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V. Melléklet
248 Mellékletek cher who feels responsible for his or her own field pays attention to the interrelationship between subject matter and linguistic expression. Students are also themselves responsible for the development of their competence in the mother tongue and other languages. Without students sharing the responsibility for language learning, for learning to learn, and for self-evaluation of the competence acquired, learning of languages cannot achieve good results. The University will provide a range of resources for autonomous development of language skills. The University develops language programmes in view of academic workplace requirements and changes in them. The University will also make an effort to promote national language policy, language education policy, and language planning in accordance with developments at home and abroad. The University will participate in European and other international collaboration to promote language policy and language programmes in the area of higher education. The University of Jyväskylä will foster the Finnish language and its use. The University lays stress on the importance of the mother tongue for human growth, development, and learning. A good command of the mother tongue and an awareness of the importance of the mother tongue are important ingredients of high-level academic expertise and are also a foundation for the learning of foreign languages. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS Language of teaching and research The University will encourage good use of the Finnish language by teachers and tutors by calling attention to good practices and by providing training in pedagogical communication. Versatile communicative competence in the mother tongue and non-native languages will be given an important position in all pedagogical training in the area of higher education. Special attention will be paid to the way in which language is used in texts produced by and for students, such as papers and reports by students, study guides, and syllabuses. The University will exploit its inherent multiculturalism for the purposes of internationalisation and the strengthening of its language resources. Members of the academic community who have come from abroad will make it possible to create natural situations of internationalisation in the domestic context. Language education for bachelors’ and masters’ degrees will be planned and implemented jointly by the faculties, departments, and Language Centre. When planning and endorsing the syllabuses, the faculties and departments have to ensure the appropriation of the resources necessary for their implementation. The study plans of individual students will have to include plans for language and communication studies. The prerequisite for language education offered for all students is that the students admitted to the University have a good command of writing skills in the mother tongue, good basic skills in Swedish, and a good command of at least one foreign language. Good multiple language competence can be taken into account as a criterion when new students are admitted to the University.
