How one Turkish-speaking girl came to express her own voice in a Norwegian-speaking playgroup.

The study examines how a Turkish-speaking girl began to let her personality be expressed in a Norwegian-speaking play group.

The author writes that over a long period of observation, the girl communicates increasingly in what is known as "pretend-talk 'and that she only allows her own voice a little more emphasis compared with the voices of her friends in communication. It is concluded that there is a need for greater knowledge about the importance of conversation with peers as regards language development in children who speak another native language than Norwegian.

The study is designed as a description through a case study that is based on observations and video footage of a girl during a week over a period of three years.

Rydland, V. (2007). How one Turkish-speaking girl came to express her own voice in a Norwegian-speaking playgroup: Nordisk Pedagogik 27. S. 77-97.