Nicole Louise Busby
Nicole Louise Busby
Associate Professor in English linguistics and language acquisition
nicole.busby@ntnu.no
Outreach
European Commission webinar on: Language acquisition inside and outside the classroom
This webinar will focus on how activities outside the classroom like gaming can contribute to language acquisition and how we can support young language learners to make connections between the language they learn inside and outside the classroom.
Multilingualism in Norwegian universities: research, realities, and role models
This presentation discusses the presumptions made about multilingual competence among staff and students in Norwegian universities in order to highlight the importance of acknowledging the role of multilingualism in education.
Insights from reflections on early extramural English: Benefits for teaching and research
This exploratory study found that L2 vocabulary size was significantly predicted by the age of reported earliest activities in English and that reflecting on early experiences with English gave students new insights into their own language learning.
2025
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Academic lecture(2025) The challenges associated with language variation in interactions between L1 and L2 speakers of Norwegian. NORDISCO - 8th Nordic Interdisciplinary Conference on Discourse and Interaction , Trondheim 2025-12-02 - 2025-12-04
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Academic lecture(2025) Engelsklærers forståelse av akademisk språk: Viktigheten av hva som undervises. Nasjonal lektorutdanningskonferanse , Bergen, Norway 2025-11-12 - 2025-11-13
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Poster(2025) Teaching the teachers: Designing digital portfolio assessment for in-service teachers which both evaluates and educates. Læringsfestivalen 2025 , Trondheim 2025-05-19 - 2025-05-20
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Academic lecture(2025) Active/close reading and writing: what is lost when generative AI “reads” (summarizes) for us?. Critical perspectives on generative AI for academia , Oslo, Norway 2025-05-08 -
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Lecture(2025) Experiences of Norwegian and English among international staff at NTNU. Må alle snakke norsk? Erfaringer med bruk av norsk og engelsk ved NTNU , Trondheim 2025-01-15 -
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Academic lecture(2025) Why other-repetitions are so fun—so fun: Scoping out a comprehensive embodied-prosodic approach to human sociality—the drag edition. De norske interaksjonsdagene , Oslo, Norway 2025-01-09 - 2025-01-10
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Interview(2025) Halvparten sier de ikke kan godt nok norsk etter endt kurs. Universitetsavisa Universitetsavisa [Journal] 2025-01-16
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Academic lecture(2025) Communicating in Norwegian and English at NTNU (so many feelings!). ISL-dagen , Trondheim 2025-06-04 -
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Academic lecture
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Academic lecture(2025) The role of patience in interactions between Norwegian and international staff at a Norwegian university. De norske interaksjonsdagene , Oslo 2025-01-09 - 2025-01-10
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Poster(2025) Opportunities for acquisition of academic English among Norwegian upper secondary students. EuroSLA34 , Tromsø, Norway 2025-06-25 - 2025-06-28
2024
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Academic lecture(2024) Experiences and attitudes toward language policy at NTNU. Styremøte , Kalvskinnet 2024-04-24 - 2024-04-24
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Academic lecture(2024) Discussion of experiences of Norwegian and English among international staff at NTNU. C-LaBL – AcqVA-Nor reading group , Tromsø (digital) 2024-10-23 -
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Academic lecture(2024) What we have learned about language practices and language learning among international staff at NTNU. ISL-dagen , NTNU Trondheim 2024-05-29 -
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Lecture(2024) Language acquisition inside and outside the classroom. European Commission webinar 2024-09-17 -
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Academic lecture(2024) Holdninger og erfaringer med språkpolitikken ved NTNU. Styremøte , Trondheim 2024-02-07 - 2024-02-07
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Academic lecture
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Academic lecture(2024) Language practices and language learning among international staff at a Norwegian university. ASLA Symposium , Falun, Sweden 2024-04-18 - 2024-04-19
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Academic lecture(2024) Investigating academic English vocabulary among Norwegian upper secondary students. ForMAAL colloquium , Trondheim 2024-10-01 -
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Academic lecture(2024) Språklæring og språkbruk blant internasjonalt ansatte i norsk akademia. Møter om norsk språk (MONS) , Oslo 2024-11-27 - 2024-11-29
2023
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Academic lecture(2023) Preparing students for academic reading in English: A comparative study of Swedish and Norwegian university-preparatory curricula. International Symposium on Comparative Didactics (ISCOD) , Örebro, Sweden 2023-01-11 - 2023-01-12
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Academic lecture(2023) Erfaring med norsk og engelsk blant internasjonalt ansatte ved NTNU - forskningsbaserte råd til institusjonene. Språkpolitikk i UH-sektoren. Norskkompetanse i akademia – frå ord til handling , Bergen 2023-12-06 - 2023-12-06
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Academic lecture(2023) Experiences of Norwegian and English among international staff at NTNU - some preliminary findings. Forskningssamling om språk i høgare utdanning , Bergen 2023-12-07 - 2023-12-07
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Academic lecture(2023) Multilingualism in Norwegian universities: Research, realities, and role models. European Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism (ECSPM) symposium , Strasbourg, France 2023-03-22 - 2023-03-24
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Poster(2023) Insights from reflections on early extramural English: Benefits for teaching and research. Vocab@Vic , Wellington, New Zealand 2023-12-13 - 2023-12-15
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Poster(2023) Exploring effects of early extramural English exposure on university students’ current L2 vocabulary. EuroSLA32 , Birmingham, UK 2023-08-30 - 2023-09-02
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Academic lecture(2023) Discussing multilingualism in the Norwegian university context. AcqVA lunch seminar 2023-03-17 -
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Academic lecture(2023) A language needs analysis at NTNU. FORSKERSAMLING OM SPRÅK I HØGARE UTDANNING , Bergen 2023-12-07 - 2023-12-07
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Academic lecture(2023) Flere Språk til Flere presentation: Multilingualism in the Norwegian higher education context. Bilingualism Matters Knowledge Exchange Forum 2023-05-24 -
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Lecture(2023) Experiences of Norwegian and English among international staff at NTNU. Språkpolitisk utvalg, NTNU 2023-12-01 - 2023-12-01
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Academic lecture(2023) Teaching the teachers: Designing digital assessment for language teachers which both evaluates and educates. ALTE 8th International Conference , Madrid, Spain 2023-04-26 - 2023-04-28
2022
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Academic lecture(2022) Reading speed of academic English texts: How do Norwegian university students compare with L1 and L2 readers in the UK?. NAES 2022: Nordic Association of English Studies Triennial Conference , Stockholm, Sweden 2022-05-11 - 2022-05-13
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Academic lecture(2022) Presumptions, proficiencies, and parallel languages: Investigating academic English reading among Norwegian university students. Högre seminarium i Enheten för humaniora , Örebro, Sweden 2022-01-12 -
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Academic lecture(2022) Assessing the validity of a new portfolio assessment design for language teachers. 18th EALTA Conference , Budapest, Hungary 2022-05-31 - 2022-06-05
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Academic lecture(2022) Effects of Early Extramural English Exposure (experiences of integrating research into teaching). AcqVA lunch seminar 2022-11-30 -
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Poster(2022) On the same page? Reading speed of academic texts by university students with different language backgrounds. EuroSLA31 , Fribourg, Switzerland 2022-08-24 - 2022-08-27
2021
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Academic lecture(2021) Reading rate of academic English texts: How do Norwegian university students compare with L1 and L2 readers in the UK?. English and Foreign Language Research Seminar Series 2021-07-02 -
2020
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Academic lecture(2020) Preparing to publicly defend a PhD on 'Presumptions, proficiencies and parallel languages'. AcqVA lunch seminar 2020-11-09 -
2019
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Academic lecture(2019) Acquiring L2 English vocabulary: Are hobbies getting students through university?. AcqVA Retreat 2019 , Tromsø, Norway 2019-06-03 - 2019-06-04
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Academic lecture(2019) English vocabulary knowledge among Norwegian university students – Do they know what they need to know to say what they want to say?. Norwegian Forum for English for Academic Purposes (NFEAP) , Oslo, Norway 2019-06-06 - 2019-06-07
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Academic lecture(2019) English vocabulary knowledge among Norwegian university students – is everyone equally prepared for reading academic texts in English?. English and Foreign Language Research Seminar Series , Trondheim, Norway 2019-05-23 - 2019-05-23
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Academic lecture(2019) English vocabulary knowledge and academic reading among Norwegian university students – do they know what they need to know?. Vocab@Leuven 2019 , Leuven, Belgium 2019-07-01 - 2019-07-03
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Academic lecture(2019) Comparing reading strategies in L1 and L2 academic reading. 3rd International Conference on Situating Strategy Use , Osaka, Japan 2019-10-13 - 2019-10-15
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Poster(2019) Acquiring L2 English vocabulary – are hobbies getting students through university?. EuroSLA29 , Lund, Sweden 2019-08-28 - 2019-08-31
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Academic lecture(2019) Acquiring L2 English vocabulary – are hobbies getting students through university?. AcqVA half-day seminar in Trondheim 2019-04-10 - 2019-04-10
2018
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Academic lecture(2018) Comparing L1 and L2 reading: The use of metacognitive strategies among Norwegian university students. Norwegian Graduate Student Conference in Linguistics and Philology (NoSLiP) , Oslo, Norway 2018-02-15 - 2018-02-16
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Academic lecture(2018) Studying in a second language: How does the use of English language teaching resources in Norwegian universities affect students?. EuroSLA 28 , Munster, Germany 2018-09-05 - 2018-09-08
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Academic lecture(2018) Academic English reading among Norwegian university students. Nettverkssamling for studieverksteder og skrivesentre , Oslo, Norway 2018-11-08 - 2018-11-09
2016
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Academic lecture(2016) How does the use of English language teaching resources in Norwegian universities affect students?. Norwegian Graduate Student Conference in Linguistics and Philology (NoSLiP) 2016 , Trondheim, Norway 2016-10-06 - 2016-10-07