My research interests are connected to English didactics and, more specifically, teacher education and classroom teaching practices. I am currently researching Norwegian-speaking students' knowledge, conception, and use of academic English vocabulary. Students in Norway are often proficient in conversational English. However, there are signs that many lack the knowledge of academic vocabulary needed for academic discourse. Therefore, I have investigated written receptive knowledge of academic vocabulary among upper secondary and tertiary students (see Skjelde & Coxhead, 2020). I have also examined tertiary students' conceptualization of academic vocabulary to provide insight into how we can best help support their acquisition of this lexis. Another central part of my research has been examining students' knowledge and use of Graeco-Latin cognates that are abundant in academic English (Skjelde, 2022). 

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Academic lecture

• Busby, Nicole Louise; Skjelde, Kimberly Marie (2025). Engelsklærers forståelse av akademisk språk: Viktigheten av hva som undervises. (external link)
• Skjelde, Kimberly Marie (2023). Graeco-Latin cognates in general academic vocabulary. (external link)
• Skjelde, Kimberly Marie (2019). Academic Vocabulary in English: An examination of cognate translations. (external link)

Poster

• Skjelde, Kimberly Marie; Busby, Nicole Louise (2025). Opportunities for acquisition of academic English among Norwegian upper secondary students. (external link)
• Skjelde, Kimberly Marie (2017). Implicit Acquisition of General Acedemic Vocabulary?. (external link)
• Skjelde, Kimberly Marie; Hestetræet, Torill Irene (2016). Understanding Vocabulary Demands in Factual Textbook Texts. (external link)

Lecture

• Skjelde, Kimberly Marie (2024). Cognate Translation in Language Acquisition. (external link)
• Skjelde, Kimberly Marie (2023). Vocabulary Knowledge: What? Why? How?. (external link)
• Skjelde, Kimberly Marie (2023). Graeco-Latin Cognates in Academic Discourse - The Case of Norwegian and English. (external link)
• Skjelde, Kimberly Marie (2022). Academic language in L2 English classrooms. (external link)
• Skjelde, Kimberly Marie (2022). Elevaktivitet. (external link)

Academic article

• Skjelde, Kimberly Marie (2023). Exploring L2 English Proficiency and Translation of Academic English Vocabulary. (external link)
• Skjelde, Kimberly Marie (2022). Exploring L2 English students' knowledge and conceptions of academic vocabulary. (external link)
• Skjelde, Kimberly; Coxhead, Averil (2020). Mind the gap: Academic vocabulary knowledge as a predictor of English grades. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

The research conducted for my PhD dissertation explores upper secondary and tertiary students' knowledge, conception and use of academic vocabulary in English (Skjelde, 2024).