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Rakel Österberg is an Associate Professor in Spanish Linguistics at Stockholm University's Department of Romance Studies and Classics. Her work focuses on second language acquisition, academic writing, and heritage language education for Romance languages, particularly Spanish. She collaborates internationally through research groups like RomSLA (Romance Languages and Second Language Acquisition) and previously worked on the TAL project examining foreign language education alignment in Swedish schools.
- Research Themes: Syntax in native/non-native speech, multilingual writing development, heritage language biliteracy
- Teaching: Supervises bachelor and master's theses, teaches SLA, Spanish grammar, academic writing, and language education
- Key Collaborations: Works with Dr. Lars Fant (SU) on high-proficiency L2 syntax, co-authored projects with Dr. Alejandra Donoso (Linnaeus University) and Dr. Enrique Sologuren (Universidad de los Andes, Chile)
Recent publications analyze syntactic peripheries in Romance languages, multilingual academic writing, and heritage language maintainence. She co-organized international workshops on Spanish heritage language in Sweden (2014, 2019) and contributes to shaping language education policy through the TAL project's findings.
Contact: rakel.osterberg@su.se | ORCID: 0000-0002-6125-4755
