Assistant Head of Department

Janne Sønnesyn

Department of Language, Literature, Mathematics and Interpreting
Janne Sønnesyn
Tel: +47 57 67 61 56
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Sogndal
BRAGE B-1040
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Field of work

She is Assistant Head of Department at the Department of Language, Literature, Mathemathics and Interpreting, and has Teacher Training and Education 1-7 as her main responsibility.

She holds a PhD in Norwegian language and language didactics, and her field of research is particularly related to language learning, language didactics, language management, language ideologies and language attitudes. She has worked extensively with young people's written language choices, with a special focus on the conditions for users of Nynorsk.  


Teaches

  • The instruction of reading and writing
  • Grammar
  • Norwegian as a second language
  • Language didactics
  • Theory of science and method


Research 

  • Language policy and management
  • Language didactics and language learning
  • Sociolinguistics


Research groups

Courses taught
  • MGBNO101, Norwegian 1, module 1, 25/26, subject responsible
  • MGBNO301, Norwegian 2, module 1 - Language, culture and literature, 25/26, subject responsible
  • MGUKØ101, Physical education 1, module 1 - Physical education, the teacher and teaching practice, 25/26
  • MGUNO503, Norwegian 3, module 3, 25/26, subject responsible
  • MGUNO550, Norwegian 3, module 4 - Master's thesis, 25/26
  • NOB801N, Norwegian 1, module 1 - Norwegian for starters, 25/26
  • NOB802N, Norwegian 1, module 2 - Training at intermediate grades, 25/26
  • NSS801, Teaching Nynorsk as a Second Written Language, 25/26

Publications