Academic Interests
Foreign language teaching and learning; French as a foreign language; Language acquisition, Multilingualism
Classroom observation with video data, Language teacher education; Novice language teachers, Metalinguistic awareness; Grammar teaching; Writing; Learner corpora; Learner language; Intercultural competence; Language learning through games and playful activities
Research methods
French grammar and French-Norwegian contrastive analyses related to mode, tense and aspect
Teaching
Courses in foreign language education and French as a foreign language in Teacher Education
Research methods for master and PhD students
Background
Education
2008: PhD, French text linguistics, University of Bergen (UiB)
2001: Cand.philol (M.A.), French studies, University of Bergen (UiB)
1999: Cand. mag (B.A.), French, English, Psychology
Professional experience
2020-2022: Professor II (20%), Norwegian Centre for Foreign Languages in Education
2018-: Professor, Foreign Language Education, Department of Teacher Education and School Research, University of Oslo (UiO)
2011-2018: Associate professor, Foreign Language Education, Department of Teacher Education and School Research, University of Oslo (UiO)
2009-2011: Adviser, Norwegian Centre for Foreign Languages in Education
2007-2009: Associate professor, Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen (UiB)
2003-2008: Research fellow, French studies, University of Bergen (UiB)