Supporting adult L2 learners’ contextualized grammar knowledge and presentation skills when working with tasks related to work placements
2025 (English)In: L1-Educational Studies in Language and Literature, ISSN 1567-6617, E-ISSN 1573-1731, Vol. 25, no 1, p. 1-29Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Abstract [sv]
This study investigates how a teacher’s feedback on oral presentations was integrated with grammar teaching in Swedish for immigrants (SFI) directed to adult learners of Swedish. It focuses on a course where students participated in both workplace placements and classroom activities. The data consists of transcribed audio recordings of six lessons. The findings show that the teacher’s feedback on the students’ presentations focused on the interplay between written keywords and oral elaborations, as well as the use of visual resources. Moreover, the teacher used the students’ presentations as a starting point for discussing grammatical features in context. We discuss the findings in relation to research on focus on form (FonF) and contextualized grammar teaching, demonstrating how these traditions can complement each other. We argue that the findings have implications for second language teaching more broadly, highlighting the value of integrating multimodal elements into language instruction and using students’ multilingualism as a resource
Abstract [sv]
Denna studie undersöker hur en lärares återkoppling på muntliga presentationer integrerades med grammatikundervisning inom Svenska för invandrare (SFI) för vuxna andraspråksinlärare. Studien fokuserar på en kurs där deltagarna både genomförde arbetsplatsförlagda praktikperioder och deltog i klassrumsundervisning. Datamaterialet består av transkriberade ljudinspelningar från sex lektioner. Resultaten visar att lärarens återkoppling på studenternas presentationer fokuserade på samspelet mellan skrivna stödord och muntlig utveckling, samt användningen av visuella resurser. Vidare använde läraren studenternas presentationer som utgångspunkt för att diskutera grammatiska drag i kontext. Vi diskuterar resultaten i relation till forskning om fokus på form (FonF) och kontextualiserad grammatikundervisning, och visar hur dessa traditioner kan komplettera varandra. Vi menar att resultaten har implikationer för andraspråksundervisning i ett bredare perspektiv, genom att lyfta fram värdet av att integrera multimodala inslag i språkundervisningen och att använda studenternas flerspråkighet som en resurs.4o
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
University Library J. C. Senckenberg , 2025. Vol. 25, no 1, p. 1-29
Keywords [en]
Second language teaching, Swedish for immigrants, focus on form, contextualized grammar teaching, translanguaging
Keywords [sv]
Andraspråksundervisning, Svenska för invandrare, fokus på form, kontextualiserad grammatikundervisning, transspråkande
National Category
Didactics Studies of Specific Languages
Research subject
Humanities, Swedish as a Second Language; Humanities, Swedish with a Specialization in Multilingualism
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-138093DOI: 10.21248/l1esll.2025.25.1.830ISI: 001470882500001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-138093DiVA, id: diva2:1953098
Projects
School background, language learning strategies, and language development in adult second language learners of Swedish
Funder
The Crafoord Foundation, 202405332025-04-172025-04-172025-05-06Bibliographically approved