Cecilie Slinning Knudsen

About

I am a PhD student from 2023 to 2027 and on leave from my position as a university lecturer in Norwegian didactics at the Department of Teacher Education.

My PhD project aims to explore the knowledge and skills that teachers need to conduct effective reading and writing instruction in first grade, which also involves identifying early signs of reading and writing difficulties. Teachers’ skills in phonology and knowledge of the relationship between a language’s phonology and orthography are essential for high-quality reading and writing instruction. The purpose of the project is to gain insight into the existing and needed skills of teachers, and to contribute to a content in teacher education that prepares the students to provide the first reading and writing instruction.

To try to find some answers to the situation and causes in the Norwegian school, I will use two methods: survey and observation of teacher conversations.

I have a master’s degree in linguistics from NTNU, with a bachelor’s degree in languages with English and Nordic from Volda University College. I have also continued my education in Norwegian as a second language at NTNU.

Academic interests:

Language
Second language acquisition
Phonlogy
Optimality Theory
Pronunciation teaching
Linguistic awareness and Form-Focused intrstruction

Member of the research group Linguistic Diversity in School and Society.

Master's degree (2013)

"Perceptual Acquisition of Norwegian Close Rounded Vowels by Mandarin Chinese Learners of Norwegian"

https://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/handle/11250/244059

Projects:

Book on second language phonology and pronunciation instruction: Uttaleundervisning - fra teoretisk innsikt til praktisk anvendelse together with Olaf Husby.

Workbook for Norwegian on the web 2 with Heidi Helgå, Olaf Husby, Lena Hveding and Hege Langfjæran.
www.uttale.no - a free resource for teachers andstudents in their work with Norwegian pronunciation
Consultant on 'God i norsk' (Berg & Hofset 2017) https://www.haugenbok.no/Skoleboeker/Smaaskolen/God-i-norsk/I9788203401367

Research

Publications

2023

Riksem, Brita Ramsevik; Knudsen, Cecilie Slinning. (2023) “Not as boring as I thought”: Possibilities and challenges of an exploratory approach to grammar in teacher education. Acta Didactica Norden (ADNO)
Academic article

2022

Knudsen, Cecilie Slinning. (2022) Andrespråksfonologi og uttaleundervisning. Fagbokforlaget
Chapter

2020

Knudsen, Cecilie Slinning; Husby, Olaf Anders. (2020) Uttaleundervisning Fra teoretisk innsikt til praktisk anvendelse i klasserommet. Fagbokforlaget Fagbokforlaget
Textbook

2019

Knudsen, Cecilie Slinning. (2019) Bevisstgjøring i uttaleundervisning: Teori møter praksis. Norsklæreren tidsskrift for språk, litteratur og didaktikk
Popular scientific article

2018

Knudsen, Cecilie Slinning. (2018) "Hva tenker norsklærere om uttaleundervisning?".
Website (informational material)
Helgå, Heidi Borghild; Husby, Olaf Anders; Hveding, Lena; Knudsen, Cecilie Slinning; Langfjæran, Hege. (2018) Arbeidsbok Norwegian on the Web 2. Fagbokforlaget Fagbokforlaget
Textbook

2017

Knudsen, Cecilie Slinning. (2017) Meningsdrevet uttaleundervisning i andrespråksklasserommet.
Website (informational material)

2014

Borthen, Kaja; Knudsen, Cecilie Slinning. (2014) Semantiske og pragmatiske aspekter ved trykklett visst :. NLT - Norsk lingvistisk tidsskrift
Academic article

Journal publications

Riksem, Brita Ramsevik; Knudsen, Cecilie Slinning. (2023) “Not as boring as I thought”: Possibilities and challenges of an exploratory approach to grammar in teacher education. Acta Didactica Norden (ADNO)
Academic article
Knudsen, Cecilie Slinning. (2019) Bevisstgjøring i uttaleundervisning: Teori møter praksis. Norsklæreren tidsskrift for språk, litteratur og didaktikk
Popular scientific article
Borthen, Kaja; Knudsen, Cecilie Slinning. (2014) Semantiske og pragmatiske aspekter ved trykklett visst :. NLT - Norsk lingvistisk tidsskrift
Academic article

Books

Knudsen, Cecilie Slinning; Husby, Olaf Anders. (2020) Uttaleundervisning Fra teoretisk innsikt til praktisk anvendelse i klasserommet. Fagbokforlaget Fagbokforlaget
Textbook
Helgå, Heidi Borghild; Husby, Olaf Anders; Hveding, Lena; Knudsen, Cecilie Slinning; Langfjæran, Hege. (2018) Arbeidsbok Norwegian on the Web 2. Fagbokforlaget Fagbokforlaget
Textbook

Part of book/report

Knudsen, Cecilie Slinning. (2022) Andrespråksfonologi og uttaleundervisning. Fagbokforlaget
Chapter

INFORMASJONSMATR

Knudsen, Cecilie Slinning. (2018) "Hva tenker norsklærere om uttaleundervisning?".
Website (informational material)
Knudsen, Cecilie Slinning. (2017) Meningsdrevet uttaleundervisning i andrespråksklasserommet.
Website (informational material)

Outreach

2024

Academic lecture

Knudsen, Cecilie Slinning; Solheim, Oddny Judith. (2024) Et øre for detaljene - Lærerstudenters kunnskap om fonologisk bevissthet og dens rolle i den første lese- og skriveopplæringa. Skriv! Les! , Stavanger 2024-05-06 - 2024-05-08
Academic lecture

Knudsen, Cecilie Slinning. (2024) Hensiktsmessig terminologibruk om fonologi i skole og lærerutdanning . MoNS: Møter om norsk språk , UiO 2024-11-27 - 2024-11-27