Nadine Kolb

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Nadine Kolb is Associate Professor of English Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at the Department of Cultural Studies and Languages at the University of Stavanger (UiS). She is the co-director of the research group FLUENT: FLerspråklig Utvikling og Endring i Nyere Tid (multilingual development and change in society today) and the principal investigator of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie project INPUT: INvestigating Proxies for Understanding Trajectories: Heritage Language Maintenance and Child Second Language Acquisition in Refugee Contexts. Her research focuses on applied linguistics including heritage language multilingualism, child second and third language acquisition, especially as regards the interface of linguistic and extra-linguistic factors and their relevance for multilingual education. 

Further information about FLUENT and INPUT:

FLUENT

INPUT

Education

Ph.D., Applied Linguistics, English Department, University of Cologne, 2016, Dissertation: Child Second Language Development in Immersion Education: A Study on Generic Determiner Phrases in L2 German and L2 French

Visiting Scholar, Department of Second Language Studies, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, 2008

M.A. (1. Staatsexamen Lehramt), English Linguistics and Literature, French Linguistics and Literature, Education, University of Cologne, 2006

M.A., Comparative Literature, University of Rochester, 2004

B.A. equivalent, English Linguistics and Literature, French Linguistics and Literature, Education, University of Cologne, 2003

Studies of French, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier, 2000/2001

Funded Projects & Grants

University of Stavanger, FUI (Forsking - Utdanning - Innovasjon) research group, FLUENT "FLerspråklig Utvikling og Endring i Nyere Tid" (Multilingual development and change in society today), with David Natvig and Gølin Kaurin Nilsen, University of Stavanger, 2023-2026, NOK 80,000

European Commission, Horizon 2020, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, Project INPUT “Investigating Proxies for Understanding Trajectories: Heritage Language Maintenance and Child Second Language Acquisition in Refugee Contexts”, Project no. 882311, 2021-2023, €214,158

Robert Bosch Foundation Germany, Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Project QITA “Quality development in bi- and multilingual kindergarten programs” (Qualitätsentwicklung in zwei- und mehrsprachigen Kitas), Project no. 12.5.D130.0027.0, 2017-2018, €68,750 (Total €140,000)

Paula Menyuk Travel Award for BUCLD 38, 2013

University of Cologne, Travel Grant, 2013

University of Cologne, Dr. Mocker Stiftung Travel Grant, 2012

University of Cologne, Dr. Mocker Stiftung Travel Grant, 2011

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Research Grant, 2009

University of Cologne, Travel Grant, 2008

Teaching

Spring 2026: 

• ENG-273 Special Topics in Linguistics: Language Acquisition and Multilingualism, University of Stavanger
• ECM-140 Art-based Research Methods in Intercultural Competence and Multilingualism: Exploring, Analyzing, and Using Various Research Methods, ECIU course, University of Stavanger
• (L)MLIMAS MA thesis writing seminar, University of Stavanger

Fall 2025:

• ENG-342 First and Second Language Literacy Development, University of Stavanger
• HUM-101 Understanding and supporting multilingual language development, University of Stavanger
• (L)MLIMAS MA thesis writing seminar, University of Stavanger

List of Graduate Courses Taught

• ECM-140 Art-based Research Methods in Intercultural Competence and Multilingualism Exploring, analyzing, and using various research methods, ECIU course, University of Stavanger, Spring 2025
• MLI-335 First and Second Language Literacy Development (with Dina Lialikhova), University of Stavanger, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024
• (L)MLIMAS MA thesis writing seminar, University of Stavanger, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025
• ENG-349 Multilingualism, University of Bergen, Spring 2023
• Multiculturalism and Multilingualism in Primary and Secondary Schools, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Spring 2018
• Conversational German 215, University of Rochester, Fall 2003 

List of Undergraduate Courses Taught

• ENG-272 International English: Variation and Change (with Merja Stenroos), University of Stavanger, Spring 2024
• ENG-2050 Second Language Acquisition (with Natalia Mitrofanova), UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Spring 2022
• Child Second Language Acquisition, University of Cologne, Spring 2014
• Second Language Acquisition, University of Cologne, Spring 2008
• Morphosyntactic Development in L2 Acquisition, University of Cologne, Fall 07/08
• Bilingualism, University of Cologne, Spring 2007
• Recitation for German 102, University of Rochester, Spring 2004

Guest Lectures Taught

• Second Language Acquisition, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Spring 2022, MA course LER-3151
• Third Language Acquisition, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Spring 2022, MA course LER-3151
• EFL/ESL in multilingual classrooms, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Fall 2021, BA course ENG2019 Psycholinguistics
• Bilingualism, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Spring 2021, BA course ENG-2050 Second Language Acquisition
• Heritage Language Bilingualism, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Fall 2020, BA course HIF-1019 Psychology of Language
• Child Second Language Acquisition, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Fall 2019, MA course ENG-3050 Second Language Acquisition