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Mother tongue and literature is taught at every stage of Finnish education, from preschool to universities, and, according to international assessments, with success. This article focuses on teaching and learning mother tongue and literature in basic education. The core of the subject is the interrelation between language and literature studies which opens up a diversity of thematic fields. This fact is elaborated with the help of an example, a fictional story by a Finnish writer, accompanied with school exercises typical for this subject.
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Tainio, L., GrÜnthal, S. (2012). Language and Literature Education. In: Niemi, H., Toom, A., Kallioniemi, A. (eds) Miracle of Education. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-811-7_10
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