The objective with this study is to investigate the school introduction of newly arrived students, by focusing on the latter years of high school, by comparing two schools method of working. This was done by a qualitative survey based on half structured interviews and existing school documentation. The questions of the study targeted the schools method of working, how well the education was adapted to the students and if it was appropriate to them. We also asked about the school resources to meet the need of the newly arrived students. Our theoretical assumptions were based on Haugs’ terms “including integration” and “excluding integration”, Lahdenperäs’ theory about intercultural education, Vygotskijs thoughts about adapted education and finally Blossings’ description of different cooperative cultures. Our results showed that school introduction for newly arrived students were formed from the schools’ view on learning development and adapted education. The schools knowledge about and approach to intercultural education, the competence and engagement of the leaders had all a great importance to how the school formed its education. The school with the most intercultural elements also had a more cooperative culture, efficient way of working and more resources to adapt the education to the students’ backgrounds, preconditions and needs.

Undersökningens syfte är att belysa på vilket sätt teknikundervisningen med sin praktiskestetiskakaraktär kan gynna språkutveckling. Teknikundervisning handlar om att ställasinför ett problem som ska lösas, om att misslyckas, förändra, pröva igen och lyckas. Idenna studie har åtta elever i åldrarna tio till femton från en förberedelseklass skapat ensaga och arbetat praktiskt med konstruktioner, dokumentation, och textbearbetning ianslutning till denna. Undersökningen ger svar på frågor kring hur de praktiska delar inomteknikundervisning kan gynna språkutveckling hos barn med svenska som andraspråk.Särskilt fokus har legat på hur eleverna interagerar när de får konstruera figurer ochåterberätta sin saga med hjälp av dessa och praktiskt–estetiskt teknikarbete. Arbetet gertydligt svar på frågan hur teknikämnets problemlösande delar kan vara speciellt lämpligapedagogiska verktyg för språkutveckling vid arbete med elever i förberedelseklass.Berättarlust och språkutveckling stimuleras genom kreativt arbete och resultatet pekar påatt elever från förberedelseklasser klarar uppgiften med bravur. / The aim of this examination is to throw light on how the school subject Technology with itspractical aesthetical quality can support language development. Technology deals with thefact that you are faced with a problem that should be solved, about failure, change, tryagain and succeed. In this examination, the pupils have created a short story and workedpractically with constructions, documentation and revision connected to their story. Theexamination answers questions concerning in what way teaching in Technology supportlanguage development among children who have another mother tongue than Swedish.How pupils interact when they are able to construct diagrams and retell their story bydiagrams and practical aesthetical work in Technology have particularly been in focus. Thiswork clearly gives an answer to the question how Technology with its quality of solution ofproblems can be particularly suitable as a pedagogical tool within language developmentamong pupils in preparatory classes. Pleasure in storytelling and language development arestimulated by creative work and the result points to the fact that pupils from preparatoryclasses solve the task with dash.