Elvira Topalovic

Fields of expertise

My main research areas are the acquisition of german language and language  education, especially written language acquisition, grammar acquisition, multilingualism, and digital literacies. In a longitudinal study, we are currently investigating the development of writing and spelling during the primary and secondary school (grades 1–6). As a member of the project COMeIN (Sub-CoP Deutsch / CoP GeiWi/GesWi) (https://www.uni-due.de/comein/), I examine digital resources for primary school according to special criteria.

Institution / Country 

Professor of German Linguistics and Language Education at Paderborn University / Germany

Membership and functions in professional organizations: 

• Deutscher Germanistenverband (DGV) (Spokeswoman)
• Gesellschaft für Hochschulgermanistik (GfH) im DGV (Chairwoman)
• Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum (DHd) (Member)
• European Association of Digital Humanities (EADH) (Member)
• Symposion Deutschdidaktik (SDD) (Member)
• Gesellschaft für bedrohte Sprache (GBS) (Member)
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft (DGfS) (Member)

• The European Literacy Policy Network (ELINET) (Thematic Working Group: Digital Literacy) (since 2021)

Languages

German and Bosnian (2L1), English, French

CV

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