As an experienced university lecturer, I take a keen interest in what students know and how they learn. Teaching and learning in Higher Education is therefore another research interest of mine. I have researched teaching methods and learning outcomes in grammar, history of English and presentation skills both on my own and with some of my colleagues. Some of the findings have been reported in:

  • Hiltunen, Risto, Matti Peikola & Janne Skaffari. 2009. The philological track. In Kokkola, Lydia (ed.). Tracks to Mastering English (Anglicana Turkuensia, 25). Turku: University of Turku, 11-17.
  • Lintunen, Pekka & Janne Skaffari. 2007. From grammar to structures of English. Paper read at 4th Finnish Society for the Study of English Conference, Helsinki.
  • Lintunen, Pekka & Janne Skaffari. 2014. L2 English learners as public speakers: Generic and language-specific features in learner narratives. AFinLA-e: Soveltavan kielitieteen tutkimuksia 6, 45-63.
  • Shiweda, Meameno & Janne Skaffari. 2022. Becoming an English teacher in Namibia and Finland.  EnglanTY blog.
  • Skaffari, Janne. 2007. Springtime for sentence structures? Grammatical knowledge and its assessment in the post-Bologna curriculum. Paper read at Assessing Language and (Inter-) Cultural Competences in Higher Education – Evaluation des compétences langagières et (inter-)culturelles dans l’enseignement supérieur, Turku.
  • Skaffari, Janne, Maarit Koponen & Juhani Hiirikoski. 2017. Corpus linguistics in the secondary school? Future teachers speak out. AFinLA autumn symposium: Building new literacies, Turku.
  • Skaffari, Janne, Maarit Koponen & Juhani Hiirikoski. 2021. Aineopintojen kielioppikurssin uudistaminen flippaamalla [‘Reforming the Intermediate Studies grammar course by flipping it’]. Yliopistopedagogiikka 28:1.
  • Skaffari, Janne & Pekka Lintunen. 2010. Does good grammar make a good student? Paper read at NAES-FINSSE 2010: English in the North conference, Oulu.
  • Skaffari, Janne & Pekka Lintunen. 2017. Millennials meet linguistics: Reflecting on the first-year experience. Paper read at FINSSE-8: What’s in a Century conference, Turku.
  • Skaffari, Janne & Carla Suhr. 2019. Middle English: An invitation to HEL through problem solving. In Moore, Colette & Chris Palmer (eds.). Teaching the History of the English Language (Options for Teaching). New York: Modern Language Association of America, 108-115. See book ad.