Nicole Louise Busby

About

I’m interested in second language acquisition, particularly in vocabulary acquisition and reading in a second language. My research has mainly focused on the acquisition of English in Norway, and whether learning English through informal out-of-class activities such as watching movies and playing computer games has an impact on how well Norwegian students are prepared for reading academic texts in English at university. I am also interested in language practices in higher education more generally.

I am a member of the research groups VOCLEX (VOCabulary and the multilingual mental LEXicon), LPE (Language Practices in Education), L-Later (Language Learner and Teacher Research) and ForMAAL (Formal, Mental, and Acquisitional Approaches to Language). I am also a member of Flere Språk til Flere, the Trondheim branch of Bilingualism Matters.

Research

Publications

2024

Mahan, Karina Rose; Hammer, Svenja; Lorenz, Eliane; De Angelis, Gessica Luisa; Flikke, Julie Katrine; Busby, Nicole Louise. (2024) Skal alle stipendiater lære seg norsk? Vi er bekymret. Forskning.no
Feature article
Lund, Tilde Holm; Busby, Nicole Louise. (2024) “If we are going to encounter lots of these words, then I am not prepared.”: Academic vocabulary knowledge and attitudes towards English courses among upper secondary students in Norway. NTNU
Masters thesis
Mahan, Karina Rose; Busby, Nicole Louise; de Angelis, Gessica Luisa; Flikke, Julie Katrine; Hammer, Svenja; Lorenz, Eliane. (2024) Hvordan tilrettelegge for norskopplæring til internasjonalt ansatte i akademia?. Khrono.no
Feature article
Busby, Nicole Louise; Angelsen, Anja Katrine; Nygård, Gro; Dahl, Anne; Listhaug, Kjersti Faldet. (2024) Experiences of Norwegian and English among international staff at NTNU. NTNU Open
Report
Ringrose, Miriam; Busby, Nicole Louise; Greenall, Annjo Klungervik. (2024) ChatGPT and differentiated reading materials: The possibilities and limitations of AI-generated graded readers for an ESL context. NTNU
Masters thesis
Verkerk, Eline; Busby, Nicole Louise. (2024) The use of extramural English among French youth and its impact on listening comprehension. NTNU
Masters thesis
Busby, Nicole Louise. (2024) Exploring the Effects of Early Extramural English Exposure on the Vocabulary Size of University Students. Education Sciences
Academic article

2023

Veiesund, Marita; Busby, Nicole Louise. (2023) A multimodal classroom: A study on teachers' use of multimodal ensembles in the Norwegian English as an Additional Language classroom. NTNU
Masters thesis
Kalhagen, Maren Helene; Busby, Nicole Louise. (2023) Norwegian first-graders’ English vocabulary knowledge and exposure to Extramural English. NTNU
Masters thesis
Kvithyll, Ina Marie; Busby, Nicole Louise. (2023) A novel approach: Investigating factors that predict and impact vocabulary acquisition through fiction literature in the Norwegian ESL classroom. NTNU
Masters thesis
Skaug, Anne Kristine; Busby, Nicole Louise. (2023) Is gaming the key to vocabulary mastery? Exploring Norwegian upper secondary school students’ vocabulary knowledge in relation to gaming inside and outside the classroom . NTNU
Masters thesis
Busby, Nicole Louise; Angelsen, Anja Katrine. (2023) Teaching the teachers: Designing digital assessment for language teachers which both evaluates and educates. Conference Proceedings of the ALTE 8th International Conference
Academic article
Mahan, Karina Rose; Busby, Nicole Louise; Flikke, Julie Katrine; De Angelis, Gessica Luisa; Hammer, Svenja; Lorenz, Eliane. (2023) Forskergruppe vil kartlegge språk ved NTNU. www.universitetsavisa.no
Reader opinion piece

2022

Angelsen, Anja Katrine; Busby, Nicole. (2022) Assessing assessment: The development of a portfolio assessment in a linguistics course for in-service language teachers at a Norwegian university . Testing, Evaluation & Assessment Today
Popular scientific article

2021

Busby, Nicole; Dahl, Anne. (2021) Reading Rate of Academic English Texts: Comparing L1 and Advanced L2 Users in Different Language Environments. Nordic Journal of English Studies (NJES)
Academic article

2020

Busby, Nicole. (2020) Words from where? Predictors of L2 English vocabulary among Norwegian university students. ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics
Academic article
Busby, Nicole; Dahl, Anne; Hellekjær, Glenn Ole. (2020) Presumptions, proficiencies, and parallel languages: Investigating academic English reading among Norwegian university students. NTNU
Doctoral dissertation

2018

Busby, Nicole. (2018) Comparing first and second language reading: the use of metacognitive strategies among Norwegian university students . Acta Didactica Norge
Academic article

2015

Dahl, Anne; Busby, Nicole. (2015) Too cool for school? Sources of English language acquisition, attitudes, and academic reading ability among Norwegian university students. NTNU
Masters thesis

Journal publications

Mahan, Karina Rose; Hammer, Svenja; Lorenz, Eliane; De Angelis, Gessica Luisa; Flikke, Julie Katrine; Busby, Nicole Louise. (2024) Skal alle stipendiater lære seg norsk? Vi er bekymret. Forskning.no
Feature article
Mahan, Karina Rose; Busby, Nicole Louise; de Angelis, Gessica Luisa; Flikke, Julie Katrine; Hammer, Svenja; Lorenz, Eliane. (2024) Hvordan tilrettelegge for norskopplæring til internasjonalt ansatte i akademia?. Khrono.no
Feature article
Busby, Nicole Louise. (2024) Exploring the Effects of Early Extramural English Exposure on the Vocabulary Size of University Students. Education Sciences
Academic article
Busby, Nicole Louise; Angelsen, Anja Katrine. (2023) Teaching the teachers: Designing digital assessment for language teachers which both evaluates and educates. Conference Proceedings of the ALTE 8th International Conference
Academic article
Mahan, Karina Rose; Busby, Nicole Louise; Flikke, Julie Katrine; De Angelis, Gessica Luisa; Hammer, Svenja; Lorenz, Eliane. (2023) Forskergruppe vil kartlegge språk ved NTNU. www.universitetsavisa.no
Reader opinion piece
Angelsen, Anja Katrine; Busby, Nicole. (2022) Assessing assessment: The development of a portfolio assessment in a linguistics course for in-service language teachers at a Norwegian university . Testing, Evaluation & Assessment Today
Popular scientific article
Busby, Nicole; Dahl, Anne. (2021) Reading Rate of Academic English Texts: Comparing L1 and Advanced L2 Users in Different Language Environments. Nordic Journal of English Studies (NJES)
Academic article
Busby, Nicole. (2020) Words from where? Predictors of L2 English vocabulary among Norwegian university students. ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics
Academic article
Busby, Nicole. (2018) Comparing first and second language reading: the use of metacognitive strategies among Norwegian university students . Acta Didactica Norge
Academic article

Report

Lund, Tilde Holm; Busby, Nicole Louise. (2024) “If we are going to encounter lots of these words, then I am not prepared.”: Academic vocabulary knowledge and attitudes towards English courses among upper secondary students in Norway. NTNU
Masters thesis
Busby, Nicole Louise; Angelsen, Anja Katrine; Nygård, Gro; Dahl, Anne; Listhaug, Kjersti Faldet. (2024) Experiences of Norwegian and English among international staff at NTNU. NTNU Open
Report
Ringrose, Miriam; Busby, Nicole Louise; Greenall, Annjo Klungervik. (2024) ChatGPT and differentiated reading materials: The possibilities and limitations of AI-generated graded readers for an ESL context. NTNU
Masters thesis
Verkerk, Eline; Busby, Nicole Louise. (2024) The use of extramural English among French youth and its impact on listening comprehension. NTNU
Masters thesis
Veiesund, Marita; Busby, Nicole Louise. (2023) A multimodal classroom: A study on teachers' use of multimodal ensembles in the Norwegian English as an Additional Language classroom. NTNU
Masters thesis
Kalhagen, Maren Helene; Busby, Nicole Louise. (2023) Norwegian first-graders’ English vocabulary knowledge and exposure to Extramural English. NTNU
Masters thesis
Kvithyll, Ina Marie; Busby, Nicole Louise. (2023) A novel approach: Investigating factors that predict and impact vocabulary acquisition through fiction literature in the Norwegian ESL classroom. NTNU
Masters thesis
Skaug, Anne Kristine; Busby, Nicole Louise. (2023) Is gaming the key to vocabulary mastery? Exploring Norwegian upper secondary school students’ vocabulary knowledge in relation to gaming inside and outside the classroom . NTNU
Masters thesis
Busby, Nicole; Dahl, Anne; Hellekjær, Glenn Ole. (2020) Presumptions, proficiencies, and parallel languages: Investigating academic English reading among Norwegian university students. NTNU
Doctoral dissertation
Dahl, Anne; Busby, Nicole. (2015) Too cool for school? Sources of English language acquisition, attitudes, and academic reading ability among Norwegian university students. NTNU
Masters thesis

Teaching

Courses in autumn 2024:

SPRÅK3001 - Research Methods in Linguistics
ENG6020 and ENG6025 - Linguistics and Language Acquisition
SPRÅK6010 - Informal Language Learning

Teaching experience:

ENG3901 - Master's Thesis in English
ENG3920 - Master's Thesis in English Linguistics and Language Acquisition
SPRÅK3001 - Research Methods in Linguistics
SPRÅL3800 - Unspecified Topic/ Independent Study
SPRÅK3501 - Scientific Communication for Engineers
ENG2910 - Bachelor's thesis in English
ENG2153 - First and Second Language Acquisition
ENG1201 - Proficiency and Grammar
ENG1101 - English Linguistics
ENG1001 - Varieties of English/Global English
SPRÅK1200 - Foreign Languages and Society
ENG6023 and ENG6026 - Global English
ENG6020 and ENG6025 - Linguistics and Language Acquisition
ENG6010 - English Proficiency
Graduate and undergraduate human anatomy courses (University of Wollongong)
Undergraduate human anatomy, nutrition and sports medicine courses (University of Canberra)

Supervision

I supervise master's projects relating to second language acquisition inside and outside the classroom, as well as topics related to reading and writing of academic texts.

I would be happy to supervise master projects related to the following topics:

Second language acquisition
Extramural (out-of-class) language exposure
Reading in a second language
Academic language
Vocabulary
Reading strategies
Language practices in higher education

Knowledge Transfer

European Commission webinar on: Language acquisition inside and outside the classroom

This webinar will focus on how activities outside the classroom like gaming can contribute to language acquisition and how we can support young language learners to make connections between the language they learn inside and outside the classroom.

Multilingualism in Norwegian universities: research, realities, and role models

This presentation discusses the presumptions made about multilingual competence among staff and students in Norwegian universities in order to highlight the importance of acknowledging the role of multilingualism in education.

Insights from reflections on early extramural English: Benefits for teaching and research

This exploratory study found that L2 vocabulary size was significantly predicted by the age of reported earliest activities in English and that reflecting on early experiences with English gave students new insights into their own language learning.