• Acquisition of the majority language in Norwegian ECEC: Relating language-learning environment in ECEC to expressive vocabulary 

      Hansen, Joakim Evensen; Eliassen, Erik; Romøren, Anna Sara Hexeberg; Kleppe, Rasmus; Garmann, Nina Gram; Bjørnestad, Elisabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Developing proficiency in the language(s) spoken in any given society is crucial for the inclusion and attainment of children in that society. With an enrolment rate in Norwegian early childhood education and care (ECEC) ...
    • Parental Report via a Mobile App in the Context of Early Language Trajectories: StarWords Study Protocol 

      Miezskowska, Karolina; Krajewski, Grzegorz; Sobota, Krzysztof; Dynak, Agnieszka; Kolak, Joanna; Krysztofiak, Magdalena; Lukomska, Barbara; Łuniewska, Magdalena; Garmann, Nina Gram; Hansen, Pernille; Romøren, Anna Sara Hexeberg; Simonsen, Hanne Gram; Alcock, Katie; Katsos, Napoleon; Haman, Ewa (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH);Volume 19 / Issue 5, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03-05)
      Social sciences researchers emphasize that new technologies can overcome the limitations of small and homogenous samples. In research on early language development, which often uses parental reports, taking the testing ...
    • Present but silent? The use of languages other than Norwegian in mainstream ECEC. 

      Romøren, Anna Sara H.; Garmann, Nina Gram; Tkachenko, Elena (Nordisk Barnehageforskning;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      In this paper we present a survey-based study on multilingual practices in 47 ECEC (early childhood education and care) centres, mainly in eastern Norway. Our main concern was to investigate the languages known by staff ...
    • Translanguaging Strategies in Superdiverse Mainstream Norwegian ECEC: Opportunities for Home Language Support 

      Tkachenko, Elena; Romøren, Anna Sara Hexeberg; Garmann, Nina Gram (Journal of Home Language Research;4:1, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-21)
      In Norway, 92% of all children between 1 and 5 attend early childhood education and care (ECEC), and 18% of these children are minority language speakers. The Framework Plan for Content and Tasks of Kindergartens (Ministry ...
    • Vocalic Intrusions in Consonant Clusters in Child-Directed vs. Adult-Directed Speech 

      Garmann, Nina Gram; Hansen, Pernille; Simonsen, Hanne Gram; Holm, Elisabeth; Tengesdal, Eirik; Post, Brechtje; Payne, Elinor (Frontiers in Psychology;July 2021 | Volume 12 | Article 688002, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-19)
      In this paper, we investigate a prosodic-phonetic feature in child-directed speech within a dynamic, complex, interactive theoretical framework. We focus on vocalic intrusions, commonly occurring in Norwegian word initial ...
    • Å involvere barnehagelærere i forskning - muligheter for flerspråklighetsforskningen 

      Garmann, Nina Gram; Romøren, Anna Sara Hexeberg; Tkachenko, Elena (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Sammendrag Rammeplan for barnehagens innhold og oppgaver (Kunnskapsdepartementet, 2017) fordrer at barnehagene støtter flerspråklige barns utvikling av både hjemmespråket og norsk eller samisk. Dette krever at barnehagelærere ...