Educational Linguistics

The Educational Linguistics research group brings together researchers in Linguistics and in Language Education, focusing on the theme ‘language (in) education’ (see Hult, 2010).*

Research

We address questions that reflect different perspectives on language and language education, for example classroom interaction, subject-specific language practices, multimodality, language development and assessment. Our main areas of research are the following:

Criticality
Discourses and policy in education
Literacy
Multilingualism
Teaching and learning

This research group provides a venue for educational linguistic research across a range of different languages and is tied to the Department of Languages and the Department of Swedish Language. The research is aligned with the aims of Linnaeus University to provide high-quality research of immediate relevance to society as well as high-quality undergraduate and post-graduate education. Therefore, the research group is closely connected to pre-service and in-service teacher education and training at Linnaeus University. Several of the researchers in this group are part of local as well as external research networks, collaborating with researchers in cross-disciplinary projects at Linnaeus and other universities. There is also close collaboration with teachers in pre-schools, schools and at university.

Education

The Educational Linguistics research group is tied to the teacher education programmes, providing a resource for students through teaching, supervision and examination of degree projects. The research group also provides professional development opportunities for in-service teachers.

Activities

The group meets every other Tuesday morning at 9.30 over coffee for informal discussion of research as well as administrative and practical matters.

Seminars

EdLing has regular seminars that address a wide scope of research issues and include invited talks, reading seminars and work-in-progress seminars. For more information please see below.

EdLing Seminars autumn term 2025

26/8 13.15–16.00
Research seminar with invited speaker
Camilla Håkansson, Gothenburg University
I rörelse mellan ämnesinnehåll och språkkunskaper – autonomiturer i undervisning på högstadiet

16/9 13.15–15.00
Kick-off seminar
Short presentations of ongoing research

23/9 09.00–16.00
EdLing Day 2025
How do we integrate cognitive and social paradigms in research and teacher education?

30/9 13.15–15.00
Research seminar
Ewa Bergh Nestlog
Ämneslitteracitet i undervisningspraktiker i grundlärarutbildningen

14/10 13.15–15.00
Work-in-progress seminar
TBA

25/11 13.15–15.00
Research seminar with invited speaker
Victoria Johansson, Kristianstad University
Vad kan tangentloggning lära oss om skrivprocesser och skrivutveckling 2025?

9/12 13.15–15.00
Research seminar with invited speakers
Pia Nygård Larsson och Cristina Nordman, Malmö University
Presentation of Research Centre LIT (Literacy and Inclusive teaching) and related research projects about disciplinary literacy as well as key findings in Christina Nordman’s PhD thesis När blir flerspråkighet en resurs? En aktionsforskningsstudie om pedagogiskt transspråkande i ämnesundervisning

Previous seminars

The EdLing Day

We organise annual symposia on current research issues at Campus Växjö. The EdLing Day takes place in early/mid September. For more information please see below.

The EdLing Day 2025

On September 23, 2025, a symposium on ”How do we integrate cognitive and social perspectices in research and teacher education?"

Program

EdLing Day 2025.pdf

Previous EdLing Days

On September 19, 2023, a symposium on ”Disciplinary literacy in language subjects" is held. Invited speaker is associate professor Mary Macken-Horarik, the Australian Catholic University
Program, EdLing Day 2023 (pdf file)
20 September 2022, a symposium on "Writing in Psycholinguistic and Sociocultural Research: Theory and Practice" was held. Invited speakers were professor Synnøve Matre, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, professor Theresa Lillis, The Open University (UK), and Yvonne Knospe, Umeå University.
Program, EdLing Day 2022 (pdf file)
21 September 2021, on Disciplinary literacy. Invited speakers were professor Susanne Prediger, TU Dortmund University, and professor Zhihui Fang, University of Florida.
Program, EdLing Day 2021 (pdf file)
15 September 2020, on Discourses, ideologies and policy. Invited speaker was professor Caroline Kerfoot, Stockholm University.
Program, EdLing Day 2020 (pdf file)
3 September 2019, on Multilingualism. Invited speakers were professor Monica Axelsson, professor emeritus Kenneth Hyltenstam and professor Eduardo Mortimer.
Program, EdLing Day 2019 (pdf file)
11 September 2018, on Reading for Learning. Invited speakers were professor Tommaso Milani and professor Jenny W Folkeryd.
Program, EdLing Day 2018 (pdf file)
The first EdLing Day was held in August 2017 with a full-day programme devoted to presentations and discussions of on-going research.

* Hult, F. M. (2010). Theme-based research in the transdisciplinary field of educational linguistics. In F. M. Hult (Ed.), Directions and prospects for educational linguistics (pp. 19–32). New York: Springer.