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Elena Tkachenko

Elena Tkachenko

Job title
  • Professor
Visiting address
  • Pilestredet 42, 0167 Oslo
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 994 34 766
  • Office: +47 672 37 450
E-mail
  • elena.tkachenko@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

Elena Tkachenko is a linguist with MA in applied linguistics from St. Petersburg State University. Her main research areas are Norwegian as a second language, language acquisition and multilingualism. She is involved in research on multilingual children, students and practitioners and has experience in participatory research in education.

Field of study

Norwegian as second language   Multilingualism   Child language acquisition   Language environment

Research groups

Research projects

Completed research projects

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Tkachenko, Elena ; Flognfeldt, Mona Evelyn (2025). Language Ideologies in Norwegian Teachers' Narratives of Practice: Orientations to Translanguaging and Socially Just Education. Journal of Education, Language, and Ideology (JELI). Vol. 3.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17284284

Aluf, Anna; Tkachenko, Elena (2024). Acts of bridging in communication with newly arrived Ukrainian children in the Norwegian ECEC context. Journal of Early Childhood Education Research (JECER). Vol. 12.
https://doi.org/10.58955/jecer.130028

Gedife, Nigistie Hunegnaw,; Tkachenko, Elena ; Andersson-Bakken, Emilia (2024). Explicit instructional moves in teaching reading in grade one: Observations from four Amharic classrooms. Bahir Dar Journal of Education.
https://doi.org/10.4314/10.4314/bdje.v24i2.3

Tkachenko, Elena (2024). Transspråklige praksiser i nordiske barnehager: en kunnskapsoversikt. Nordisk barnehageforskning (NBF).
https://doi.org/10.23865/nbf.v21.381

Tkachenko, Elena ; Garmann, Nina Gram ; Romøren, Anna Sara Hexeberg (2024). Preparing teachers for multilingualism in Norwegian early childhood education and care provision through student active learning methods. Mourão, Sandie; Leslie, Carolyn (Ed.). Researching Educational Practices, Teacher Education and Professional Development for Early Language Learning, Examples from Europe. p. 115-126. Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003289043

Romøren, Anna Sara H. ; Garmann, Nina Gram ; Tkachenko, Elena (2023). Present but silent? The use of languages other than Norwegian in mainstream ECEC. Nordisk barnehageforskning (NBF).
https://doi.org/10.23865/nbf.v19.310

Røed, Dag Freddy ; Tkachenko, Elena (2022). The Relevance of Immigrant Teachers’ Experience to Developing Professional Identity during a Teacher Requalification Program in Norway. Karpava, Sviatlana (Ed.). Handbook of Research on Multilingual and Multicultural Perspectives on Higher Education and Implications for Teaching. IGI Global.
https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8888-8.ch008

Tkachenko, Elena (2021). Å bygge yrkesidentitet gjennom å jobbe med arbeidsrelevante tekster. Monsen, Marte; Pájaro, Verónica (Ed.). Andrespråkslæring hos voksne : Vitenskapelige innsikter og didaktiske refleksjoner. p. 216-236. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4371660

Garmann, Nina Gram ; Romøren, Anna Sara Hexeberg ; Tkachenko, Elena (2021). Å involvere barnehagelærere i forskning - muligheter for flerspråklighetsforskningen. NOA - Norsk som andrespråk. Vol. 37.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2827144

Tkachenko, Elena ; Romøren, Anna Sara Hexeberg ; Garmann, Nina Gram (2021). Translanguaging Strategies in Superdiverse Mainstream Norwegian ECEC: Opportunities for Home Language Support. Journal of Home Language Research. Vol. 4.
https://doi.org/10.16993/jhlr.41



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Textbooks

Fondevik, Birgitte; Tkachenko, Elena (2026). Flerspråklighetsdidaktikk Hvordan bruke flerspråklighet som ressurs i klasserommet. ISBN: 9788202787165. 184 p. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5488661

Tkachenko, Elena ; Bakken, Åse; Gro, Kaasa; Talén, Davina (2013). Lek med engelsk i barnehagen. Glede med språklig mangfold. ISBN: 9788244621274. 180 p. Kommuneforlaget AS.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4774899

Bueie, Agnete Andersen; Mørch, Valgerd; Tkachenko, Elena ; Aasheim, Stine (2011). Lingua Planet: Grunnleggende norsk. Heldigitalt læremiddel, nivå A1. ISBN: 9788203338014. 1000 p. Aschehoug & Co.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3808338

Tkachenko, Elena ; Risan, Lars; Christophersen, Morten; Enli, Gunn; Eriksen, Siri (2009). Håndbok for ferske forelesere. ISBN: 9788215015484. 143 p. Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5032196

Enli, Gunn; Risan, Lars; Eriksen, Siri E H; Christophersen, Morten; Tkachenko, Elena (2009). Handbok for ferske forelesere. ISBN: 9788215015484. 143 p. Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4358481



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Research reports

Romøren, Anna Sara Hexeberg ; Garmann, Nina Gram ; Tkachenko, Elena (2021). Hva kan profesjonsstudenter lære av å bli involvert i et forskningsprosjekt? – et eksempel fra barnehagelærerutdanningen. ISBN: 9788283643343. 25 p. Oslo Metropolitan University.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3868063

Fondevik, Birgitte; Tkachenko, Elena ; Iversen, Jonas Yassin (2021). Metodisk veileder for lærere i voksenopplæringen: Samarbeid med språkhjelpere om flerspråklig støtte i norskopplæringen. 32 p. Kompetanse Norge.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3616734

Tkachenko, Elena ; Fevolden, Benedikte Homme (2014). "Alt er viktig for oss å lære" - evalueringsrapport fra prosjektet Norsk i barnehagerelatert dagligtale for minoritetsspråklige assistenter i barnehager i Bydel Søndre Nordstrand. 73 p. Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3336948

Sandvik, Margareth ; Garmann, Nina Gram ; Tkachenko, Elena (2014). Synteserapport om skandinavisk forskning på barns språk og språkmiljø i barnehagen i tidsrommet 2006–2014. 195 p. HiOA/Utdanningsdirektoratet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3243876



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Dissemination

Tkachenko, Elena ; Gillespie, Astrid ; Lundqvist, Ulla ; KC, Bhupendra Kumar ; Nishida, Megumi (2026). Internationally Educated Teachers’ Professional Development – A Scope Review of Research in the Nordic Countries. The Nordic Educational Research Association, NERA Conference 2026. VIA University College.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5484471

Fondevik, Birgitte; Tkachenko, Elena ; Førde, Mariel (2026). Læraren si rolle i det fleirspråklege klasserommet. Fondevik, Birgitte; Tkachenko, Elena (Ed.). Flerspråklighetsdidaktikk Hvordan bruke flerspråklighet som ressurs i klasserommet. p. 51-64. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5488850

Tkachenko, Elena ; Aluf, Anna (2024). Acts of bridging in communication with newly arrived Ukrainian children in the Norwegian ECEC context. ELLME'24 International Conference. Early Language Learning & Multilingual Education Network.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3358771

Ilje-Lien, Johanne ; Beiler, Ingrid M. Rodrick ; Tkachenko, Elena ; Giæver, Katrine ; Berge, Anita; Berge, Anita (2024). Flerspråklighet som ressurs i barns oppvekstmiljø. Lunsjseminar om flerspråklighet som ressurs i barns oppvekstmiljø. Forskningsgruppa Kulturelt mangfold og flerspråklighet i et globalt perspektiv, Fabel kreativt språksenter, Nasjonalt senter for flerkulturell opplæring.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3695046

Ilje-Lien, Johanne ; Tkachenko, Elena (2024). Kollasj som inngang til transspråking i barnehage og skole. NAFOs jubilumskonferanse. NAFO - Nasjonalt senter for flerkulturell opplæring .
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4239442

Beiler, Ingrid Rodrick ; Ilje-Lien, Johanne ; Giæver, Katrine ; Karlsson, Eivind ; Tkachenko, Elena (2024). Transspråking som ressurs i barnehage og skole. Lunsjseminar med panelsamtale. Forskningsgruppa Kulturelt mangfold og flersrpåklighet i et .
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5143329

Tkachenko, Elena (2023). Pedagogical translanguaging: theory and implementation in second language classrooms. The 15th Nordic conference on basic literacy for adult immigrants. Nordisk Netværk for Voksnes Læring.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4649394

Tkachenko, Elena (2023). Språkhjelperen som tolk, brobygger og gruppeleder. The 15th Nordic conference on basic literacy for adult immigrants. Nordisk Netværk for Voksnes Læring.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4819014

Tkachenko, Elena ; Flognfeldt, Mona Evelyn (2023). Exploring Spaces for Pedagogical Translanguaging in Norwegian Classrooms. Nordic Language Teaching and Learning Conference. Universitetet i Agder.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3595374

Tkachenko, Elena ; Ellingsrud, Hilde Kristin; Hylland, Jonas Ure; Klocke, Annika (2023). Transspråking i andrespråksskriving. NOA 2023: Den 10. nasjonale forskingskonferansen om norsk som andrespråk. Høgskulen i Volda.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5221595



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