Justyna Legutko holds a PhD in English Language Education. Her research concerns multilingualism, language teacher collaboration, teacher-researcher collaboration as well as writing pedagogy in (foreign) language classrooms.
Teaching
Teaching experience at Department of Languages, LNU
First-cycle courses
1EN001/
1ENÄ12/
1EN20Ä English I: Introduction to Linguistics
1EN40Ä/
1ENÄ14 English II: English Sociolinguistics and Multilingualism
2EN60Ä
/2ENÄ02 English III: Vocabulary Teaching and Learning in EFL
1EN191 English 1: History of the English Language
1EN012 Preparatory English course for international students
1GN270 English for Primary School Teachers, School Years 4-6
Second-cycle courses
4ENÄ4E English V: Seminar in content analysis
4EN006 Linguistic perspectives (Master in English Linguistics and Literature, MELL).
4EN901 Communication (Nordic Master for in-service language teachers)
1EN128 English Language Proficiency and Academic Writing course
Supervision experience at Department of Languages, LNU
- Independent projects on basic level (1EN002, 1EN40Ä, 2ENÄ4E)
- Independent projects on advanced level (4ENÄ4E)
Research
Doctoral study: Teaching writing in language classrooms: From autonomous to cross-curricular and multilingual practices
The aim of the PhD study was to support the development of the students' emerging multilingual writing skills through cross-curricular collaboration between teachers of different languages (German, English, French and Spanish).
Even though teachers of the language of schooling and of foreign languages all teach writing in their respective language classrooms, few cross-curricular connections are made in their teaching practices. My research attends to this gap, aiming at (1) gaining a deeper understanding of how teachers of different languages teach writing, and (2) exploring the extent to which teachers of different languages can align their teaching approaches to writing and make cross-curricular connections explicit.
Data were collected at two secondary schools in Berlin, Germany, where German is the language of schooling, English the first foreign language and French or Spanish the second foreign language.
NEXUS ANALYSIS NETWORK
I initiated and am co-facilitating a research network for researchers who use Nexus Analysis (Scollon & Scollon, 2004). We organise a monthly online study circle and book club to discuss ongoing research and questions that researchers who use nexus analysis deal with. We also organise symposia at conferences and work on joint publications. Anyone is welcome to join!
More information can be found on our website: https://nexusanalysisnetwork.wordpress.com/
CONFERENCES
- 8-9 May 2026: Presentation entitled “Using ‘discourses in place’ as an analytical tool in discourse studies” at the Swedish Association of Applied Linguistics (ASLA), Umeå, Sweden
- 5-8 November 2025: Presentation entitled “Definitions of ‘discourses in place’ in nexus analytic studies: a literature review” at Autumn Symposium of the Finnish Association for Applied Linguistics (AFinLA), Joensuu, Finland
- 26-28 June 2025: Poster presentation entitled "Changing and challenging the teaching of writing in language classrooms: The role of teacher cognition in a teacher–researcher collaboration" at EuroSLA in Tromsø, Norway.
- 9-11 April 2025: Presentation entitled "How to systematise multilingual teaching practices in English language classrooms" at National Forum for English Studies in Lund, Sweden.
- 11-13 September 2024: Poster presentation entitled "Nexus-analytical perspectives on change" at 'Educational Linguistics 2024: Language(s) from Childhood to Adult Age' conference in Kalmar, Sweden.
- 11-13 September 2024: Presentation entitled "Teaching materials mediating a teacher-researcher collaboration on a multilingual writing pedagogy" at 'Educational Linguistics 2024: Language(s) from Childhood to Adult Age' conference in Kalmar, Sweden.
- 29-31 August 2024: Presentation entitled "Writing pedagogy in the second foreign language – a collaborative project between language of schooling and foreign language teachers" at the 13th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism in Groningen, Netherlands.
- 21-22 March 2024: Presentation entitled "Teaching materials as mediators of a language teacher collaboration on writing pedagogy" at Multilingualism on my mind Conference at University of Bergen, Norway.
- 21-24 November 2023: Presentation entitled "Análisis de un nexo: Hacia enfoques interdisciplinarios de enseñanza para la redacción de textos en clases de idiomas" at IV International ALES conference in Concepción, Chile.
- 17-21 July 2023: Presentation entitled "Nexus analysis as a change-oriented methodology – toward cross-curricular teaching approaches to writing in language classrooms" at AILA 2023 in Lyon, France.
- 12-14 June 2023: Presentation entitled "An ethnography of classroom practice: exploring common ground between writing pedagogies in three language subjects" at Translanguaging in the Age of (Im)mobility Conference at Dalarna University, Sweden.
- 7-10 June 2023: Presentation entitled "A nexus analytical approach to developing a cross-curricular writing pedagogy among three language subjects" at Plurensa-2023 Conference in Montpellier, France.
- 17-23 February 2023: Presentation entitled "A nexus analysis of writing activities in language of schooling as well as foreign language classrooms: potential for teacher collaboration" at Writing Research Across Borders Conference in Trondheim, Norway.
- 27-29 October 2022: Presentation entitled "A nexus analysis of writing activities in language classrooms: toward cross-curricular teaching approaches" at the Finnish Association of Applied Linguistics Conference in Helsinki, Finland.
- 22-23 September 2022: Presentation entitled "Toward cross-curricular approaches to writing in language classrooms" at Multilingual Education in Linguistically Diverse Contexts Conference at Univeristy of Tirana, Albania.
- 2-3 December 2021: Presentation entitled "Cross-curricular writing pedagogy - the potential for teacher collaboration within current language syllabi" at Multilingual and Multicultural Learning: Policies and Practices (MLPP) Conference in Kraków, Poland.
- 20-21 November 2021: Presentation entitled "Cross-curricular writing pedagogy - the potential for teacher collaboration within current language syllabi " at New Approaches to Bilingualism and Multilingualism and Language Learning/Teaching Conference at the University of Cyprus.
SYMPOSIA
16-18 May 2024: Presentation entitled "The influence of educational and professional experiences on writing a doctoral research proposal in educational linguistics: An autoethnographic study" at Psychology of Language Learning Conference in Madrid, Spain.
27-29 October 2022: Co-chaired a symposium entitled "Nexus analytic perspectives on language, participation and change" at Applied Linguistics Conference in Helsinki, Finland.
My research groups
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Educational Linguistics The Educational Linguistics research group brings together researchers in Linguistics and in Language Education, focusing on the theme ‘language (in) education’ (see Hult,…
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Nordic Research Network for Educational Linguistics (NordEdLing) Mission statement: To establish and promote educational linguistics as a research field in the Nordic countries that encourages and…
My ongoing research projects
Publications
Article in journal (Refereed)
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Legutko, J. (2026). Affordances of the English language subject in systematizing cross-curricular teaching practices. Nordic Journal of English Studies. 5 (1). 126-151.
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Tumelius, R., Legutko, J., Intke-hernandez, M., Vorobeva, P. (2025). Blurred lines of participation : nexus analytical tools for reflecting on the roles of researchers and participants in change-oriented research projects. Applied Linguistics Review. 16 (4). 1637-1657.
Status: Published -
Nada, C.I., Legutko, J. (2022). "Maybe we did not learn that much academically, but we learn more from experience" : Erasmus mobility and its potential for transformative learning. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 87. 183-192.
Status: Published -
Nada, C., Avery, H., Legutko, J. The relationship between mobility and language : experiences of international students in Europe. Language Awareness.
Status: Accepted
Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
- Legutko, J. (2025). Teaching writing in language classrooms : From autonomous to cross-curricular and multilingual practices. Doctoral Thesis. Växjö, Linnaeus University Dissertations.
Chapter in book (Refereed)
- Legutko, J. (2027). Collaborative teaching materials development : A case of TESOLgraphics. Uniting research and practice in second language education. Cambridge University Press.
- Legutko, J. (2026). Changing the nexus of teaching to write through teacher-generated materials. Nexus analysis in applied linguistics. Mouton de Gruyter.
- Legutko, J. (2024). The Influence of Educational and Professional Experiences on Writing a Doctoral Research Proposal in Educational Linguistics : An Autoethnographic Study. More than a title : Autoethnographic Explorations of Choosing Dissertation Topics in Applied Linguistics. Brill Academic Publishers. 11-32.
- Legutko, J. (2024). A nexus analysis of writing activities in language of schooling and foreign language classrooms. New Approaches to Multilingualism, Language Learning, and Teaching. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
- Tyrkkö, J., Legutko, J. (2023). “Bongswore, mesdarms et messures”:Code-Switching and Multimodality in Punch Magazine during Victorian Times and Beyond. Multilingualism from Manuscript to 3D : Intersections of Modalities from Medieval to Modern Times. Routledge. 141-169.