Associate Professor

Christine Erna Elisabeth Möller-Omrani

Field of work

English linguistics and educational linguistics, second language acquisition, metalinguistic awareness, bi- and multilingualism/plurilingualism, bilingual education/CLIL, immersion teaching, text- and discourse analysis, teacher and student teacher cognition.

 

Current main project (project coordinator): MetaLearn

MetaLearn - Education for plurilingualism: Metalinguistic awareness in early instructed language learning (2020-2024, financed by the Research Council of Norway (FINNUT))

 

Publications

  • Investigating the foundations of multilingualism: how to assess metalinguistic awareness

    Haugen, Kaja, Möller-Omrani, Christine Erna Elisabeth, Bader, Monika, Carlsen, Cecilie Hamnes (2024)
  • Å se sammenhenger mellom engelsk og andre språk elevene kan: muligheter og utfordringer

    Bader, Monika, Möller-Omrani, Christine, Borg, Simon (2023)
  • English Teachers’ Cognitions about ​Language Awareness Work: ​ Some Insights from Primary Schools

    Borg, Simon, Möller-Omrani, Christine, Bader, Monika (2023)
  • Promoting cross-linguistic awareness in Norwegian primary schools: language teachers’ views and reported practices

    Möller-Omrani, Christine, Bader, Monika, Borg, Simon (2023)
  • Fostering the students’ plurilingual competence through translation tasks

    Bader, Monika, Möller-Omrani, Christine, Halverson, Sandra Louise (2023)
  • Constructing a new test for metalinguistic awareness: The MetaLearn test and its baseline results

    Haugen, Kaja, Möller-Omrani, Christine, Bader, Monika, Carlsen, Cecilie Hamnes (2023)
  • Assessing metalinguistic awareness in early instructed language learning

    Möller-Omrani, Christine, Bader, Monika, Haugen, Kaja (2023)
  • Cross-linguistic metalinguistic awareness in grades 3, 6, and 7

    Möller-Omrani, Christine, Bakken, Marianne, Sweers Jimenez, Catalina, Haugen, Kaja, Bader, Monika (2023)
  • Language awareness in primary school EFL lessons: teachers' cognitions and practices

    Bader, Monika, Möller-Omrani, Christine, Borg, Simon (2023)
  • Using translation tasks to assess and promote young learners’ metalinguistic awareness

    Bader, Monika, Halverson, Sandra Louise, Möller-Omrani, Christine (2023)
  • Relationships between metalinguistic awareness and proficiency in English as an additional language

    Haugen, Kaja, Möller-Omrani, Christine, Bader, Monika (2023)
  • A test for assessing the metalinguistic awareness of young language learners (the MetaLearn project)

    Möller-Omrani, Christine, Haugen, Kaja (2023)
  • Språkbevissthet at elementary school - the what and the how

    Bader, Monika, Möller-Omrani, Christine, Haugen, Kaja (2023)
  • Assessing metalinguistic awareness in primary school

    Möller-Omrani, Christine, Haugen, Kaja, Bader, Monika (2023)
  • Student teachers’ experiences and cognitions on being an English teacher: A South African-Norwegian comparative study

    Rimmereide, Hege Emma, Pillay, Ansurie, Campbell, Bridget, Möller-Omrani, Christine (2022)
  • Elementary school teacher cognition on metalinguistic awareness in the EFL classroom

    Kirkeli Strand, Matilde, Möller-Omrani, Christine (2022)
  • The relationship between Norwegian Elementary school pupils’ cross-linguistic metalinguistic awareness, English competence, and multilingualism

    Sweers Jimenez, Catalina, Möller-Omrani, Christine (2022)
  • Education for plurilingualism: Metalinguistic awareness in early instructed language learning (MetaLearn)

    Haugen, Kaja, Möller-Omrani, Christine Erna Elisabeth, Bader, Monika, Borg, Simon, Carlsen, Cecilie Hamnes, Halverson, Sandra Louise (2022)
  • Should the Elementary School EFL Classroom Contribute to Developing Multilingualism? Pre-Service Teacher Cognitions about Pluralistic Approaches to EFL Teaching and Cross-Linguistic Awareness

    Möller-Omrani, Christine, Sivertsen, Ann-Kristin H. (2022)
  • Norwegian English teachers’ cognitions and self-reported practices regarding metalinguistic awareness: a qualitative study

    Peersen, Kristian, Möller-Omrani, Christine (2021)
  • The development of metalinguistic awareness in young learners of English

    Möller-Omrani, Christine, Bakken, Marianne (2021)
  • Plurilingualism and assessment: constructing an assessment tool for metalinguistic awareness

    Haugen, Kaja, Möller-Omrani, Christine (2021)
  • Metalinguistic awareness in the L2 classroom

    Möller-Omrani, Christine, Bader, Monika, Carlsen, Cecilie Hamnes (2019)
  • Student teacher education for citizenship: Combining global citizenship and bilingual education (GLOBIL)

    Bonness, Dania Jovanna, Möller-Omrani, Christine (2019)
  • Short introductory note

    Möller-Omrani, Christine (2019)
  • Sprachen lernen mit Immersion. Das Sprachbad in Krippe, Kita und Grundschule: Eine Information für Eltern

    Möller-Omrani, Christine, Piske, Thorsten (2019)
  • A Bilingual Education Approach to Global Citizenship

    Möller-Omrani, Christine, Bonness, Dania Jovanna (2018)
  • Harnessing metalinguistic awareness to develop plurilingualism in the EFL classroom (MetaClass)

    Bader, Monika, Möller-Omrani, Christine, Halverson, Sandra Louise (2018)
  • GLOBIL goes digital. A project with 1st year student teachers and pupils from Rothaugen Middle School.

    Bonness, Dania Jovanna, Möller-Omrani, Christine (2018)
  • "Engelsk på tvers av fag og emner" at elementary school?

    Möller-Omrani, Christine (2018)
  • Discourse analysis from a linguistic perspective

    Möller-Omrani, Christine (2017)
  • Student teachers’ cognitions on being an English teacher: A South African-Norwegian comparative study

    Rimmereide, Hege Emma, Möller-Omrani, Christine, Pillay, Ansurie, Campbell, Bridget (2017)
  • A Bilingual Education Approach to Global Citizenship

    Möller-Omrani, Christine, Bonness, Dania Jovanna (2017)
  • „Lexikalische Mittel der Textkonstitution in der L2 Englisch“ [Lexical means of text construction in the L2 English]

    Möller-Omrani, Christine (2016)
  • Young L2 learners´ narrative discourse: Coherence and cohesion

    Möller, Christine (2015)
  • Bilingual unterrichten - Information für Lehramtsstudierende. [Bilingual Education - Information for Student Teachers].

    Möller, Christine (2014)
  • "Textproduktion in der L2 Englisch. Was ist möglich?"

    Möller-Omrani, Christine (2013)
  • „Immersion in der Grundschule und Übergang in die Sekundarstufe“ [Immersion at elementary school and the transition to secondary school]

    Möller-Omrani, Christine (2013)
  • „Zur Geschichte und Zukunft bilingualen Unterrichts“ [Notes on the history and future of bilingual education]

    Möller, Christine (2013)
  • "Subjektive Theorien" [Subjective theories]

    Möller-Omrani, Christine (2012)
  • „Immersion: Fakt und Fiktion“ [Immersion: Fiction and fact]

    Möller-Omrani, Christine (2012)
  • “Lexikalische Mittel der Textkonstitution in der L2 Englisch”[Lexical means of text constitution in the L2 English]

    Möller-Omrani, Christine (2012)
  • “Wie junge Fremdsprachenlerner temporale Räume schaffen: eine Annäherung” [Learning to express temporal space in a second language: Evidence from young learners]

    Möller, Christine (2012)
  • Fremdsprachen durch Immersion in Krippe, Kita und Grundschule: Eine Information für Eltern. [Learning languages through Immersion in day nurseries, kindergartens and elementary schools]

    Möller, Christine, Piske, Thorsten (2012)
  • ”Bilingualer Unterricht nach der Immersionsmethode“ [Bilingual education with the immersion method]

    Möller-Omrani, Christine (2011)
  • ”Formulaic language in storytelling”

    Möller-Omrani, Christine (2010)
  • ”Immersion with and without L2 preschool experience: What’s the difference?”

    Möller-Omrani, Christine (2010)
  • ”Immersion: Eine Form des bilingualen Lehrens und Lernens“ [Immersion: A special case of bilingual teaching and learning]

    Möller-Omrani, Christine (2010)
  • ”Kohäsive Mittel und ihre Entwicklung bei L2-Lernern im Grundschulalter unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Raumkonstitution“ [Cohesive devices and their development in young L2 learners: Spatial expressions]

    Möller-Omrani, Christine (2010)
  • ”Narrative discourse: Global versus local processing“

    Möller-Omrani, Christine (2009)
  • “Messbarkeit und Entwicklung von Textlänge in mündlichen Lernerdaten am Beispiel der L2 Englisch“ [Measuring text length and its development in oral learner data of English as a second language]

    Möller, Christine (2009)
  • ”The History and Future of Bilingual Education: Immersion Teaching in Germany and its Canadian Origins”

    Möller, Christine (2009)
  • “Developmental aspects of narrative discourse in English immersion”

    Möller-Omrani, Christine (2008)
  • ”Storytelling: The cognitive and linguistic development in German-English immersion“

    Möller-Omrani, Christine (2008)
  • "Immersion und bilingualer Unterricht im Elementarbereich” [Immersion and bilingual education at kindergarten and primary schools]

    Möller-Omrani, Christine, Wode, Henning (2008)
  • "Frühe Förderung von Mehrsprachigkeit durch Immersion im Elementarbereich” [Laying the foundations for multilingualism: Immersion in primary education]

    Möller-Omrani, Christine, Wode, Henning (2008)
  • "Bilingualer Unterricht aus der Sicht der Fachdidaktiken” ["Bilingual education from the viewpoint of teaching the subject matter"]

    Möller, Christine (2008)
  • "The cognitive and linguistic development manifest in immersion students’ storytelling"

    Möller-Omrani, Christine (2007)
  • "Storytelling: A window into the cognitive and linguistic development of children in a German-English immersion school"

    Möller-Omrani, Christine (2007)
  • "Immersion: A contribution to multilingualism"

    Möller-Omrani, Christine (2007)
  • "The Development of Narrative in German-English Immersion"

    Möller-Omrani, Christine (2006)