Disputation: Lene Anundsen: Litterature in primary school for adult immigrants

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Lene Margrethe Anundsen of the Faculty of Humanities and Education at the University of Agder has submitted her thesis entitled «Litteraturundervisning og litterære tekstpraksiser i grunnskoletilbud for voksne innvandrere» and will defend the thesis for the PhD-degree Wednesday 30 August 2022.

She has followed the PhD programme at the Faculty of Humanities and Education at the University of Agder, with Spesialisation in literary studies.

Summary of the thesis by Lene Anundsen:

Litterature in primary school for adult immigrants

This study investigates literature didactics issues related to literary practices and literature teaching in a specific type of second language classroom; primary and lower secondary education for adult immigrants.

Field work

The project takes an exploratory approach based on empirical data from three primary and lower secondary education classes consisting of adult second language users who have lived in Norway for a relatively short period of time.

The thesis is article-based, and the four sub-studies or articles explore a selection of aspects relating to reading literature, text practices and teaching, from the pupil, teacher and classroom perspectives, respectively.

As a whole, the thesis offers several ways of approaching the same data material.

The four sub-studies focus on adult pupils' literary practices from their country of origin (Syria, Eritrea, Somalia) and Norway, individual pupils' reception of a novel with a migration theme, whole class literature discussions, and the teachers' reflections and personal subject constructs.

Main findings

The thesis argues that the literature part of Norwegian as a school subject can include more subject matter from literary traditions from more parts of the world, particularly when it comes to primary and lower secondary education for adults.

The thesis also places literature didactics issues in the context of the subject and research field of Norwegian as a second language.

Disputation facts:

The trial lecture and the public defence will take place in Gabriel Scotts auditorium B1 001, Campus Kristiansand and online via the Zoom conferencing app - registration link below.

Prodean for research Gunhild Kvåle, Faculty of Humanities and Education, University of Agder, will chair the disputation.

The trial lecture Tuesday 30 August at 10:00 hours

Public defence Tuesday 30 August at12:00 hours

 

Given topic for trial lecture: «Flerspråklige elevers kulturelle arv – en ressurs i språkundervisningen»

Thesis Title: «Litteraturundervisning og litterære tekstpraksiser i grunnskoletilbud for voksne innvandrere»

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The thesis is available here:

PhD Thesis Lene Anundsen_print

 

The Candidate: Lene Anundsen (1968, Porsgrunn, grovn up in Mandal) Masters degree in Nordic Languages and Litterature, UiA (2009). Title of the Master thesis: «Mange måter å lese på – multifunksjonelle lesepraksiser hos innvandrerforeldre som leser barnebøker». Present position:  Assistant Professor at the Department of Nordic and Media Studies, UiA.

Opponents:

First opponent: Professor Eva Hultin, School of Education, Culture and Communication, Division of Language and Literature, Mälardalen University, Sweden

Second opponent: Professor Anna Lyngfelt, Department of Pedagogical, Curricular and Professional Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Professor Svein Slettan,  Department of Nordic and Media Studies, University of Agder,  is appointed as the administrator for the assessment committee.

Supervisors in the doctoral work were Professor Emerita Elise Seip Tønnessen, University of Agder (main supervisor) and Associate Professor Catarina Economou, Malmø university, Sweden (co-supervisor)

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