Research project The school subject Swedish as a second language in upper secondary school

The first part of a larger project on Swedish as a second language in suburban schools. The sub-study draws from fieldwork in three linguistically diverse schools.

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Swedish as a second language: Sub-study 1; the school subject Swedish as a second language in upper secondary school.

This sub-study is part of a larger project on Swedish as a second language (SSL) in suburban schools in Sweden, based on classroom ethnography.

Sub-study 1 draws from fieldwork (during more than 1.5 years) in three linguistically diverse schools, where a majority of the students studied SSL. The three teachers in the study were qualified to teach SSL, and they had, in addition, long-term experience teaching in linguistically diverse classrooms. In this study we explore and critically discuss:

  • discourses on SSL in the academic field
  • the role of teacher expertise in pedagogical scaffolding of advanced content
  • the relation between curricular aspects of multilingualism and multilingual practices
  • policy friction in our data (see Publications)

This research project has no members.

Hedman, Christina & Magnusson, Ulrika. (2024). - Dialoguing on a graphic novel in the language learning classroom with upper secondary school students. Nordic Journal of Literacy Research, 10(1), 101–123.

Hedman, C., & Magnusson. U. (2022). - Performative functions of multilingual policy in second language education in Sweden. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 25(2), 452–466.

Hedman & Magnusson, U. (2022).

Skolämnet svenska som andraspråk i internationellt perspektiv – exempel ur forskning [The school-subject Swedish as a second language from an international perspective – examples from research]. Skolverket. Skolämnet svenska som andraspråk i internationellt perspektiv.pdf (skolverket.se)

Hedman, C., & Magnusson, U. (2021). - Researching the complexities of the school subject Swedish as a Second Language: A Linguistic Ethnographic project in four schools. Languages, 6(4), 205, 1–16.

Hedman, C., & Magnusson. U. (2020). - Teachers’ acts of legitimation in second language education in Swedish upper secondary schools. Language & Education, 34(6), 535–552.

Hedman, C., & Magnusson. U. (2020). - Student ambivalence towards second language education in three Swedish upper secondary schools. Linguistics and Education, 55, 1–12.

Hedman, C., & Magnusson, U. (2020).

Svenska som andraspråk i gymnasieskolan – praktik och ideologi i tre gymnasieskolor. Lisetten, 30(1), 20–21.

Hedman, C., & Magnusson, U. (2018). - Lika eller lika möjligheter? Diskurser om skolämnet svenska som andraspråk inom det akademiska fältet i Sverige [Similar or equal opportunities? Discourses on the school-subject Swedish as a second language within the academic field in Sweden]. Acta Didactica, 12(1), 1–20.

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