The overarching aim of this text-analytical study is to provide a detailed investigation of how recently arrived adolescents engage with the discourse of the Swedish school subject of history, focusing on their written meaning-making. From the data collected during two years of ethnographic fieldwork, I have chosen thirteen texts written by five st...
Swedish schools offer two parallel subjects for the national majority language: Swedish (SWE) and Swedish as a second language (SSL). Several reports have shown disparities across schools in the country concerning the organisation of Swedish instruction for students with first languages other than Swedish. As headteachers are responsible for the or...
This thesis explores receptive vocabulary development in L2 Swedish among newly arrived students in the Swedish Language Introduction Programme. Using a dynamic, usage-based approach to language learning the thesis emphasizes the influence of language input and various learner related factors on learning outcomes, viewing vocabulary as a dynamicall...
The aim of the current thesis is to provide knowledge about what discursive offers of meaning the teaching of Swedish as a second language gives students to develop knowledge of metaphorical language. The study has three research questions, which are answered in separate sub-studies. Sub-study I examines regulatory documents, sub-study II examines ...
‘Translanguaging’ is nowadays an umbrella term referring to either the framework of ‘spontaneous translanguaging’ from the United States or that of ‘pedagogical translanguaging’ from the Basque Country. Both these frameworks propose ways of integrating languages in school, but they adopt very different perspectives on multilingualism, language educ...
This paper analyses interviews to explore translanguaging practices and views in Study Tutoring in the Mother Tongue (ST). ST is an internationally rare and under-researched support measure typically offered to newly arrived students in Swedish education. It is often referred to as ‘a space for translanguaging’ because in ST students meet a tutor p...
Syftet med denna studie är att bidra med kunskap om vad som utgör kraftfull kunskap (powerful knowledge) (Young, 2013) i årskurs 6 där ämnena svenska och svenska som andraspråk undervisas integrerat. Studien är finansierad av Crafoordska stiftelsen och utgårfrån följande frågeställningar: i) Vilka prioriteringar uttrycker lärare gällande ämnesinneh...
This thesis examines written feedback on texts in a university preparatory course, Qualifying Course in Swedish for University Studies. The general aim is to illuminate feedback practices in the teaching of academic writing to adult second language students of Swedish and what characterises the feedback practices, with an interest in lecturer and s...
Research on teaching Swedish for Immigrants (SFI) is notably limited, particularly in exploring initiatives that bridge SFIeducation with real-world contexts. This paper extends from a follow-up investigation (see Walldén, 2023) of a municipalprogram aimed at integrating formal SFI instruction with practical work placements (known as språkpraktik, ...
