(SUKOL, Finland)
Leena Hämäläinen
Ms Leena Hämäläinen has had a long and successful career in language teaching in a vocational college. Throughout her career, Ms Hämäläinen has taken an interest in pedagogical development of foreign language teaching. We would particularly like to emphasize her active role in developing vocational teaching during recent decades.
From the beginning of her professional life, she has played an active role in various language teachers’ associations organising and participating in seminars and training sessions in Finland and abroad (teaching in numerous pre- and in-service training courses for language teachers organized by e.g. National Board of Education, Faculty of Education at Tampere University, language teachers’ associations (1987–2015); running workshops in FIPLV/NBR conferences and seminars (2000–2010) and participated in various international projects funded by ECML, European union and NordPlus.) She has always been willing and ready to share her expertise and findings with SUKOL and language teachers. From 2005-2007 she also served as Treasurer General and member of the Executive Committee of FIPLV.
Through Ms Hämäläinen’s wide networks within the language teachers’ organizations her expertise serves the teaching of all languages.
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