Lars Sigfred Evensen
Background and activities
Academic interests:
Applied linguistics within theory of science, dialogism, discourse analysis, literacy acquisition, teaching of writing, theory of grounding.
Teaching and supervising
Applied Linguistics (all levels). Writing research
Recent Publications
2014 Establishing national standards for writing. A methodological approach. Conference on Writing Research, Amsterdam 2014-08-27 - 2014-08-29. With Synnøve Matre and Randi Solheim.
2013 Applied Linguistics: Towards a new integration? (Studies in Applied Linguistics). London: Equinox.
2004 Thinking culture dialogically. London: MacMillan/ Palgrave. Co-editor and contributor.
2002 Convention from below: Negotiating interaction and culture in argumentative writing. Written Communication, 19, 382-413.
2001 Grounding in interaction. In Coppock, P. (Ed.), The semiotics of writing: Trandsdisciplinary perspectives on the technology of writing. (Semiotic and Cognitive Studies X), Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 137-156.
2000 Communication as pedagogical revolution. In Sjöholm, K. & A. Østern (Ed), Perspectives on language and communication in multilingual education (Reports from the Faculty of Education, No 6 2000), Åbo Akademi University, Vasa, Finland: Åbo Akademi, 73-90.
Recent projects
2009- National assessment of key competencies in writing (grades 5 and 8). Project leader
2003-
2006 National assessment of key competencies in writing (grades 4, 7, 10 and 11). Co-leader
1998-
2003 Quality assurrance of learning outcomes in L1 writing (grade 10). Project leader
2000-
2003 ICT@Babel, a strategic NTNU project on interndisciplinary communication in ICT intensive knowledge work
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2019) Introducing teachers to new semiotic tools for writing instruction and writing assessment: consequences for students’ writing proficiency. Assessment in education: Principles, Policy & Practice. vol. 26 (1).
- (2016) The Wheel of Writing: a model of the writing domain for the teaching and assessing of writing as a key competency. Curriculum Journal. vol. 27 (2).
- (2016) Standards as a tool for teaching and assessing cross-curricular writing. Curriculum Journal. vol. 27 (2).
- (2011) The need for a 'tertium comparationis' in Applied Linguistics and SLA: A reply to Lantolf and Cazden. Journal of Applied Linguistics. vol. 5 (2).
- (2010) 'With a little help from my friends'? Theory of learning in applied linguistics and SLA. Journal of Applied Linguistics. vol. 4 (3).
- (2009) With a little help from my friends? Theory of learning in applied linguistics and SLA. Journal of Applied Linguistics. vol. 4 (3).
- (2009) National Assessment of Writing Proficiency Among Norwegian Students in Compulsory Schools. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. vol. 53 (6).
- (2004) Sidsel Lied: Elever og livstolkningspluralitet i KRL-faget: mellomtrinnselever i møte med fortellinger fra ulike religioner og livssyn. Norsk Teologisk Tidsskrift. vol. 4.
- (2003) Utvikling av nasjonale skrivetester - noen motforestillinger. Norsklæreren.
- (2002) Convention from below: Negotiating interaction and culture in argumentative writing. Written Communication: an international quarterly of research, theory, and application. vol. 19 (3).
- (1995) Applied linguistics within a principled framework for characterizing disciplines and transdisciplines. AILA review. vol. 12.
Books
- (2013) Applied Linguistics: Towards a New Integration?. Equinox Publishing. 2013. ISBN 978-1-84553-623-7.
- (2009) Tekstvurdering som didaktisk utfordring. Universitetsforlaget. 2009. ISBN 978-82-15-01419-7.
- (2005) Ungdommers skrivekompetanse, Bin II: Norskeksamen som tekst. Universitetsforlaget. 2005. ISBN 82-15-00796-1.
- (2005) Ungdommers skrivekompetanse, Bind 1: Norsksensuren som kvalitetsvurdering. Universitetsforlaget. 2005. ISBN 8215007953.
- (2005) Ungdommers skrivekompetanse, Bind 2: Norskeksamen som tekst. Universitetsforlaget. 2005. ISBN 8215007961.
- (2005) Ungdommers skrivekompetanse, Bind I: Norsksensuren som kvalitetsvurdering. Universitetsforlaget. 2005. ISBN 82-15-00795-3.
- (2005) Ungdommers skrivekompetanse. Bind I: Norsksensuren som kvalitetsvurdering. Universitetsforlaget. 2005. ISBN 8215007953.
- (2005) Ungdommers skrivekompetanse. Bind II: Norskeksamen som tekst. Universitetsforlaget. 2005. ISBN 8215007953.
- (2004) Bakhtinian Perspectives on Language and Culture. Meaning in Language, Art and New Media. Macmillan Publishers Ltd.. 2004. ISBN 1-4039-1690-X.