Affiliation
Dragana Surkalovic is an associate professor of English at the Department of Primary and Secondary Teacher Education at OsloMet - Metropolitan University. Her professional interests include English linguistics and subject didactics, multilingualism, research literacy, and the use of AI for communication and language learning.
Disciplines
Research projects
Completed research projects
Strengthening teacher education in lesser taught languages (STELT)
The main aim of the project is to strengthen foreign language teacher education for French, German and Spanish in Norway.
English as a Lingua Franca For Inclusive Multilingual Classrooms (ENRICH)
ENRICH aims at developing a high-quality Continuous Professional Development infrastructure.
Beyond access: improving quality of early years reading instructions in Ethiopia
The objective of the project is to improve the quality of education for primary grades in Ethiopian schools.
Teacher Research Literacy (TREL): Comparative Trajectories in the Nordic-Baltic Region
TREL aims to identify good practices in the Nordic-Baltic educational context.
Publications and research
Scientific publications (7)
- Surkalovic, Dragana; Tsagari, Dina; Chvala, Lynell; Goldshaft, Beverley (2026). From Policy to Practice : Advancing Research Literacy at OsloMet, Norway. Saglam, Asli Lidice Gokturk; Calafato, Raees; Nolan, Shaun; Wärnsby, Anna; Dikilitas, Kenan (Ed.). Teacher Research Literacy Development : A Toolkit for Teachers and Teacher Educators. Malmö University Press
- Flognfeldt, Mona Evelyn; Tsagari, Dina; Surkalovic, Dragana; Tishakov, Therese Marie (2020). The Practice of Assessing Norwegian and English Language Proficiency in Multilingual Elementary School Classrooms in Norway. Language Assessment Quarterly. Vol. 17
- Angelovska, Tanja; Krulatz, Anna; Surkalovic, Dragana (2020). Predicting efl teacher candidates’ preparedness to work with multilingual learners: Snapshots from three european universities. The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL. Vol. 9. p. 183-208
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2014). Forbereder grunnskolelærerutdanningen engelsklærere for undervisning i engelsk som tredjespråk i Norge?. Acta Didactica Norge. Vol. 8
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2013). Modularity, Phase-Phase Faithfulness and prosodification of function words in English. Nordlyd. Vol. 40. p. 301-322
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2011). Modularity, Linearization and Phase-Phase Faithfulness in Kayardild. Iberia: An International Journal of Theoretical Linguistics. Vol. 3. p. 81-118
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2011). Lexical and functional decomposition in syntax: A view from phonology. Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics (PSiCL). Vol. 47. p. 399-425
Research reports (1)
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2015). The No-Reference Hypothesis: A Modular Approach to the Syntax-Phonology Interface. 157 p.. UiT Norges arktiske universitet
Dissemination (38)
- Garshol, Lenka; Surkalovic, Dragana (2026). Language structure didactics: Old-fashioned or modern? Grammar teaching in foreign languages in Norwegian primary and secondary schools. Linguistics at School in a European Perspective (LiDi 2026)
- Erdmann, Susan Lynn; Surkalovic, Dragana (2026). Which English and why? Varieties of English in Norwegian teacher training. LINGUISTICS AT SCHOOL IN A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE
- Surkalovic, Dragana; Cai, Ye; Sundquist, Jenny (2025). Om partnerskap i Desentralisert kompetanseutvikling (DeKomp). GFU-skolen
- Skarpaas, Kaja Granum; Surkalovic, Dragana (2025). GenAI in the English subject. Elstad, Eyvind; Korbøl, Karsten (Ed.). Kunstig intelligens i skolen. Fagbokforlaget
- Hølland, Silje; Dalland, Cecilie Pedersen; Surkalovic, Dragana; Thormodsæter, Øyvind (2024). Pre-service Teachers' Reflections in Practice Placement: Balancing Pedagogy and Subject Didactic. ECER-konferansen
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2024). Feedback as dialogue: developing pre-service teachers’ research literacy through improving feedback literacy. NERA Congress
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2020). Engelsk som tredjespråk: didaktiske tilnærminger. Regional samling FVO
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2020). Om utviklingsarbeid alene og i felleskap. Utviklingsseminar på Sofiemyr skole
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2020). Engelsk som tredjespråk: didaktiske tilnærminger. Regional samling FVO
- Tishakov, Therese Marie; Flognfeldt, Mona Evelyn; Tsagari, Dina; Surkalovic, Dragana (2019). Multilingual competences and English language learning and teaching in Norway. 24th conference of the International Association of World Englishes
- Tishakov, Therese Marie; Flognfeldt, Mona Evelyn; Tsagari, Dina; Surkalovic, Dragana (2019). English teachers’ and pupils’ perceptions of multilingual competences and practices in Norway. Teacher Well-Being and Diversity: Managing Language and Social Diversity in Classrooms, Oslo, Norway
- Tsagari, Dina; Flognfeldt, Mona Evelyn; Tishakov, Therese Marie; Surkalovic, Dragana (2019). Assessment Practices in Multilingual Classes in Norway. The 3rd Swedish Translanguaging Conference: Translanguaging in the Individual, at School and in Society. Linnæus University, Växjö, Sweden
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2019). Skriving i det digitale klasserommet. Utviklingsseminar på Sofiemyr skole
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2019). Language policy and practice in multilingual schools in Norway: The role of school principals. 2nd International Conference on Bilingualism
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2017). Fundamentals of early reading instructions with focus on constrained skills. Lecture Series on Early Years Reading Instructions
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2016). En svært teoretisk lingvistisk doktorgrad
- Flognfeldt, Mona Evelyn; Surkalovic, Dragana (2016). Språkbruk i begynneropplæring i engelsk i flerspråklige klasserom. GFU-skolen
- Surkalovic, Dragana; Flognfeldt, Mona Evelyn (2016). L1 use in a multilingual L3 classroom: a case study of English teaching in a lower primary school in Norway.. The Xth International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism
- Surkalovic, Dragana; Palm, Kirsten (2016). Hvordan jobber lærere i språkfagene norsk og engelsk i klasserom med stort språklig mangfold?. GFU skolen
- Surkalovic, Dragana; Mifsud, Louise (2016). Bruk av digitale verktøy i utvikling av sammensatte tekster på småskoletrinnet i engelsk.. GFU skolen
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2014). Trenger kunnskap om generell språkoppbygging
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2014). English Teachers’ Qualifications for the Multilingual Classroom. Annual meeting of the Norwegian Council for English Studies
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2014). Kulturelt og språklig mangfold i engelskfaget. GFU skolen
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2013). Engelsk som tredjespråk i Norge
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2013). Teacher’s Linguistic Competence in Teaching English to Multilingual Children in Norway. Tromsø International Conference on Language Diversity
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2012). Modularity, Phase-Phase Faithfulness and Prosodification of Function Words in English. Decennium: The First 10 Years of CASTL
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2011). Review of Andy Kirkpatrick, ed. (2010) The Routledge Handbook of World Engishes. Linguistlist
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2011). Phase-Phase Faithfulness. 8th Old World Conference in Phonology (OCP8)
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2010). Capturing lexical categories in a functional syntax for the sake of phonology. 24th Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2010). Suprasegmental focus and topic affixes. The Fourth European Conference on Tone and Intonation (TIE4)
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2010). On the linearization of phases and the nature of input to phonology. Sixth North American Phonology Conference
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2010). Information structure markers as prosodic affixes. Language at the University of Essex International Postgraduate Conference (LangUE2010)
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2010). Phases and Linearization at the Syntax-Phonology Interface. SinFonIJA 3
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2010). Deriving Prosodic Words without morpho-syntactic words. What's in a word? Exploring communication between syntax and phonology
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2010). Lexical and Functional Decomposition in Syntax: A view from Phonology. 41st Poznan Linguistic Meeting, special session on Lexical and Functional Decomposition in Syntax
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2009). Multiple spell-out and prosodic opacity. The Sixth Old World Conference in Phonology
- Surkalovic, Dragana (2008). Phases and Prosodic Opacity. Workshop on the Prosodic Hierarchy
- Surkalovic, Dragana; Krämer, Martin (2007). Function Words at the Discourse-Prosody Interface. 84 p.. UiT Norges arktiske universitet
These publications are obtained from Norwegian Research Information Repository. The list may be incomplete.