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.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Norwegian as second language Multilingualism Child language acquisition Language environment
Countries
Research groups
Research projects
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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.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
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 .
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.
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. Artikkel 11. p. 216-236. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
Garmann, Nina Gram; Romøren, Anna Sara Hexeberg; Tkachenko, Elena
(2021).
Å involvere barnehagelærere i forskning - muligheter for flerspråklighetsforskningen.
NOA - Norsk som andrespråk
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Vol. 37.
http://ojs.novus.no/index.php/NOA/article/view/199...
Tkachenko, Elena; Romøren, Anna Sara Hexeberg; Garmann, Nina Gram
(2021).
Translanguaging Strategies in Superdiverse Mainstream Norwegian ECEC: Opportunities for Home Language Support.
13 p.
Journal of Home Language Research
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Vol. 4.
https://jhlr.org/articles/10.16993/jhlr.41/
Giæver, Katrine; Tkachenko, Elena (2020). Mot en ny satsing på flerspråklighet – en analyse av språkpolitiske føringer i barnehagens styringsdokumenter. Nordic Studies in Education . Vol. 40.
Johansen, Jorunn Store; Tkachenko, Elena (2019). Exploring the dynamics of cultures of learning in internationalised higher education. Teaching in Higher Education . Vol. 24.
Tkachenko, Elena; Bratland, Kari; Fevolden, Benedikte Homme (2018). Barnehagen som språklæringsarena for flerspråklige barnehageansatte i arbeidsrettet norskopplæring. NOA - Norsk som andrespråk . Vol. 2018.
Alstad, Gunhild Tomter; Tkachenko, Elena
(2018).
Teachers' beliefs and practices in creating multilingual spaces: the case of English teaching in Norwegian early childhood education.
Schwartz, Mila (Ed.).
Preschool Bilingual Education: Agency in Interactions Between Children, Teachers, and Parents. Kap. 9. p. 245-282.
Springer Nature.
https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319772271
Tkachenko, Elena; Arends, Ruth Elisabeth Fuentes (2018). To be or not to be bilingual - for children with special needs?. Haugen, Torgeir; Skjerdingstad, Kjell Ivar (Ed.). Children and Young People, Aesthetics and Special Needs. An Interdisciplinary Approach. PART III. p. 411-445. Vidarforlaget AS.
