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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)

Project members

Project managers

Christina Hedman

Professor

Department of Teaching and Learning

08-120 766 90

christina.hedman@su.se

Ulrika Magnusson

Senior lecturer, Associate professor

Department of Teaching and Learning

08-120 767 38

ulrika.magnusson@su.se

Publications

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.