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Josefin Lindgren is a Senior Lecturer in Swedish as a Second Language at the Department of Nordic Languages, Uppsala University. She maintains an active research profile focusing on language development in children, particularly examining narrative skills and bilingual language acquisition.
Dr. Lindgren's primary research interests center on narrative development in children, with particular emphasis on how narrative macrostructure (organization of main story elements) and microstructure (linguistic details) develop in both monolingual and bilingual Swedish-speaking children. Her work investigates the relationship between storytelling abilities and literacy skills in early primary education (preschool through third grade), examining decoding, spelling, and reading comprehension. She has conducted extensive research on how background factors such as parental education level and multilingualism affect narrative and literacy development. Her studies frequently employ the Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives (MAIN), which allows for cross-linguistic comparison of narrative skills.
Analysis of Dr. Lindgren's recent publications reveals a consistent trajectory in narrative development research, with increasing focus on cross-linguistic comparisons between Swedish and other languages (particularly German and Turkish). Her work demonstrates sophisticated methodology examining multiple variables including age, language proficiency, exposure, narrative task type, and stimulus materials. The research spans both oral and written narratives across different age groups, providing comprehensive insights into language development trajectories.
Dr. Lindgren has established productive research collaborations, most notably with Ute Bohnacker, resulting in numerous co-authored publications examining bilingual language development. Her work contributes significantly to understanding how children develop narrative competence in multilingual contexts, with implications for educational practice and speech-language pathology.
