Research project Learning, teaching and assessment of second foreign languages – an alignment study on oral language

The project is motivated by the fact that SFLs are in a challenging situation in the Swedish school context. One third of pupils drop out within the first three years of studying. However, there are only few studies examining the current learning conditions and outcomes in foreign languages ​​other than English.

The focus of this project is on Spanish, French and German in the 9th grade of secondary school and on an essential but under-researched aspect of SFL competence, namely oral language proficiency (OLP). The project adopts a cross-disciplinary perspective to OLP, drawing on current research within educational science, second language acquisition, language teaching and language testing and assessment. A central aim of the project is to identify and understand combinations of factors at different levels (individual, classroom, school, society) that contribute to success with OLP in SFLs in the Swedish school context.