<p>Abstract</p><p>With the introduction of the teaching plan Lpo94 and the others, many of the rules that restricted the teacher to just a few didactical methods disappeared. The former strict ruling system changed to a more free goal-oriented system. That and the fact that the governmental ruled shifted from a top down to a bottom up perspective gave the schools the freedom to choose whatever material and methods they would want, as long as the goals could be attained. This freedom allowed the employment of many new didactical methods. All these new methods had “activity” as their main asset. One such method that followed in this wake is “Shakespeare as a second language”, developed and created by Donya Feuer and Ted Hughes. The main objective with this essay is to introduce this method to the readers as well as introduce it in relation with literature in the field of alternative methods and the teaching and course plans of today. My intention is to let it go through some critical evaluation and see if it fits to be employed as a didactical method in the school of today.</p>

Abstract With the introduction of the teaching plan Lpo94 and the others, many of the rules that restricted the teacher to just a few didactical methods disappeared. The former strict ruling system changed to a more free goal-oriented system. That and the fact that the governmental ruled shifted from a top down to a bottom up perspective gave the schools the freedom to choose whatever material and methods they would want, as long as the goals could be attained. This freedom allowed the employment of many new didactical methods. All these new methods had “activity” as their main asset. One such method that followed in this wake is “Shakespeare as a second language”, developed and created by Donya Feuer and Ted Hughes. The main objective with this essay is to introduce this method to the readers as well as introduce it in relation with literature in the field of alternative methods and the teaching and course plans of today. My intention is to let it go through some critical evaluation and see if it fits to be employed as a didactical method in the school of today.

I denna studie analyseras åtta olika läroböcker som används på gymnasieskolor inom de gymnasiegemensamma skolämnena svenska och engelska utifrån dess texters svårighetsgrad. Syftet med följande studie är att studera huruvida läsbarheten i lärobokstexter är förankrade i forskning kring läsning och om den har en verklighetsförankring och autenticitet, vilket studeras utifrån ett sociokulturellt perspektiv. Vidare jämförs lärobokstexternas kanonisering i förhållande till kurs- och ämnesplaner. Denna studie har utförts utifrån Lennart Hellspongs läsbarhetsanalys med fokus på typografisk läsbarhet samt läsbarhetsindex (lix). Texterna för analysen har valts ut stickprovsvis, samt en djupanalys har utförts på de längsta texterna. Vid studien framkom det att lärobokstexterna håller en hög yttre läsbarhet och ett lågt läsbarhetsindex. Texttypsfördelningen i läroböcker visar att ungefär hälften av texterna i dessa böcker består av lärobokstexter författade av läroboksförfattarna själva. I jämförelse med autentiska texter indikerar studien på att lärobokstexterna har en avsevärt lägre svårighetsgrad utifrån dess lixklassificeringar, varför läroböckerna inte tycks erbjuda texter som främjar elevers läsutveckling.