Research groups
Short info
Hoff teaches and supervises student teachers of English and doctoral students. Her research explores concepts like intercultural competence, Bildung, literacy and text in a context of 21st century societal challenges and opportunities. She is one of the co-coordinators of the research group POTENT.
Research
I teach and supervise student teachers of English and doctoral students, and am co-leader of the Research School in Literature, Culture and Aestetics.
My primary research interest is the intercultural dimension of language teaching and learning. My work explores key concepts like intercultural competence, Bildung, literacy and text in a context of 21st century societal and educational challenges and opportunities. I am a member of the Editorial Board of Intercultural Communication Education and recently guest edited a Special Issue of this journal. The title of the SI is "Reimagining the role of literature in intercultural language education: New approaches and future perspectives": https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0375-5666
Publications
Academic lecture
- Eide, Mari Lund; Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2025). Engaging critically with social media controversies: potentials and challenges in the classroom. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2024). English language education in the post-truth era. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2024). Engaging critically with social media controversies: potentials & challenges in the classroom. (external link)
- Lomsdalen, Christian; Andersen, Ida Vikøren; von der Lippe, Marie Steine et al. (2024). “Jeg ville ikke gått i fengsel for det, liksom”: Elevers utforskning av egne grenser og aktørskap i medborgerskap-undervisning om sivil ulydighet . (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2024). Keynote: Intercultural and democratic citizenship education in the post-truth era: Theoretical and practical implications. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2024). Utforskende undervisning om populærmusikk og polarisering i engelskundervisningen. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2024). Exploring exploratory teaching: Challenging binary thinking through popular music. (external link)
- Eide, Mari Lund; Lomsdalen, Christian; Lippe, von der, Marie et al. (2023). “Like, I wouldn’t go to jail for it” - Student discourses on the use of civil disobedience as a protest tool in climate activism . (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2021). Hvordan kan vi jobbe med demokrati og medborgerskap i fremmedspråksfagene?. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2021). How can reading and working with foreign language literature play a role in promoting 21st century skills?. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2019). Interkulturell kompetanse gjennom lesing av skjønnlitteratur. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2019). Demokrati og medborgerskap i fremmedspråksfagene. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2017). The Intercultural Reader. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2017). The EFL subject as an arena for intercultural learning in the 21st century. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2016). The English subject as an arena for intercultural learning in the 21st century. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2016). Intercultural communication with texts: a model for analysing reading practices. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2012). 'Self' and 'Other' in meaningful interaction. (external link)
Lecture
- Eide, Mari Lund; Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2024). Engaging critically with social media controversies: Potentials, challenges, and transferability. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2022). Interkulturell læring gjennom lesing av skjønnlitteratur. . (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2021). Interkulturell kompetanse gjennom lesing av skjønnlitteratur. DEMBRA-kurs for språklærere i ungdomsskolen og den videregående skole.. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2020). Interkulturell læring gjennom lesing av engelsk skjønnlitteratur. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2018). Kulturmøter gjennom fremmedspråklig skjønnlitteratur. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2015). Interkulturell kompetanse i fremmedspråksundervisningen: kulturmøter gjennom skjønnlitterære tekster. (external link)
Interview
Academic article
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth; Habegger-Conti, Jena (2022). Film and the intercultural multimodal reader: Expanding intercultural literary literacy as a theoretical and pedagogical concept. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2020). The evolution of intercultural communicative competence: Conceptualisations, critiques and consequences for 21st century classroom practice. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2017). Fostering the 'intercultural reader'? An empirical study of socio-cultural approaches to EFL literature. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2014). A critical discussion of Byram's model of intercultural communicative competence in the light of Bildung theories. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2013). Self' and 'Other' in meaningful interaction: Using fiction to develop intercultural compentence in the English classroom. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2013). "Self" and "Other" in meaningful interaction : using fiction to develop intercultural competence in the English classrom. (external link)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2022). Promoting 21st century skills through classroom encounters with English language literature in Norway: Theoretical and practical considerations. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2020). Intercultural competence. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2018). Intercultural competence. (external link)
- Hoff, Hild Elisabeth (2016). From 'Intercultural Speaker' to 'Intercultural Reader': A Proposal to Reconceptualize Intercultural Communicative Competence Through a Focus on Literary Reading. (external link)