Search for dissertations about: "language education"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 290 swedish dissertations containing the words language education.

  2. 6. 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

  4. 7. Science, Language, and Literacy : Case Studies of Learning in Swedish University Physics

    Author : John Airey; Cedric Linder; Roger Säljö; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Physics; Learning; Higher education; Bilingualism; Language choice; Science education; Scientific literacy; Bilingual scientific literacy; Disciplinary discourse; Discourse imitation; Semiotics; Physics Education Research; Physics; Fysik; Fysik med inriktning mot fysikens didaktik; Physics with specialization in Physics Education; Science Education; Engelsk språkvetenskap; Fysik; Pedagogik och Utbildningsvetenskap; Pedagogics;

    Abstract : This thesis presents an investigation of undergraduate student learning with respect to physics lectures attended in English and Swedish. The work studies three connected areas: student learning patterns, bilingual scientific literacy and disciplinary discourse. READ MORE

  5. 8. Language policy from below : Bilingual education and heterogeneity in post-apartheid South Africa

    Author : Peter Plüddemann; Christopher Stroud; Nancy Hornberger; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; bilingual education; mother tongue; language policy from below; heterogeneity; multilingualism; language ideology; South Africa; tvåspråkighetsforskning; Bilingualism;

    Abstract : The present thesis on bilingual education, with its foci on linguistic heterogeneity and language policy 'from below', covers the first 15 years in the officially multilingual new South Africa. The post-apartheid era has seen South Africa's pro-multilingual Constitution and the language-in-education policy for schools being sidelined in favour of an English-oriented mindset. READ MORE

  6. 9. Teachers' Language of Inquiry : The Conflation Between Methods of Teaching and Scientific Inquiry in Science Education

    Author : Jakob Gyllenpalm; Per-Olof Wickman; Sven-Olof Holmgren; Fouad Abd El Khalick; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; inquiry; secondary school; teacher education; laboratory work; hypothesis; experiment; language; sociocultural; pragmatism; customs; cultural institutions; pivot term; nature of science; focus groups; Subject didactics; Ämnesdidaktik; naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik; Science Education;

    Abstract : The objective of this thesis is to describe and analyse customs of science teaching in secondary schools and teacher education programmes in Sweden in relation to the notion of “inquiry” in science education. The main focus is on customs of language use and the educational goal of learning about scientific inquiry as distinct from the related goals of learning to do inquiry and learning canonical science content. READ MORE

  7. 10. Language - mirror of culture : a case study on language socialization with Finns living in Finland and Sweden, and Swedes living in Sweden

    Author : Marja-Terttu Tryggvason; Ann-Carita Evaldsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sociolinguistics; cultural comparison; language socialization; family dinner conversation; conversational style; involvement; Språksocialisation; Finnar; språk; Sverige; Svenskar; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : The purpose of the present study was to compare language socialization, i.e. how to use language and how to socialize children to use language, in three cultural groups: Finns living in Finland and Sweden and Swedes living in Sweden. Since language socialization is assumed to result in a conversational style, this was studied from different angles. READ MORE