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  • Emil Holms Kanal 4, 23.4.25

    2300 København S

19992020

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Anne Holmen was appointed professor of parallel language use in May 2011 and she is now the director of the Centre of Internationalization and Parallel Language Use. The centre carries out research and consultancy tasks connected to academic English, Danish and other languages at UCPH. It cooperates with all faculties and administrative units about tailor made language courses for staff and students. Since June 2016 Anne Holmen has also been the director of TEACH, the teaching-and-learning centre at Humanities.

Primary fields of research

  • Language teaching and learning
  • Languages-in-education
  • Sociolinguistics, in particular multilingualism and varieties of Danish
  • Language policy
  • Intercultural education

Current research

  • Translanguaging in university teaching and learning
  • Language diversity among students in tertiary education
  • Danish as a second language in academia. 

Impact

At the Faculty of Humanities Anne Holmen's research is used as an example of the impact the humanities researchers have on society.
Read the case: Multilingualism as a challenge and resource.

Teaching

  • Second language teaching and learning
  • Multilingualism in schools and education
  • Language, identity and culture
  • Language policy, language teaching and learning
  • Sociolinguistics and interaction

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Ansættelser

 

  • 2016 leder af TEACH
  • 2012 Leder af CIP
  • 2011 Professor i Parallelsproglighed, Københavns Universitet
  • 2006-2009 Ph.d. skoleleder, Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitet 
  • 2001-2005 Institutleder, Institut for Pædagogisk Antropologi, DPU
  • 1999-2011 Professor i dansk som andetsprog, DPU
  • 1991-1999 Lektor i fremmedsprogspædagogik, Nordisk Filologi, KU
  • 1986-1991 Seniorstipendiat, Institut for dansk, Danmarks Lærerhøjskole
  • 1989 Ph.d. grad i andetsprogstilegnelse, KU
  • 1983-1986 Kandidatstipendiat, Institut for Almen og Anvendt Lingvistik, KU
  • 1983 cand. mag. i engelsk og sprogvidenskab, KU

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Chairing the board for Danish Language Council

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Member of the Network for Parallel Language Use at Nordic Universities

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Chairing an expert group on language learning and teaching, Government of Greenland

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 4 - Quality Education

Education/Academic qualification

University of Copenhagen

Award Date: 26 May 1989

Keywords

  • Faculty of Humanities
  • Parallel language use
  • bilingualism
  • superdiversity
  • multilingualism
  • plurilingualism
  • language learning and teaching
  • language policies
  • educational policies
  • Didactics/Didaktik
  • multicultural education
  • language assessment

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