Xurui Zhang
Doctoral Student
Department of Swedish, multilingualism, language technologyAbout Xurui Zhang
Ph.D. student in multilingualism (formerly Swedish as a second language)
I have been working as a Ph.D. student in multilingualism (formerly Swedish as a second language) since September 2023. My dissertation project examines how previously acquired languages influence the Initial State of third language acquisition.
Education background
2023 - today: Ph.D. student in Multilingualism, University of Gothenburg
2022-2023: Practical-pedagogical education (PPU), University of Oslo
2020-2022: Master's degree in Norwegian as a second language, University of Oslo
2019-2020: One-year program (årsstudium) in Norwegian as a second language, University of Oslo
2015-2019: Bachelor's degree in Norwegian language and literature, Beijing Foreign Studies University
Teaching
I teach courses related to the Norwegian language, language acquisition/multilingualism, and contrastive grammar:
SSA111 Swedish as a Second Language: Introductory Course
- Module 2: The Swedish language system from a second language perspective
- Module 3: Second language development of multilingual learners
LGSV40 Svenska 4 för gymnasielärare (Swedish 4 for high school teachers)
SSA265 Individual Perspectives on Second Language Acquisition