitum”. Unpublished minor subject thesis. Tyska institutionen vid Åbo Akademi. Åbo.
Lindgrén, S-A. 2012. Mild Developmental Dyslexia in University Students: Diagnosis and Performance Features in L1, L2, and L3. Doctoral Dissertation. Turku, Åbo Akademi University (English Department Publications 6). https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/73898
Non-scientific publications
Lindgrén, S-A. 2015b. “Mega nice!” Folkdansaren 63 (4).
Lindgrén, S-A. 2015c. “Folkedans var vildt godt” AV Facklan 60 (1).
Lindgrén, S-A. & Myllyniemi, M. 2020. "AV i Åbo goes history" AV Facklan 65 (1).
Presentations
"Digital literacy and a new toolbox for university teachers." SPREMI-research seminar. Åbo Akademi University, Åbo. 2020.
"Supporting Academic Writing Through Expanded Blended and Flipped Approaches: The Student Perspective. Poster. Signe-Anita Lindgrén, Diane Pilkinton-Pihko. EuroCall Conference. Louvain-la-Neuve. Belgium. 2019.
"Local and remote participation in a blended-learning writing course: Exploring webcasting, webinars, and net meetings." Diane Pilkinton-Pihko, Signe-Anita Lindgrén. EuroCall Conference. Louvain-la-Neuve. Belgium. 2019.
"Om att förstå och stöda studerande med specialbehov." Inbjuden talare. Fortbildning för lärare i svenska vid
finländska yrkeshögskolor. Övergripande tema: Språkundervisning på nätet/Digital språkundervisning – kreativitet och
problemlösning. Arr. samarbetsgruppen Hoppet. Hanaholmen, Espoo/Esbo. 2019.
"On Varying and Not Varying Vocabulary in L2 Academic Speech and Writing and Communicative Success." ESSE 2018.
Brno. Check Republic. 2018.
”Second Language Acquisition and Dyslexia”. Full-day workshop/guest lecture. Special Education. Turku
University, Turku/Åbo. 2018.
"NorDys: Nordic Network for Reading and Writing Disabilities in Higher Education." Aalto University
Accessibility Day. Espoo, 2018.
”Dyslexi och skriftlig kommunikation - att se möjligheter i stället för problem.” Inbjuden talare. Nordisk nätverksträff för text- och studieverkstäder, CLL/Språkcentret vid Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2017.
”Läsflyt och ordförråd i engelska bland elever med och utan dyslexi i åk 9.” Inbjuden talare, 8:e Nordiska kongressen om dyslexipedagogik, Stockholm, Sweden. 2017.
”Metaphors in EFL Thesis Supervision”. The 18th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, AILA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2017.
“Advances in Applied Linguistics: Wrapping up." together with professor Tuija Virtanen-Ulfhielm, FINSSE-8, The Finnish Society for the Study of English, Åbo/Turku. 2017.
“Dyslexia in University Students and the (Foreign) Language Teacher." Language Centre Days 2017, Kuopio. 2017.
“Advanced EFL Writer Profiles and Performances: Contrasting Dyslexic and Non-Dyslexic Student Writing." American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference AAAL, Portland, OR, USA. 2017.
“Exploring How to Support Novice Academic EFL Presenters: A case study on teddy bears and hesitations." Interactive poster: Signe-Anita Lindgrén, Kaisa Korpinen. Fluency and Disfluency across Languages and Language Varieties International Conference, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. 2017.
“(Dis)fluency in EFL Read-aloud: The orthographic context." Fluency and Disfluency across Languages and Language Varieties International Conference, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. 2017.
“Three Perspectives on Dyslexia." Lecture/workshop. Nordic Dyslexia Youth Network Meeting 2016. Oslo. 2016.
“Dyslexia and Foreign Language Learning – Behind the Scenes.” In own workshop/session, organizer and chair: “How to Support Dyslexics in Foreign Language Learning.” Invited speaker: Dr. Elke Schneider, Winthrop University, USA, on English spelling. 3rd Baltic Sea – 17th Nordic Literacy Conference, Åbo/Turku. 2016.
“Dyslexiscreening i Svenskfinland: Nya FS-DUVAN.” 3rd Baltic Sea – 17th Nordic Literacy Conference, Åbo/Turku. 2016.
“LONGLEX Findings From Testing 8th Graders on 9th Grade EFL Vocabulary.” CECL Centre of English Corpus Linguistics, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgien. 2016.
“Different Perspectives on Dyslexia.” State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology, Cobleskill, NY, USA. 2015.
“Lexis in EFL Theses.” ICAME36, Trier, Germany. 2015.
“Dyslexi hos universitetsstudenter inom NorDys.” together with Ann-Katrine Risberg, Oppimisen haasteet nyt ja tulevaisuudessa: 18. valtakunnallinen tutkijatapaaminen, Jyväskylä. 2015.
“The LONGLEX Project: EFL-vocabulary in Finnish and Finland-Swedish 8th and 9th Graders.” AFinLA The Finnish Association for Applied Linguistics Autumn Symposium, Jyväskylä. 2014.
“Challenges in Compiling a Learner Corpus.” together with Dr. Pekka Lintunen, TY/ÅA English Departments conference, Seili/Själö. 2014.
“Dyslexi hos tonåringar och unga vuxna.” Heldagskurs för språklärare. Arr. Öppna Högskolan, Åland. 2014.
“What Can We Learn From Linguistic Features Like Pauses and Hesitations in Reading Aloud Tasks?” The British Dyslexia Association International Conference, BDA, Guildford, UK. 2014.
“Receptive and Productive ESL 9th Grade Vocabulary Knowledge in 8th Graders How Do We Assess and How Much Do They Master?” Interaktiv poster: American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference AAAL, Portland, OR, USA. 2014.
“Hur syns dyslexi i dagens samhälle.” Frukostklubben, Åbo svenska församling, Åbo. 2014.
“Dyslexia in University Students and the English Language.” Guest lecture. Aarhus University, Denmark. 2013.
“The BATMAT Corpus. Or what is a Linguistic Corpus?” Signe-Anita Lindgrén, Brita Wårvik. Digital Humanities Kick-off Symposium, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2013.
“Hesitations in EFL Reading Among Advanced Students With and Without Dyslexia.” Interaktiv poster: Signe-Anita Lindgrén, Daniela Mattsson. Autumn Symposium of the Finnish Association of Applied Linguistics AFinLA: Language Users of Tomorrow, Åbo. 2013.
“The BAT MAT Corpus: EFL Academic Writing.” Autumn Symposium of the Finnish Association of Applied Linguistics AFinLA: Language Users of Tomorrow, Åbo. 2013.
“Dyslexia and the Corpus Linguist.” Presentation i forskargrupp vid CECL Centre of English Corpus Linguistics, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgien. 2013.
“The BATMAT Corpus.” Presentation i forskargrupp vid CECL Centre of English Corpus Linguistics, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgien. 2013.
“Dyslexia and Foreign Language Learning.” Guest lecture for ELT, SLA students at Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgien. 2013.
”Universitetsstudenter med dyslexi: ett nordiskt perspektiv.” EDA European Dyslexia Association Conference, Signe-Anita Lindgrén, Katrine Bønnerup, Aarhus universitet, Danmark, Idor Svensson, Linnéuniversitet, Sverige; Växjö, Sverige. 2013.
”Nordic Network Explores Dyslexia in Higher Eduation.” EDA European Dyslexia Association Conference, Signe-Anita Lindgrén, Katrine Bønnerup, Aarhus universitet, Danmark, Idor Svensson, Linnéuniversitet, Sverige; Växjö, Sverige. 2013.
“Hold your horses: MSL interventions for dyslexic students’ difficulties with idioms and other figurative language.” EDA European Dyslexia Association Conference, Elke Schneider, Winthrop University, SC, USA, Andrea Kulmhofer, Universität Graz, Österrike, Signe-Anita Lindgrén; Interaktiv poster. Växjö, Sverige. 2013.
“Dyslexi från ? till !” Seminariedag för språklärare. Centret för livslångt lärande vid Åbo Akademi och Utbildningsstyrelsen, Åbo. 2012.
“Cool Your Jets: Remediating Difficulties with Figurative Language of Dyslexic Native and Non-native Speakers Using MSL Principles.” IDA International Dyslexia Association konferens, Elke Schneider, Winthrop University, SC, USA, Andrea Kulmhofer, Universität Graz, Österrike, Signe-Anita Lindgrén; Interaktiv poster. Interaktiv poster. Baltimore, MD, USA. 2012.
” Students with Dyslexia and How to Support Them in Higher Education" inbjuden till Accessible Universities Workshop. Well-being in the Information Society (WIS 2012) - Exploring the Abyss of Inequalities Conference, Turku. 2012.
”Om dyslexi och universitetsstudenter.” Gästföreläsning inom forskarskolan vid Åbo Akademi, doktorandprogrammet i pedagogiska vetenskaper, Vasa. 2012.
“Dyslexi hos flerspråkiga universitetsstuderande: Prestationer i svenska, finska och engelska under lupp” Inbjuden talare till Den Sjätte Nordiska Kongressen om Dyslexipedagogik, Stockholm. 2011.
”Dyslexia in English as a foreign language (EFL) among high-performers.” 8th British Dyslexia Association International Conference, Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK. 2011.
”Att utvecklas som handledare - avklarad handledarutbildning.” Inlägg och diskussion tillsammans med Anna-Greta Nyström och Sofie Strandén. Handledarlunch. Arr. Lärcentret i Åbo, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2011.
”Om dyslexi och språkliga prestationer hos unga vuxna.” Inbjuden talare. Södra Finlands Svenska Språklärarförening r.f.., Åbo. 2011.
“Assessing Writing.” Gästföreläsning inom Assessing English Language Skills. Engelska språket och litteraturen, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2011.
”Vad vet vi om dyslexi idag?” Marthorna i Kantlax. 2010.
“Mild dyslexia in the performance of multilingual university students: - What are the signs?" 2nd Baltic Sea Conference & 15th Nordic Reading Conference, Turku. 2010.
“Specific reading and writing disability in multilingual university students." Åbo Akademi, Turun Yliopisto , Kasnäs. 2010.
“Lievä luki- ja kirjoittamisvaikeus koulutetuilla monikielisillä nuorilla ja aikuisilla”. K ielitieteen symposiumi, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2010.
"Adult Language Students and Dyslexia " Gästföreläsning inom ämnesdidaktik.
Opettajankoulutuslaitos, Turun Yliopisto, Turku. 2010.
”Dyslexi: om ett grupp screening test och om främmande språk” . Gästföreläsning, Logopedi, Åbo Akademi. Åbo. 2010.
”What to do with ‘ones‘ (once) ‘sleaping’ (sleeping): Analyzing dyslectic university students’ ESL performance ”. SPREMI Research seminar, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2009.
”Multilingual mild dyslexic university students’ performance in their L1, L2 and in EFL”. The 15th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, AILA, Essen, BRD. 2008.
”Specifika läs- och skrivsvårigheter – också hos universitetsstuderande?!”. Utbildningsdag för personalen vid Åbo Akademi i Vasa. Vasa. 2008.
”Dyslexi: om ett grupp screening test och om främmande språk”. Gästföreläsning, Logopedi, Åbo Akademi. Åbo. 2008.
”Att integrera sitt ämnesstoff i en helhet.” Gästföreläsning inom Lärarroll och lärostoff i ämnesperspektiv, Humanistiska fakulteten, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2007.
”Hållbar utveckling: Om läs- och skrivsvårigheter” Inbjuden talare. Jubileumsföredrag. Yrkeshögskolan Sydväst, Åbo. 2006.
”*disskutera *rähjädys *comftable *trävligt: Om tecken på dyslexi hos unga vuxna”. Langnet-Konferens. Joensuu. 2006.
”Hur kan vi konkret stöda studenter med inlärningssvårigheter – som dyslexi?” Inbjuden talare till Fortbildningsdag, tillgänglighet till studierna. Arcada, Helsingfors. 2006.
„Ergebnisse einer selbstentwickelten Testbatterie zur Legasthenie unter Universitätsstudenten“ Martin-Luther-Universität Halle/Saale, BRD. 2006.
"Dyslexi- ett dolt problem hos universitetsstuderande?” Inbjuden talare till Seminarium för egenlärare om studiesocial handledning. Arr. ÅA:s studiesociala handledningagrupp, KEHRÄ, Åbo Akademi. Åbo. 2006.
"Dyslexi – problem och möjligheter” Inbjuden gästföreläsare till Infoteket, Yrkeshögskolan Sydväst, Ekenäs. 2006.
"Dyslexia and Foreign Language Learning" Gästföreläsning, Applied Linguistics, Engelska språket och litteraturen, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2006.
"Om dyslexi – att se möjligheterna i stället för problemen” Inbjuden gästföreläsare till Infoteket, Yrkeshögskolan Sydväst, Åbo. 2006.
"Dyslexia and Foreign Language Learning" Gästföreläsning, Applied Linguistics, Engelska språket och litteraturen, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2005.
"Dyslexi och universitetsstudier - en utmaning". Inbjuden talare till Rum för Humaniora, Hf öppet hus vid Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2005.
"Mild dyslexi hos universitetsstuderande: identifiering, inlärningsstrategier och undervisningsmetoder i främmande språk." Langnet-konferens. Tammerfors. 2004.
"Läs- och skrivsvårigheter - ett akademiskt problem? Om dyslexi hos universitetsstuderande" Inbjuden talare till Språkvetenskapliga Klubben vid Åbo Akademi. Åbo. 2004.
"Milde Legasthenie unter Universitätsstudierenden: Zur Frage eines gemeinsamen Gruppen Screening Tests für einsprachige Finnland-schwedische und zweisprachige (Finnisch und Schwedisch orientierte) Studenten." Finnisches Germanistentreffen. Vasan Yliopisto, Vasa. 2004.
"Screening University Students – with Varying Language Profiles – for Potential Mild Dyslexia. " 6th BDA British Dyslexia Association International Conference, Interaktiv posterpresentation, University of Warwick, UK. 2004.
"Group Testing of University Students for Mild Dyslexia" IDA, The International Dyslexia Association 54th Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, USA. 2003.
”Dyslexia and Foreign Language Learning" Gästföreläsning, Applied Linguistics, Engelska institutionen, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2003.
"Projektbeskrivning: Mild dyslexi hos ÅA-studerande" Anförande vid KEHRÄ-seminarium, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2003.
”Dyslexia and Foreign Language Learning" Gästföreläsning, Applied Linguistics, Engelska institutionen, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2003.
"Mild Dyslexia in University Students and Foreign Language Learning (FLL): On Screening for Dyslexia with a Group Test" Kielentutkimuksen kevätkoulu, Jyväskylä. 2003.
"Fortsättningskurs i tyska, TysFkVirt, flerform - med inlärningsplattformen Black Board" Gästföreläsning, Personalmöte Språktjänst vid Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2003.
"Problem med främmande språk : projektbeskrivning" Utbildningsdag om dyslexi för ÅAs skrivhandledare och språkgranskare, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2003.
"Foreign Language Learning and Mild Dyslexia in University Students: Identification and Learning Strategies Wanted: Identification of Potential Mild Dyslexics in German Foreign Language Placement Tests Found: " Third European graduate school on literacy: Methods in reading research, Skuldelev, Danmark. 2002.
”Legasthenie beim Fremdsprachenlernen und -lehren" Germanistentagung Åbo/Turku. 2001.
"British or American English? A Student View" med Prof. Tuija Virtanen. MAVEN 97, Major Varieties of English, Växjö, Sverige november 1997.
"The Written Corpus Speaks: Contracted Forms (CF)" 18th International ICAME Conference in English Corpus Linguistics, University of Liverpool/Chester, England.1997.
CV
Please contact me for my CV.
January 2017-
Lecturer of English (EAP, ESP, CLIL)
Aalto University Language Centre
(On leave of absence 2019-2020 for teaching & research at Åbo Akademi University, Department of English Language and Literature)
Previous Employment (selection)
Prior to joining Aalto University -2017
H. W. Donner Project Lecturer in Applied Linguistics (5-year project), English Language and Literature, Åbo Akademi University.
E.g., development and teaching of mandatory and optional seminars at the Master's level and Bachelor’s level in linguistics, applied linguistics and methodology; tailored courses at the Ph D level, supervision and co-supervision of students writing their thesis on linguistic topics at all levels (BA, MA, and Ph D), and in psychology and logopedics (MA-level, topic dyslexia). Initiator and director of three research projects, coordinator of the teacher's line. Applied linguistics. Language testing. Corpus linguistics. Foreign language learning and teaching. Diverse learners.
Previously (selection)
Various teaching and research positions (full-time, part-time) English, German.
Åbo Akademi University Faculty of Arts: English Language and Literature; German Philology
Åbo Akademi University Faculty of Education: Department of Teacher Education
Åbo Akademi University: Open University, Language Centre, Centre for Continuing Education
Langnet PhD research position, Finnish Graduate School in Language Studies. Subprogram Kielenoppimisen haasteet. (OPM-rahoittama)
Misc.
Founding member of NorDys, Nordic Network for Reading and Writing Disabilities in Higher Education 2012-. Current director and coordinator of the activities in Finland.
Board member of AFinLA, Finnish Association of Applied Linguistics (2015-2018). Co-ordinator of the Afinlandia Award 2016, 2017, 2018.
Member of AccaNet Accessible Aalto Network for collaboration 2017-.
Member of Finelc 2digi. Two-year project on digitalization in Finnish Language Centres 2017-2018/19.
Member of Finelc 2digi2. Two-year project in Finnish Language Centres 2022-2023. (Subgroup: Special needs)
Peer-reviewer for scientific journals.
Publications
Peer-reviewed scientific articles
Lindgrén, S-A. 2001. “How to Reveal a Spy – in a Real Letter.” In Gill, M., A. W. Johnson, L. M. Koski, R. D. Sell, B. Wårvik (eds.) Language, Learning, Literature Studies Presented to Håkan Ringbom. Åbo, Åbo Akademi University. 131-139.
Lindgrén, S-A. 2005a “Zur Identifikation und Fremdsprachenerwerb unter legasthenischen Universitäts-studierenden.” In Parry, Ch., M. Skog-Södersved (eds.) Annäherungen. Beiträge auf dem Finnischen Germanistentreffen, Vaasa 16.-17.09.2004. Vaasa, Germersheim (SAXA Beiheft 8). 84.
Lindgrén, S-A. 2005b.“Die Relevanz von Abhaklisten bei der Erkennung von Legasthenie.” In Neuendorff, D., H. Nikula, V. Möller (eds.) Alles wird gut. Beiträge des Finnischen Germanistentreffens 2001 in Turku/Åbo, Finnland. Frankfurt: Peter Lang. 277-298.
Lindgrén, S-A. 2015a. “Academic Vocabulary and Readability in EFL Theses.” In Pietilä, P., K. Doró, R. Pípalová (eds.) Lexical Issues in L2 Writing. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 155-174.
Lindgrén, S-A. 2016. “[Review of the book Learner corpora in language testing and assessment (Studies in corpus Linguistics 70)].” ICAME Journal. (40): 148-153.
Lindgrén, S-A., & Laine, M. 2007. “The adaptation of an adult group screening test for dyslexia into Finland-Swedish: Normative data for university students and the effects of language background on test performance.” Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. (48): 419-432.
Lindgrén, S-A., & Laine, M. 2011a. “Cognitive-linguistic performances of multilingual university students suspected of dyslexia.” Dyslexia. (17): 184-200.
Lindgrén, S-A., & Laine, M. 2011b. “Multilingual dyslexia in university students: Reading and writing patterns in three languages.” Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics. (25): 753-766.
Virtanen, T., & Lindgrén, S-A. 1998. “British or American English? Investigating what EFL students say and what they do.” In Lindquist, H., S. Klintborg, M. Levin, M. Estling (eds.) The Major Varieties of English. Papers from MAVEN 97. Växjö Acta Wexionensis. 273-281.
Publications intended for professional communities
Lindgrén, S-A., & Laine, M. 2015. FS-DUVANTM Dyslexiscreening för finlandssvenska ungdomar och vuxna [Test battery with manual for a dyslexia screening test for Finland-Swedish speaking young adults and adults]. Stockholm: Hogrefe Psykologiförlaget. Press release/pressmeddelande
Lindgrén, S-A., & Laine, M. 2016. Lilla FS-DUVAN Dyslexiscreening för finlandssvenska elever i årskurs 3, 5 och 7 [Test battery with manual for a dyslexia screening test for Finland-Swedish pupils in grades 3, 5, and 7]. Stockholm: Hogrefe Psykologiförlaget. Press release/pressmeddelande
Lindgrén, S-A., & Laine, M. 2017. FS-MiniDUVAN Fonologiskt test för finlandssvenska förskolebarn. [Phonological test battery with manual for Finland-Swedish children in pre-school]. Stockholm: Hogrefe Psykologiförlaget. Press release/pressmeddelande
Theses
Lindgrén, S-A. 1997. “Contracted forms in the International Corpus of Learner English and in Grammars and Usage Manuals”. Unpublished Master’s thesis. Engelska institutionen vid Åbo Akademi. Åbo.
Lindgrén, S-A. 1999. “Zu der Kongruenz zwischen mehrteiligen Subjekten mit unterschiedlichem grammatischem Numerus und dem Finitum”. Unpublished minor subject thesis. Tyska institutionen vid Åbo Akademi. Åbo.
Lindgrén, S-A. 2012. Mild Developmental Dyslexia in University Students: Diagnosis and Performance Features in L1, L2, and L3. Doctoral Dissertation. Turku, Åbo Akademi University (English Department Publications 6). https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/73898
Non-scientific publications
Lindgrén, S-A. 2015b. “Mega nice!” Folkdansaren 63 (4).
Lindgrén, S-A. 2015c. “Folkedans var vildt godt” AV Facklan 60 (1).
Lindgrén, S-A. & Myllyniemi, M. 2020. "AV i Åbo goes history" AV Facklan 65 (1).
Presentations
"Digital literacy and a new toolbox for university teachers." SPREMI-research seminar. Åbo Akademi University, Åbo. 2020.
"Supporting Academic Writing Through Expanded Blended and Flipped Approaches: The Student Perspective. Poster. Signe-Anita Lindgrén, Diane Pilkinton-Pihko. EuroCall Conference. Louvain-la-Neuve. Belgium. 2019.
"Local and remote participation in a blended-learning writing course: Exploring webcasting, webinars, and net meetings." Diane
Pilkinton-Pihko, Signe-Anita Lindgrén. EuroCall Conference. Louvain-la-Neuve. Belgium. 2019.
problemlösning. Arr. samarbetsgruppen Hoppet. Hanaholmen, Espoo/Esbo. 2019.
"On Varying and Not Varying Vocabulary in L2 Academic Speech and Writing and Communicative Success." ESSE 2018. Brno. Check Republic. 2018.
”Second Language Acquisition and Dyslexia”. Full-day workshop/guest lecture. Special Education. Turku University, Turku/Åbo. 2018.
"NorDys: Nordic Network for Reading and Writing Disabilities in Higher Education." Aalto University Accessibility Day. Espoo, 2018.
”Dyslexi och skriftlig kommunikation - att se möjligheter i stället för problem.” Inbjuden talare. Nordisk nätverksträff för text- och studieverkstäder, CLL/Språkcentret vid Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2017.
”Läsflyt och ordförråd i engelska bland elever med och utan dyslexi i åk 9.” Inbjuden talare, 8:e Nordiska kongressen om dyslexipedagogik, Stockholm, Sweden. 2017.
”Metaphors in EFL Thesis Supervision”. The 18th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, AILA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2017.
“Advances in Applied Linguistics: Wrapping up." together with professor Tuija Virtanen-Ulfhielm, FINSSE-8, The Finnish Society for the Study of English, Åbo/Turku. 2017.
“Dyslexia in University Students and the (Foreign) Language Teacher." Language Centre Days 2017, Kuopio. 2017.
“Advanced EFL Writer Profiles and Performances: Contrasting Dyslexic and Non-Dyslexic Student Writing." American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference AAAL, Portland, OR, USA. 2017.
“Exploring How to Support Novice Academic EFL Presenters: A case study on teddy bears and hesitations." Interactive poster: Signe-Anita Lindgrén, Kaisa Korpinen. Fluency and Disfluency across Languages and Language Varieties International Conference, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. 2017.
“(Dis)fluency in EFL Read-aloud: The orthographic context." Fluency and Disfluency across Languages and Language Varieties International Conference, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. 2017.
“Three Perspectives on Dyslexia." Lecture/workshop. Nordic Dyslexia Youth Network Meeting 2016. Oslo. 2016.
“Dyslexia and Foreign Language Learning – Behind the Scenes.” In own workshop/session, organizer and chair: “How to Support Dyslexics in Foreign Language Learning.” Invited speaker: Dr. Elke Schneider, Winthrop University, USA, on English spelling. 3rd Baltic Sea – 17th Nordic Literacy Conference, Åbo/Turku. 2016.
“Dyslexiscreening i Svenskfinland: Nya FS-DUVAN.” 3rd Baltic Sea – 17th Nordic Literacy Conference, Åbo/Turku. 2016.
“LONGLEX Findings From Testing 8th Graders on 9th Grade EFL Vocabulary.” CECL Centre of English Corpus Linguistics, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgien. 2016.
“Different Perspectives on Dyslexia.” State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology, Cobleskill, NY, USA. 2015.
“Lexis in EFL Theses.” ICAME36, Trier, Germany. 2015.
“Dyslexi hos universitetsstudenter inom NorDys.” together with Ann-Katrine Risberg, Oppimisen haasteet nyt ja tulevaisuudessa: 18. valtakunnallinen tutkijatapaaminen, Jyväskylä. 2015.
“The LONGLEX Project: EFL-vocabulary in Finnish and Finland-Swedish 8th and 9th Graders.” AFinLA The Finnish Association for Applied Linguistics Autumn Symposium, Jyväskylä. 2014.
“Challenges in Compiling a Learner Corpus.” together with Dr. Pekka Lintunen, TY/ÅA English Departments conference, Seili/Själö. 2014.
“Dyslexi hos tonåringar och unga vuxna.” Heldagskurs för språklärare. Arr. Öppna Högskolan, Åland. 2014.
“What Can We Learn From Linguistic Features Like Pauses and Hesitations in Reading Aloud Tasks?” The British Dyslexia Association International Conference, BDA, Guildford, UK. 2014.
“Receptive and Productive ESL 9th Grade Vocabulary Knowledge in 8th Graders How Do We Assess and How Much Do They Master?” Interaktiv poster: American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference AAAL, Portland, OR, USA. 2014.
“Hur syns dyslexi i dagens samhälle.” Frukostklubben, Åbo svenska församling, Åbo. 2014.
“Dyslexia in University Students and the English Language.” Guest lecture. Aarhus University, Denmark. 2013.
“The BATMAT Corpus. Or what is a Linguistic Corpus?” Signe-Anita Lindgrén, Brita Wårvik. Digital Humanities Kick-off Symposium, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2013.
“Hesitations in EFL Reading Among Advanced Students With and Without Dyslexia.” Interaktiv poster: Signe-Anita Lindgrén, Daniela Mattsson. Autumn Symposium of the Finnish Association of Applied Linguistics AFinLA: Language Users of Tomorrow, Åbo. 2013.
“The BAT MAT Corpus: EFL Academic Writing.” Autumn Symposium of the Finnish Association of Applied Linguistics AFinLA: Language Users of Tomorrow, Åbo. 2013.
“Dyslexia and the Corpus Linguist.” Presentation i forskargrupp vid CECL Centre of English Corpus Linguistics, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgien. 2013.
“The BATMAT Corpus.” Presentation i forskargrupp vid CECL Centre of English Corpus Linguistics, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgien. 2013.
“Dyslexia and Foreign Language Learning.” Guest lecture for ELT, SLA students at Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgien. 2013.
”Universitetsstudenter med dyslexi: ett nordiskt perspektiv.” EDA European Dyslexia Association Conference, Signe-Anita Lindgrén, Katrine Bønnerup, Aarhus universitet, Danmark, Idor Svensson, Linnéuniversitet, Sverige; Växjö, Sverige. 2013.
”Nordic Network Explores Dyslexia in Higher Eduation.” EDA European Dyslexia Association Conference, Signe-Anita Lindgrén, Katrine Bønnerup, Aarhus universitet, Danmark, Idor Svensson, Linnéuniversitet, Sverige; Växjö, Sverige. 2013.
“Hold your horses: MSL interventions for dyslexic students’ difficulties with idioms and other figurative language.” EDA European Dyslexia Association Conference, Elke Schneider, Winthrop University, SC, USA, Andrea Kulmhofer, Universität Graz, Österrike, Signe-Anita Lindgrén; Interaktiv poster. Växjö, Sverige. 2013.
“Dyslexi från ? till !” Seminariedag för språklärare. Centret för livslångt lärande vid Åbo Akademi och Utbildningsstyrelsen, Åbo. 2012.
“Cool Your Jets: Remediating Difficulties with Figurative Language of Dyslexic Native and Non-native Speakers Using MSL Principles.” IDA International Dyslexia Association konferens, Elke Schneider, Winthrop University, SC, USA, Andrea Kulmhofer, Universität Graz, Österrike, Signe-Anita Lindgrén; Interaktiv poster. Interaktiv poster. Baltimore, MD, USA. 2012.
” Students with Dyslexia and How to Support Them in Higher Education" inbjuden till Accessible Universities Workshop. Well-being in the Information Society (WIS 2012) - Exploring the Abyss of Inequalities Conference, Turku. 2012.
”Om dyslexi och universitetsstudenter.” Gästföreläsning inom forskarskolan vid Åbo Akademi, doktorandprogrammet i pedagogiska vetenskaper, Vasa. 2012.
“Dyslexi hos flerspråkiga universitetsstuderande: Prestationer i svenska, finska och engelska under lupp” Inbjuden talare till Den Sjätte Nordiska Kongressen om Dyslexipedagogik, Stockholm. 2011.
”Dyslexia in English as a foreign language (EFL) among high-performers.” 8th British Dyslexia Association International Conference, Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK. 2011.
”Att utvecklas som handledare - avklarad handledarutbildning.” Inlägg och diskussion tillsammans med Anna-Greta Nyström och Sofie Strandén. Handledarlunch. Arr. Lärcentret i Åbo, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2011.
”Om dyslexi och språkliga prestationer hos unga vuxna.” Inbjuden talare. Södra Finlands Svenska Språklärarförening r.f.., Åbo. 2011.
“Assessing Writing.” Gästföreläsning inom Assessing English Language Skills. Engelska språket och litteraturen, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2011.
”Vad vet vi om dyslexi idag?” Marthorna i Kantlax. 2010.
“Mild dyslexia in the performance of multilingual university students: - What are the signs?" 2nd Baltic Sea Conference & 15th Nordic Reading Conference, Turku. 2010.
“Specific reading and writing disability in multilingual university students." Åbo Akademi, Turun Yliopisto , Kasnäs. 2010.
“Lievä luki- ja kirjoittamisvaikeus koulutetuilla monikielisillä nuorilla ja aikuisilla”. K ielitieteen symposiumi, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2010.
"Adult Language Students and Dyslexia " Gästföreläsning inom ämnesdidaktik.
Opettajankoulutuslaitos, Turun Yliopisto, Turku. 2010.
”Dyslexi: om ett grupp screening test och om främmande språk” . Gästföreläsning, Logopedi, Åbo Akademi. Åbo. 2010.
”What to do with ‘ones‘ (once) ‘sleaping’ (sleeping): Analyzing dyslectic university students’ ESL performance ”. SPREMI Research seminar, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2009.
”Multilingual mild dyslexic university students’ performance in their L1, L2 and in EFL”. The 15th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, AILA, Essen, BRD. 2008.
”Specifika läs- och skrivsvårigheter – också hos universitetsstuderande?!”. Utbildningsdag för personalen vid Åbo Akademi i Vasa. Vasa. 2008.
”Dyslexi: om ett grupp screening test och om främmande språk”. Gästföreläsning, Logopedi, Åbo Akademi. Åbo. 2008.
”Att integrera sitt ämnesstoff i en helhet.” Gästföreläsning inom Lärarroll och lärostoff i ämnesperspektiv, Humanistiska fakulteten, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2007.
”Hållbar utveckling: Om läs- och skrivsvårigheter” Inbjuden talare. Jubileumsföredrag. Yrkeshögskolan Sydväst, Åbo. 2006.
”*disskutera *rähjädys *comftable *trävligt: Om tecken på dyslexi hos unga vuxna”. Langnet-Konferens. Joensuu. 2006.
”Hur kan vi konkret stöda studenter med inlärningssvårigheter – som dyslexi?” Inbjuden talare till Fortbildningsdag, tillgänglighet till studierna. Arcada, Helsingfors. 2006.
„Ergebnisse einer selbstentwickelten Testbatterie zur Legasthenie unter Universitätsstudenten“ Martin-Luther-Universität Halle/Saale, BRD. 2006.
"Dyslexi- ett dolt problem hos universitetsstuderande?” Inbjuden talare till Seminarium för egenlärare om studiesocial handledning. Arr. ÅA:s studiesociala handledningagrupp, KEHRÄ, Åbo Akademi. Åbo. 2006.
"Dyslexi – problem och möjligheter” Inbjuden gästföreläsare till Infoteket, Yrkeshögskolan Sydväst, Ekenäs. 2006.
"Dyslexia and Foreign Language Learning" Gästföreläsning, Applied Linguistics, Engelska språket och litteraturen, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2006.
"Om dyslexi – att se möjligheterna i stället för problemen” Inbjuden gästföreläsare till Infoteket, Yrkeshögskolan Sydväst, Åbo. 2006.
"Dyslexia and Foreign Language Learning" Gästföreläsning, Applied Linguistics, Engelska språket och litteraturen, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2005.
"Dyslexi och universitetsstudier - en utmaning". Inbjuden talare till Rum för Humaniora, Hf öppet hus vid Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2005.
"Mild dyslexi hos universitetsstuderande: identifiering, inlärningsstrategier och undervisningsmetoder i främmande språk." Langnet-konferens. Tammerfors. 2004.
"Läs- och skrivsvårigheter - ett akademiskt problem? Om dyslexi hos universitetsstuderande" Inbjuden talare till Språkvetenskapliga Klubben vid Åbo Akademi. Åbo. 2004.
"Milde Legasthenie unter Universitätsstudierenden: Zur Frage eines gemeinsamen Gruppen Screening Tests für einsprachige Finnland-schwedische und zweisprachige (Finnisch und Schwedisch orientierte) Studenten." Finnisches Germanistentreffen. Vasan Yliopisto, Vasa. 2004.
"Screening University Students – with Varying Language Profiles – for Potential Mild Dyslexia. " 6th BDA British Dyslexia Association International Conference, Interaktiv posterpresentation, University of Warwick, UK. 2004.
"Group Testing of University Students for Mild Dyslexia" IDA, The International Dyslexia Association 54th Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, USA. 2003.
”Dyslexia and Foreign Language Learning" Gästföreläsning, Applied Linguistics, Engelska institutionen, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2003.
"Projektbeskrivning: Mild dyslexi hos ÅA-studerande" Anförande vid KEHRÄ-seminarium, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2003.
”Dyslexia and Foreign Language Learning" Gästföreläsning, Applied Linguistics, Engelska institutionen, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2003.
"Mild Dyslexia in University Students and Foreign Language Learning (FLL): On Screening for Dyslexia with a Group Test" Kielentutkimuksen kevätkoulu, Jyväskylä. 2003.
"Fortsättningskurs i tyska, TysFkVirt, flerform - med inlärningsplattformen Black Board" Gästföreläsning, Personalmöte Språktjänst vid Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2003.
"Problem med främmande språk : projektbeskrivning" Utbildningsdag om dyslexi för ÅAs skrivhandledare och språkgranskare, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. 2003.
"Foreign Language Learning and Mild Dyslexia in University Students: Identification and Learning Strategies Wanted: Identification of Potential Mild Dyslexics in German Foreign Language Placement Tests Found: " Third European graduate school on literacy: Methods in reading research, Skuldelev, Danmark. 2002.
”Legasthenie beim Fremdsprachenlernen und -lehren" Germanistentagung Åbo/Turku. 2001.
"British or American English? A Student View" med Prof. Tuija Virtanen. MAVEN 97, Major Varieties of English, Växjö, Sverige november 1997.
"The Written Corpus Speaks: Contracted Forms (CF)" 18th International ICAME Conference in English Corpus Linguistics, University of Liverpool/Chester, England.1997.