The present study examines why businesses and government ministries use and need occupational second foreign language (L3) skills, but fail to mention these in job advertisements. It contrasts data from two quantitative ...

This paper contrasts students’ perceptions of feedback practices on written texts and their utilization of the feedback against formative assessment pedagogy. It uses observations of nine lessons of English writing in ...

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The act of newly qualified teachers leaving the profession is a growing challenge, both in Norway and internationally. To address recruitment difficulties, there is a need for further knowledge of prospective teachers’ ...

Nordic universities are involved in a global competition against American and UK universities, whose main competitive advantage is their placement in English-speaking countries. The authors argue that Nordic universities ...

This study analyses reading proficiency, strategy use, and interest in English as the second language (L2) of 463 upper secondary students (16/17-year-olds). They were identified among a national sample of 10,331 students ...

This qualitative study reports on teachers’ (formative) feedback practices in writing instruction. Observations and interviews were used to collect data from ten upper-secondary teachers of English as a Foreign Language ...

Klasselærere og tospråklige lærere skal sammen bidra til best mulig opplæring for minoritetsspråklige elever. Det er imidlertid mye som tyder på at samarbeidet er vanskelig. Forklaringsfaktorer kan blant annet være tospråklige ...

This paper presents the outcomes of a research project aimed at developing mapping tests designed to identify students at-risk of lagging behind in mathematics. Data from the first test implementation (N1 = 2,370, N2 = ...

In traditional classrooms, a textbook was often the only source of knowledge available; in stark contrast, today's classrooms have an infinite number of knowledge sources available through the Internet. Nevertheless, a ...