Nowadays, many schools around the world are a mixture of children who come from different places and for different reasons. The Swedish school has not been an exception of these mixtures of children who have different identities, cultures, and languages. In 2015, Sweden experienced a high immigration peak compare to the previous years and for this reason, the Swedish school system needed to adapt to the newly arrived children that came into the classroom. The purpose of this research project is to investigate teachers’ experiences and perceptions of meeting the varying needs of recently arrived learners in English teaching in years 4-6. The aim of the thesis is to explore what are the main challenges in teaching English and how the teachers adapt their English lessons and develop methods and strategies for teaching recently arrived pupils.This study was conducted with semi-structured interviews as a qualitative method, with five English teachers who have a complete degree in teaching education, and all of whom have newly arrived children in their classes. Based on analysis of the data, three main conclusions have been drawn in this study. Firstly, all the teachers participating did not know the difference between concepts such as immigrants and newcomers; secondly the teachers do not use a special method or strategies when they teach newly arrived children, and finally, this study shows that the teachers do not know how to face the newly arrived children’s needs, and they do not feel that they have the competence that they need in this field.

Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur förskollärarna arbetar med nyanlända barns språkutveckling i förskolan. För att ta reda på förskollärarnas arbetssätt gällande nyanlända barns språkutveckling har sex förskollärare från fem olika förskolor och två olika kommuner intervjuats. Utöver detta har även nyanlända barns samspel med andra barn som har svenska som modersmål och svårigheter som uppstår i kommunikation mellan nyanlända barn och vårdnadshavare undersökts. Det framkom i resultatet att förskollärarna försöker på det bästa sättet att främja nyanlända barns språkutveckling genom att använda sig av olika material såsom sagopåsar, språkpåsar, bokläsning, bilder, TAKK-tecken och AKK kartor. Gällande kommunikationen med nyanlända vårdnadshavare är det av stor vikt att båda förstår varandra så att det inte blir missförstånd använder förskollärarna bilder, Google translate, vikarier som kan vårdnadshavarnas språk samt bokar tolk vid behov. Resultatet har även visat att förskollärarna ser ingen skillnad mellan nyanlända barn och barn med svenskt modersmål. Det som är viktigt enligt förskollärarna är att vara närvarande och utgå från varje enskilt barns behov.

Skolorna i Sverige har tagit emot många nyanlända elever och trots erfarenheten identifieras detfortfarande utvecklingsområden, framför allt inom studie- och yrkesvägledning. Vi har valt attundersöka studie- och yrkesvägledares perspektiv på vägledningsarbetet med nyanlända elever påspråkintroduktion. Syftet med studien är att undersöka huruvida och i sådana fall på vilket sätt deupplever att vägledningen främjar eleverna för att kunna göra väl underbyggda studie- och yrkesval.Datainsamlingsmetoden har skett genom kvalitativa intervjuer med åtta utbildade studie- ochyrkesvägledare som är verksamma vid språkintroduktion. Resultatet visar på att studie- ochyrkesvägledarna upplever att eleverna har möjlighet att fortsätta sin utbildning på gymnasienivå, mende står inför många utmaningar. Det framkommer att eleverna har ett större behov av vägledning dåfaktorer som språkbarriärer, bristande utbildningsbakgrund och kunskap kring det svenskautbildningssystem saknas. Respondenterna menar att dessa faktorer kan begränsa elevernasmöjligheter till vidare studier och att etablera sig på den svenska arbetsmarknaden. Studiens slutsats äratt vägledare är en viktig faktor för att eleverna ska kunna navigera i det svenska utbildningssystemetoch fatta välgrundade studie- och yrkesval. / The schools in Sweden have received many newly arrived students and despite the schools’experiences, there are still areas of development, especially within the field of study and careerguidance. Therefore, this study focuses on study and career counsellors’ guidance work with newlyarrived students in language introduction programs. The aim of the study is to examine the perceptionof whether, or in what ways, study and career counseling promotes students' ability to make wellinformed study and career choices. The data has been collected through qualitative interviews witheight trained study and career counsellors who work in language introduction programs. The resultsshow that study and career counsellors perceive that students can continue their education at thesecondary level, but they face many challenges. The study also reveals that students have a greaterneed for guidance when factors such as language barriers, lack of educational background, andknowledge about the Swedish education system are missing. Moreover, the respondents argue thatthese factors can limit students' opportunities for further studies and establishing themselves in theSwedish labor market. The study's conclusion is that counsellors are an important factor for students tonavigate through the Swedish education system and make well-founded study and career choices.

This master’s thesis aims to contribute to and extend the knowledge regarding the public library staff’s work with newly arrived during the COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Västerås, Sweden. This thesis is motivated by the increase of individuals who migrate to the city of Västerås and the high number of COVID cases that the city had in early 2022. Seven public library staff members from the city of Västerås were interviewed through semi-structured interviews. The empirical data was analyzed with the help of a theoretical framework based on a conceptualization of integration combined with a model that serves to make visible the different functions of a public library. The study shows that the library staff experienced various challenges and found creative solutions while working with the newly arrived during the pandemic while still adhering to the restrictions. The most critical challenges experienced were the decreased communication between the library staff and the newly arrived visitors and the digital participation of the visitors. Solutions regarding the challenges were created to suit the visitors’ needs, such as new services, digital forums, and the possibility of booking a librarian for IT tasks. In conclusion, all study participants agreed that the pandemic had made their work with the newly arrived visitors more challenging. Still, they all expressed their work with the visitors as inspiring, even amid a pandemic.

Antalet nyanlända elever ökar i den svenska skolan för varje år och det gör att skolan blir en mötesplats för alla kulturer, nationer, religioner, livsstilar, språk och olika kunskaper särskilt sedan 1 juli 2013 när det bestämdes att även de nyanlända barn utan uppehållstillstånd fick laglig rätt att gå i skolan. Denna rapport syftar till att bidra med kunskap kring lärares syn på integrering av de nyanlända eleverna i den svenska skolan och särskilt i ämnet matematik, de nyanlända elevernas upplevelser av matematikundervisningen och svårigheter som lärarna upplever vid matematikundervisning för nyanlända. Resultatet visar att det krävs mycket samarbete kring nyanländas kunskapsutveckling och integrering. Lärarna påstår att integrering inte sker bara genom att eleverna finns med i klassrummet utan de måste ha samma möjligheter och förutsättningar som de andra för att integrering ska vara möjlig. Enligt lärarna måste eleverna kartläggas innan de börjar skolan för att upptäcka på vilken nivå de ligger för att få rätt hjälp. Resultatet av studien visar vidare att de nyanlända eleverna som placerades i en förberedelseklass är mer nöjda med sina studier än de som placerades i en ordinarie klass. Resultatet visar också att brister i svenska och elevernas studiebakgrund utgör det största problemet för lärarnas jobb med de nyanlända. Därför är det viktigt att eleverna börjar i en örberedelseklass för att få en mjuk start och för att få kännedom om en del matematiska termer innan de börjar i en ordinarie klass. Denna studie är en kvalitativ studie som utgår från intervjuer med ett fåtal lärare och elever, två lärare och åtta elever och därför kan man inte dra några generella slutsatser av studien. För att kunna dra några entydiga eller generella slutsatser krävs det mer omfattande forskning inom området och som engagerar ett större antal lärare, elever och andra personal inom flera skolor i olika kommuner. / The number of newly arrived pupils increases in the Swedish school every year, which makes the school a meeting place for all cultures, nations, religions, lifestyles, languages and different knowledge especially since July 1, 2013 when it was decided that even new arrivals without a residence permit were given legal right to go to school. This report aims at contributing knowledge about teachers views on the integration of newly arrived students in Swedish schools, and especially in the subject of mathematics, the newly arrived students' experiences of mathematics teaching and difficulties experienced by teachers in mathematics education for newcomers. The result shows that a lot of cooperation is needed about the development and integration of newly arrived students. Teachers argue that integration does not only happen when the students are in the classroom, but they must have the same opportunities and possibilities as the others for integration to be possible. According to the teachers, the students must be mapped before they start school to find out what level they are in order to get the right help. The result of the study further shows that the newly arrived students placed in a preparatory class are more satisfied with their studies than those who were placed in an ordinary class. The result also shows that shortcomings in Swedish and student backgrounds constitute the biggest problem for teachers' jobs with new arrivals. Therefore, it is important that the students begin in a class of preparation to get a smooth start and to get acquainted with some mathematical terms before starting in a regular class. This study is a qualitative study based on interviews with a few teachers and students, two teachers and eight students and therefore you cannot draw any general conclusions from the study. In order to draw some unambiguous or general conclusions, more extensive research is required in the field, involving more teachers, students and other staff in several schools in different municipalities.

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The purpose of this qualitative survey is to create a deeper understanding of the school-age educare in Swedish schools, the language development for newly arrived students and what challenges there are, as well as how school-age educare teachers collaborate with guardians and other people in the school to be able to contribute to the language development of newly arrived students. We interviewed four school-age educare teachers from schools in the greater Stockholm area and analyzed the results from a social constructionist perspective and previous research in this area. The results from our study indicate that school-age educare teachers work with newly arrived students' language development in different ways, but there are shortcomings in terms of strategies, tools, methods, and processes. There is a need for skills development to improve this work. In addition, good collaboration between the staff and guardians is essential to achieve better results. Since newly arrived students have different needs and backgrounds, it is important to take this into account and strive for the right conditions so that a safe, inclusive social environment can be created. The school needs to work to find solutions for competence development and improved cooperation in their operations. A fascinating future research area focusing on the language development of newly arrived students is regarding tools, training, and frameworks for after-school teachers. It is about how modern digital tools such as Google Translate and AI services can support after-school teachers in creating a more inclusive learning environment.

Vi har gjort en studie som handlar om den interkulturella kommunikationen mellan nyanlända och socialtjänsten. Sverige tar emot 5000 kvotflyktingar varje år och segregeringen har under lång tid ökat och klyftorna har blivit större. Det har dessutom pågått en desinformationskampanj på nätet där svensk socialtjänst anklagas för att de omhändertar muslimska barn. Syftet med denna studie var därför att undersöka nyanländas kommunikation med socialtjänsten och innebörden av det interkulturella mötet. Vi vill med detta öka kunskapen för att främja det interkulturella mötet och integration. För att uppnå syftet genomfördes kvalitativa intervjuer där sju nyanlända fick möjlighet att dela med sig av sina erfarenheter av kommunikationen med socialtjänsten. Genom våra kvalitativa intervjuer har studiens frågeställningar besvarats. Dessa handlar om hur kommunikationen med socialtjänsten upplevs och vad kultur har för betydelse i mötet med socialtjänsten. Empirin har bearbetats genom tematisk analys och fem teman som analyserats utifrån tidigare forskning samt utifrån ett sociologiskt, psykologiskt och interkulturellt perspektiv. Resultatet visar att kultur enligt respondenterna inte har en stor betydelse i kommunikation med socialtjänsten. Många upplever att anpassningen till den svenska kulturen är svår och upplever inte någon förståelse från socialtjänsten kring detta. Samtliga respondenter har inga förväntningar på men önskar att socialtjänsten ska besitta en interkulturell kompetens. När vi analyserade resultatet kom vi fram till slutsatsen att den första tiden i Sverige styrs av att tillgodose grundläggande behov så som att komma i trygghet och att det kan vara en anledning till att kultur initialt inte har en sådan stor betydelse för nyanlända i kommunikationen med socialtjänsten. Vi kunde även se utifrån ett interkulturellt perspektiv att det finns brister i den interkulturella kommunikationen mellan nyanlända och socialtjänsten men att respondenterna la lite eller ingen vikt vid det. / We have done a study that deals with the intercultural communication between newcomers and social services. Sweden receives 5,000 quota refugees every year and segregation has for a long time increased, and the gaps have become larger. There has also been an online disinformation campaign where Swedish social services are accused of taking Muslim children into care. The purpose of this study was therefore to investigate newcomers' communication with social services and the meaning of the intercultural encounter. With this, we want to increase knowledge to promote the intercultural meeting and integration. To achieve the purpose, qualitative interviews were conducted where seven new arrivals were given the opportunity to share their experiences of communication with social services. Through our qualitative interviews, the study's questions have been answered. These are about how communication with social services is perceived and what culture means in the meeting with social services. The empirical data has been processed through thematic analysis and five themes that have been analysed based on previous research and from a sociological, psychological, and intercultural perspective. The results show that, according to the respondents, culture does not have a great importance in communication with social services. Many feel that adaptation to Swedish culture is difficult and do not experience any understanding from social services about this. All respondents have no expectations but wish the social services to possess more intercultural competence. When we analysed the results, we came to the conclusion that the first time in Sweden is governed by meeting basic needs such as getting in safety and that this may be one reason why culture initially does not have such a significance for newcomers in communication with social services. We could also see from an intercultural perspective that there are shortcomings in the intercultural communication between newcomers and social services, but that the respondents paid little or no importance to it.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the difficulties newly arrived students encounter when they learn English, both from the perspective of students and of teachers, and how these difficulties materialise in the classroom. The study was carried out through interviews with teachers and newly arrived immigrant students on the language introductory program at an upper secondary school. Interviews were used to investigate teachers' and students' experiences and attitudes. The results show that the most significant difficulties the students encounter occur in connection with listening comprehension, and these appear when the students are tested in hearing comprehension. Important factors that influence students’ listening skills are, among other things, that the students learn two languages simultaneously, and also that they have not developed strategies for listening comprehension. It also emerged that both teachers and students use tools such as pictures in order to facilitate learning. Students also use Google to translate, to some extent. When examining both teachers' and students' responses, it was revealed that they have a negative attitude to learning Swedish and English simultaneously.  This is explained by the fact that they lose focus, and everything becomes confusing. In conclusion, the result shows that there are no advantages to having newly arrived students learn two languages at the same time. According to the participating teachers, the students must be well-grounded in the Swedish language before they start with English.