Academic interests
- Second/Foreign Language Acquistion
- Teaching Foreign Language Didactics
- Multilingualism
- Metacognition in Language Learning and Teaching
- Early Language Learning and Teaching
- German Language and Literature
- Norwegian as a Second Language
Courses taught
- German Language and Didactics 1 in the Teacher Education Programme
- Foreign Language Didactics
- German Language and Literature
Background
Education:
Candidata Philologae, University of Bergen, Norway. Subjects: German, Norwegian, Music.
PhD courses, University of Oslo, Norway
Work Experience:
Professor in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching, Østfold University of Applied Sciences, 2025 - to date.
Associate Professor in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching, Østfold University College, 2016-2025
Assistant Professor in German Linguistics, Østfold University College, 1998-2016
Assistant Professor in German Didactics, part-time, University of Oslo, 2012-2016
Assistant Professor in German Linguistics, University of Stavanger, 1997
Assistant Professor in German Linguistics, Østfold University College, 1995-1996
Teacher in Norwegian and German in Upper Secondary School, Bergen, 1994-1995
Positions held
- Leader of the research group Language Teaching and Learning
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