research group
BLAU Research Group (Usage-Based Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition and -Teaching)
A research group focusing on subjects related to second language acquisition (SLA), -teaching and multilingualism in a usage-based perspective.
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Kristine Vårdal, UiB
Main content
Usage-based approaches to second language acquisition (SLA) and teaching are now advancing in international second language research. Central tenets in usage-based approaches are: Linguistic knowledge emerges from experiences with language in usage-events; language learning is the learning of constructions (form-meaning mappings); language learning is exemplar-based; frequency in input affects the learning process, language learning is a dynamic developmental process; implicit associative learning also applies to adult learners. |
The members of the research group have a common interest in studying second language learning and teaching, and also multilingualism, from the perspective of usage-based linguistics. The core members of the group are faculty from the fields of Norwegian as a second language and Nordic linguistics at the Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies. In addition, the group is open for graduate students working on relevant projects, and external members with an interest for the research field. We have for instance established a collaboration with Bergen Læringssenter for Norwegian and social studies, and with NAV Bergenhus. |
Members
Faculty at the Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aestethic Studies, UiB:
- Julie Bergmann, PhD Candidate
- Elisabeth Bjugn, Assistant Professor
- Hilde Johansen, Associate Professor
- Torodd Kinn, Professor
- Eli Kristine Knudsen, Assistant Professor
- Atle Kristiansen, Assistant Professor
- Helga Mannsåker, Associate Professor
- Ingvild Nistov, Professor
- Tina Nordby, Assistant Professor
- Anna-Marie Kjøde Olsen, PhD Candidate
- Katrin Saarik, Assistant Professor
- Snorre Karkkonen Svendsen, PhD Candidate
- Live Christine Brandal Tjervåg, Assistant Professor
- Marianne van Baar, Assistant Professor
- Oda Marie Erstad Villanger, Teaching assistant
- Kristine Vårdal, Assistant Professor
External members:
- Bjørnar Iden Bjerkeset, Bergen Læringssenter, Bergen municipality
- Marte Bjørklund, Bergen Læringssenter, Bergen municipality
- Ingrid Feline Hauge, Bergen Læringssenter, Bergen municipality
- Stian Kervell, teacher, Bømlo kommune
- Espen Strøm Lønvik, Assistant Professor NTNU
- Marte Nordanger, Associate professor, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
- Solveig Weltzien, Bergen Læringssenter, Bergen municipality
16.03.2023