Search for dissertations about: "Immigrant education and language"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words Immigrant education and language.

  2. 1. Unpacking dominant discourses in higher education language policy : A critical study of language policy in Swedish higher education

    Author : Susanne Strömberg Jämsvi; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; higher education; language policy; internationalisation; critical discourse analysis; systemic functional grammar; Swedish; English; language; Lärarutbildning och pedagogisk yrkesverksamhet; Teacher Education and Education Work; higher education; language policy; internationalisation; critical discourse analysis; systemic functional grammar; Swedish; English; language;

    Abstract : The overall purpose of the thesis is to investigate dominant discourses operating in the changing of HE concerning questions of language policy. It has been studied at a national level, analysing reports and government bills, and at an institutional level, analysing university language policy, taking Sweden as an example. READ MORE

  4. 2. Developing multilingual literacies in Sweden and Australia : Opportunities and challenges in mother tongue instruction and multilingual study guidance in Sweden and community language education in Australia

    Author : Anne Reath Warren; Päivi Juvonen; Monica Axelsson; Elizabeth Ellis; Angela Creese; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; mother tongue instruction; community language schools; translanguaging; heteroglossia; narrative analysis; multilingual literacies; resourceful speakers; continua of biliteracy; studiehandledning på modersmål; modersmålsundervisning; språkdidaktik; Language Education;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to learn about opportunities for and challenges to the development of multilingual literacies in three forms of education in Sweden and Australia that teach or draw on immigrant languages.  In Sweden mother tongue instruction and multilingual study guidance are in focus and in Australia, a community language school. READ MORE

  5. 3. Constructions of Language Competence : Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Assessing Second Language Interactions in Basic Adult Education

    Author : Maria Rydell; Catrin Norrby; Gunlög Sundberg; Caroline Kerfoot; Tim McNamara; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; constructions of language competence; language ideologies; migration; language testing and assessment; Swedish as a second language; embodied interaction; lived experience of language; adult education; sociolinguistics; linguistic anthropology; Scandinavian Languages; nordiska språk;

    Abstract : The current thesis is concerned with constructions and perceptions of what it means to be ‘a competent language user’ in the context of a language programme in basic Swedish called Swedish for Immigrants (SFI). A particular focus is given to the testing and assessment of oral interaction. READ MORE

  6. 4. Empirical Essays on Education and Health Policy Evaluation

    Author : Debbie Lau; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; causal inference; register data; segregation; endogamy; iodine deficiency; information campaign; mother tongue education; inequality;

    Abstract : Chapter 1: Impact of School Peers from the Same Region-of-Origin on Endogamy and Work Segregation: Evidence from Sweden This study estimates how the quasi-random variation in the proportion of school peers from the same Region-of-Origin (ROO) affects the probability for an individual to have a partner from the same ROO (endogamy) and the proportion of colleagues from the same ROO in the same workplace later in life (work segregation). This is answered by a fixed effect regression model, together with a unique dataset that merges different register databases from Sweden. READ MORE

  7. 5. Immigrant students' opportunities to learn mathematics : In(ex)clusion in mathematics education

    Author : Petra Svensson Källberg; Eva Norén; Paul Andrews; Anna Chronaki; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mathematics education; immigrant students; narratives; learning opportunities; foregrounds; identity; policy texts; fabrication; deficit perspective; discourse; power; matematikämnets didaktik; Mathematics Education;

    Abstract : This thesis explores immigrant students’ opportunities to learn mathematics. The research is concerned with issues of social justice and adopts a socio-political approach. Immigrant students are often described as students who do poorly in school because they lack “Swedishness” and have insufficient Swedish language skills. READ MORE