- PhD, Nord University (2023)
- Mellomfag (German), NTNU (1998)
- Grunnfag (German), Høgskolen i Østfold (1997-1998)
- M.A. (English), Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegeny (1994-1997)
- First Degree, Secondary Teacher of English as a Foreign Language, Hogeschool Katholieke Leergangen (1994-1997)
- Second Degree, Secondary Teacher of English as a Foreign Language, Hogeschool Katholieke Leergangen (1990-1994)
Teaching English as a Foreign Language; Literature in the English Classroom; Drama and Improvisation in English Teaching; Teacher Professional Development
Anke Zondag has an academic and practical background within foreign language teaching. She has worked as a fulltime teacher of English and German in many Norwegian schools and has been as a mentor for new English teachers. For decades, she has applied her practical knowledge as an improviser in her classrooms. Her research examines the potential of applying improvisation activities for spontaneous speech practice in teacher education.
Since 2012, Anke Zondag has mainly taught English didactics and literature to both pre- and in-service student teachers at HiNT/Nord University. She has also taught within broader educational courses such as Counselling Training and Mentoring, Numeracy as a Basic Skill, and Nordic and International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning.
Selected Recent Publications:
Brox Larsen, A. & Zondag, A. (2024). Dramabasert begynneropplæring i engelsk. In Bjarne Isaksen & Anne Eriksen (Eds.). Kunsten å være til stede – estetiske innganger til begynneropplæringen. Fagbokforlaget.
Zondag, A. (2021). Student teachers’ experience with improvisation activities for spontaneous speech practice in English. Language Teaching Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688211044725
Zondag, A., Larsen, A. B., Guldal, T. M., & van den Tillaar, R. (2020). The influence of improvisation activities on speaking confidence of EFL student teachers. Nordisk Tidsskrift for Utdanning Og Praksis, 14(2), 82-102. https://doi.org/10.23865/up.v14.1879
Waade, R. & Zondag, A., (2018). Improvisasjon i musikk- og engelskopplæringen. In T.A. Fiskum, D. Gulaker & H.P. Andersen (Eds.). Den engasjerte eleven-undrende, utforskende og aktiviserende undervisning i skolen. Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk/NOASP (Nordic Open Access Scholarly Publishing).
Research Groups:
Member, Nord University Research Group for Children’s Literature in ELT
Figenschou Raaen, G. & Zondag, A. (2014, 24 September). English, please! Trønder-avisa, p. 3
