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
Education Applied linguistics Humanities
Subject areas
Norwegian as second language Multilingualism Child language acquisition Language environment
Research groups
Research projects
Completed 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
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
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
Hunegnaw, Gedife, Nigistie;
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
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.
Garmann, Nina Gram
;
Romøren, Anna Sara Hexeberg
;
Tkachenko, Elena
(2021).
Å involvere barnehagelærere i forskning - muligheter for flerspråklighetsforskningen.
NOA - Norsk som andrespråk.
Vol. 37.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/89147
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.
Vol. 4.
https://doi.org/10.16993/jhlr.41
Giæver, Katrine
;
Tkachenko, Elena
(2020).
Mot en ny satsing på flerspråklighet – en analyse av språkpolitiske føringer i barnehagens styringsdokumenter.
18 p.
Nordic Studies in Education.
Vol. 40.
https://doi.org/10.23865/nse.v40.2442
