Open this publication in new window or tab >>2018 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Engelska Hemspråk : Språk i interaktion i modersmålsundervisning i Sverige
Abstract [en]
The thesis investigates teacher-student interaction in English mother tongue instruction (MTI), offered within mainstream education to English heritage language students in Sweden. In particular, it examines the type of language work that was in focus during the lessons and the ways teacher and students engaged in the language work in situ. The study is based on approximately thirty hours of video-recordings of three groups of students who attended the lessons with the same teacher, at two Swedish schools. The students in the groups ranged from age six to fifteen. Using an ethnomethodological conversation analytic framework, the thesis analyzes the situated ways that teacher and students co-constructed what aspects of language were topicalized and how this was accomplished.
The empirical studies shed new light on the dynamic connections between pedagogy and the emergent practices through which MTI is achieved. From the analysis, vocabulary emerged as a prominent feature of the lessons, where the teaching of form, meaning and use of lexical items variously grew out of both planned and unplanned activities. Hence, the empirical studies explore different aspects of vocabulary work. The studies also discuss the role of the local availability of both English and Swedish in shaping the types of practices that took place at the MT lessons.
Abstract [sv]
Föreliggande avhandling undersöker samspel mellan lärare och elever i modersmålsundervisning i engelska. I synnerhet studeras det språkliga arbete som lyftes under lektionerna samt lärare och elevers situerade deltagande i detta arbete. Studien baseras på cirka trettio timmars videoinspelningar av tre grupper elever som deltog i undervisningen med samma lärare, vid två svenska skolor. Elevernas åldersspann var 6-15 år. Genom etnometodologisk samtalsanalys utforskar studien hur lärare och elever samkonstruerade vilka språkliga aspekter som aktualiserades i undervisningen samt hur detta åstadkoms.
De empiriska studierna belyser det dynamiska förhållandet mellan pedagogik och de situerade praktiker genom vilka modersmålsundervisningen åstadkoms. Det framgår i data att ett fokus på ordförråd var framträdande på lektionerna, där ordens form, betydelse och användning diskuterades under såväl planerade som oplanerade aktiviteter. Avhandlingens empiriska studier undersöker därför olika aspekter av arbetet med ordförråd. I studierna diskuteras också vilken roll den lokala tillgången till både engelska och svenska spelar i att forma olika typer av språkliga praktiker under lektionerna.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press, 2018. p. 127
Series
Linköping Studies in Pedagogic Practices, ISSN 1653-0101 ; 36Linköping studies in education and social sciences ; 16
Keywords
Mother tongue instruction, English as a heritage language, conversation analysis, classroom interaction, bilingual interaction, vocabulary teaching, language alternation, Modersmålsundervisning, engelska som modersmål, samtalsanalys, klassrumsinteraktion, tvåspråkig interaktion, ordförråd i undervisning, kodväxling
National Category
Educational Sciences Pedagogical Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-152857 (URN)10.3384/diss.diva-152857 (DOI)9789176851821 (ISBN)
Public defence
2018-11-16, K3, Kåkenhus, Campus Norrköping, Norrköping, 13:15 (Swedish)
Opponent
Supervisors
2018-11-232018-11-232025-02-18Bibliographically approved