About
I do teaching and research in children's language development and the language environment in the kindergarten. I am particularly concerned with children's multilingual development at home and in kindergarten, and am currently researching Polish-Norwegian children in PolkaNorski. I am also interested in developing students' skills in academic writing and reading academic texts, student co-writing, student peer reviews and the use of study groups, as well as developing digital teaching methods.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Cognitive linguistics Child language Language change Language Acquisition Norwegian Phonology Language change Old Norse Babble
Research projects
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PolkaNorski - Polish and Norwegian language and world knowledge development in mono- and multilingual children
The development of language skills and world knowledge in Polish-Norwegian multilingual children.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Hansen, Joakim Evensen; Eliassen, Erik; Romøren, Anna Sara Hexeberg; Kleppe, Rasmus; Garmann, Nina Gram; Bjørnestad, Elisabeth (2023). Acquisition of the majority language in Norwegian ECEC: Relating language-learning environment in ECEC to expressive vocabulary. Nordisk Barnehageforskning .
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 .
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
(2022).
Parental Report via a Mobile App in the Context of Early Language Trajectories: StarWords Study Protocol.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Vol. 19.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/94397
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...
Garmann, Nina Gram; Hansen, Pernille; Simonsen, Hanne Gram; Holm, Elisabeth; Tengesdal, Eirik; Post, Brechtje; Payne, Elinor
(2021).
Vocalic Intrusions in Consonant Clusters in Child-Directed vs. Adult-Directed Speech.
Frontiers in Psychology
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Vol. 12.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/86705
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/
Garmann, Nina Gram; Simonsen, Hanne Gram; Hansen, Pernille; Holm, Elisabeth; Post, Brechtje; Payne, Elinor
(2020).
Cross-linguistic variation in word-initial cluster production in adult and child language: evidence from English and Norwegian.
Journal of Child Language
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Vol. 48.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of...
Simonsen, Hanne Gram; Garmann, Nina Gram; Kristoffersen, Kristian Emil
(2019).
Consonant clusters in the speech of children with 5p deletion syndrome.
Hognestad, Jan Kristian; Kinn, Torodd; Lohndal, Terje (Ed.).
Fonologi, sosiolingvistikk og vitenskapsteori. Festskrift til Gjert Kristoffersen. Artikkel. p. 295-314.
Novus Forlag.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/76562
Rygvold, Anne-Lise; Garmann, Nina Gram; Torkildsen, Janne von Koss; Næss, Kari-Anne Bottegård (2019). Språkforstyrrelser hos barn. Spesialpedagogikk. 13. p. 301-337. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
Garmann, Nina Gram; Romøren, Anna Sara Hexeberg; Flygstad, Nina; Milder, Nina; Pedersen, Ingrid; Simonsen, Hanne Gram; Torkildsen, Janne von Koss
(2019).
Språkkartlegging i norske barnehager -en pilotundersøkelse av foreldres og barnehageansattes rapportering av norsktalende tre-åringers språkferdigheter ved hjelp av CDI III.
RASK: Internationalt tidsskrift for sprog og kommunikation
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Vol. 49.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/74327