Professional Bio

Sonja Haakonsen is a Ph.D. student in Applied Linguistics. Her current research interests are in L2 writing development, particularly in highly specialized fields and contexts, corpus linguistics, multilingualism, and Slavic linguistics. Previous research includes a corpus-based syntactic analysis of L2 academic writing, and the potential applications of free-writing in Bulgarian university classrooms. Prior to studying at Penn State she taught at the University of Veliko Tarnovo, in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, through the Fulbright program for two years.

Areas of Interest:

L2 Writing Development, Corpus Linguistics, Multilingualism, Slavic Linguistics