Juni Søderberg Arnfast

Juni Søderberg Arnfast is an Associate Professor in the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Humanities, where she has held academic positions since 1990 with continuous service except for a three-year leave (2020-2023) teaching at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland.

Education:

• MA in Polish filology and Danish language
• PhD in Polish language (thesis: Changes in the political discourse in Poland 1980-1989)

Her research centers on Danish as a Second Language acquisition, with emphasis on pronunciation pedagogy, motivational dynamics, and identity formation in multilingual contexts. She critically examines cyberspace language debates and the interplay between culture, politics, and language education, particularly regarding immigrant integration policies.

Analysis of her 2015-2020 publications reveals consistent focus on teacher training standards, political interference in language education (notably critiquing former Immigration Minister Inger Støjberg's policies), and pandemic-driven transitions between online and classroom instruction. Her work bridges theoretical SLA frameworks with practical pedagogical challenges in adult Danish language education.

Arnfast actively supervises students in Danish as a foreign/second language, pronunciation acquisition, motivation-identity dynamics, and media-political discourse analysis. She additionally serves as a pedagogical consultant for Copenhagen Municipality, directly influencing municipal language education practices.