Vivian Lindhardsen

Vivian Lindhardsen, Ph.D. is a senior lecturer in Language and Education and the director of the Applied Linguistics and TESOL program at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she teaches Second Language Assessment in PK-12, Pedagogical English Grammar, Educational Linguistics, and several PK-12 Methods courses. She holds a Ph.D. in TESOL and Applied Linguistics from Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, and an M.A. in English Language and Literature from Copenhagen University, Denmark. Dr. Lindhardsen has more than 25 years of experience as a language educator, including teaching English and foreign languages at several levels of education, including intensive English programs for adults, PreK-12 as well as undergraduate and graduate levels. She has solid experience in educational administration and management, having served as a PreK-12 assistant principal, as the director of the Community Language Program and TESOL Certificate Program at Teachers College, as a founder of a Scandinavian school, and as the director of the International Center for Language Studies (ICLS), where she worked intensely with governmental agencies to provide foreign language training, assessment, and curriculum development. Dr. Lindhardsen is a former commissioner and a long-standing reviewer for The Commission of English Language Program Accreditation (CEA), and she an expert member of New York State Teacher Certification Exams (NYSTCE) and of the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) for TESOL standards Dr. Lindhardsen has published journal articles and textbooks in writing assessment and in language pedagogy.

Publications

• Lindhardsen, Vivian (2009): From Independent Ratings to Communal Ratings: A Study of CWA Raters’ Decision-Making Behaviors. The PhD School of Language, Law, Informatics, Operations Management and Culture, PhD. Series 1.2009. Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Lindhardsen, Vivian and Christensen, Bjarne (2006 and 2002): Fremmedsprogenes Didaktik. Kroghs Forlag, Vejle, Denmark.
• Lindhardsen, Vivian (2006): Selvevaluering af Proces, Produkt og Progression i Skriveundervisningen. Anglofiles, Vol. 139.
• Lindhardsen, Vivian (2003): Skrivepaedagogik. In Engelsk – mere end et sprog. Kvan, Aarhus, Denmark.
• Lindhardsen, Vivian (2002): Laeseforstaaelse – den oversete faerdighed i sprogproeverne. In Sprogforum, Vol. 2002:D.
• Lindhardsen, Vivian (2002): Writing English. Systime, Aarhus, Denmark.