The research project takes a hard look into the attitudes or perceptions of speakers of African languages towards the new language policy of South Africa. The question answered in this regard is, `What do people say?' The research project explores the extent of radical shift in African consciousness giving impetus to the resurgence of African languages so that they carry philosophical and scientific discourse to unprecedented heights. Maintaining the primordial language policy that is dominated by English and Afrikaans is like putting new wine into old skins. Thus, the research also seeks to establish strategies that could be implemented in order to ensure the revitalisation and rejuvenation of African languages so that all the languages take their rightful place. In other words, the research explores ways of injecting a new kind of consciousness that integrates language and content in schools so as to replace the primordial "telescopic philanthropy" type of approach existing currently in education and other major domains. / African Languages / D. Litt. et Phil. (African Languages)

Summaries in Afrikaans and English / Text in Afrikaans / Vanaf geboorte is die ouers en die omgewing wat hulle vir die kind skep van die uiterste belang. Ouers behoort 'n ruimte te skep waar die kind intellektueel gestimuleer kan word, begeleide leerervaringe kan ontvang en waar hy veiligheid en geborgenheid kan beleef Dit is in hierdie voorskoolse jare waar die grondslag gele word vir latere leer. Waar vroee stimulering en bemiddeling ontbreek is dit later baie moeilik om met insette dieselfde positiewe resultate te bereik. Begeleide leerervaringe is 'n essensiele komponent van en voorwaarde vir optimale ontwikkeling. Wanneer die kind aan geletterdheidervaringe blootgestel word in sy voorskoolse jare, kan hy, wanneer hy skool toe gaan, die insette en konsepte as "bekend" ervaar, omdat hy reeds vroeg al daarmee kennisgemaak het. Die ouers kan die kind se voorskoolse jare s6 ontwerp dat die kind se potensiaal optimaal verwesenlik kan word. In die empiriese ondersoek is onderhoude met ouers gevoer sodat hulle hul ervarings met hul kinders wat hulle voorskools gestimuleer het, kon weergee. Volgens die resultate blyk dit dat vroee stimulering waarskynlik 'n belangrike faktor is ten opsigte van latere prestasie. / Parents should create an atmosphere where the child can be stimulated intellectually, can receive mediated learning experiences (MLE) and where he can experience safety and security. It is in the preschool years that the foundation is laid to make learning easier later on. Where early stimulation and mediation is lacking it is very difficult later on to achieve positive results with the same inputs. When the child is exposed to literacy experiences in his pre-school years, he can experience the inputs and concepts as "known" when he attends school, as he was already acquainted with them. The parents can shape the pre-school years of the child in such a manner that the potential of the child can be realised optimally. In the empirical investigation parents were interviewed in order to determine the extent to which they supplied intellectual stimulation to their pre-school children. According to the results it appears that early stimulation is probably an important factor with regard to achievement in later years. / Psychology of Education / M. Ed. (Psychology of Education)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:46:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 3322.pdf: 2311853 bytes, checksum: be4bcf7dae760b48fadefe76df460625 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-09-30 / Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais / The expressive number of premature births shows the necessity of measures focused in preventing disorders in these children development. Literature reveals that language is one of the areas that may be affected when the child is exposed to risk factors. Considering language as the predictor of academic intelligence and skills, it becomes relevant to study the phonological and lexical aspects of preschool children with historical of prematurity and low birth weight. Supposedly, these children may present faults in this repertory in the moments that precede their formal schooling. This research received the approval of the Ethics Committee of the Federal University of São Carlos. It reports a descriptive study which aimed to detect language alterations/disorders in preterm born children with low weight which go to preschool. The following instruments were used to collect data: Critério de Classificação Econômica Brasil (2008); maternity house medical records, Screening Test Development Denver II (TSDD-II) and ABFW test. The participants in this study were 19 children between 3 and 5 years-old with historical of prematurity and low weight that required neonatal ICU after birth and are enrolled in the Public System of Child Education (Municipal Kindergarten). The results present, initially, the profile of the study sample with data from the children clinical history and their socio economic situation. The results yet reveal that in the Denver Test (TSDD-II), language was, among four other areas, the most affected. In this situation, 9 of the 19 children under evaluation have presented risk. Regarding the ABFW test performance, it is stressed that all the participants have presented risks. Regarding the phonological aspects, 8 children have presented an altered performance in the phonologic test. All the participants presented vocabulary deficiency. By analyzing language, 5 of the 19 children had faults in the phonologic areas of ABFW and of vocabulary, as well as the presence of risk in the language area in TSDD-II. The importance of the evaluation procedures and the language development accompaniment of this population in the moments that precede litaracy as preventive measures is being largely discussed, as well as the contributions of the ABFW test as an instrument that allows not only to situate the deficits but also, based on these deficits, to elaborate strategies of intervention for parents and teachers. The data related to clinical history and socio economic level were used to make interpretations of the similarities and differences in the scores found in both instruments from the concepts of risk, protection and resilience. The small number of participants can be pointed out as a limitating factor of this paper. For future studies it is suggested the conduct of follow-up and the development of intervention programs directed to parents and teachers in the perspective to prevent or minimize communicative deficits. / O número expressivo de nascimentos prematuros gera, a cada dia, demandas para o desenvolvimento de medidas voltadas para a prevenção de transtornos no desenvolvimento de tais crianças. A literatura revela que a linguagem é uma das áreas que podem estar comprometidas quando a criança está exposta aos fatores de risco. Considerando-se a linguagem como um preditor da inteligência e das habilidades acadêmicas, torna-se relevante estudar aspectos fonológicos e lexicais de crianças pré-escolares com histórico de prematuridade e baixo peso ao nascimento. Hipotetiza-se que tais crianças possam apresentar falhas nesse repertório, nos momentos que antecedem sua escolaridade formal. A presente pesquisa foi aprovada pelo Comitê de Ética da Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo que visou detectar alterações de linguagem em crianças nascidas pré-termo e com baixo peso, frequentadoras da pré-escola. Foram utilizados como instrumentos de coleta de dados: Critério de Classificação Econômica Brasil (2008); registros dos prontuários da maternidade; o Teste de Screening do Desenvolvimento de Denver II (TSDD-II) e o Teste ABFW. Os participantes deste estudo foram 19 crianças, na faixa etária entre três a cinco anos, com histórico de prematuridade e baixo peso, que necessitaram de UTI neonatal após o nascimento e estão matriculadas na Rede Municipal de Educação Infantil. Nos resultados são inicialmente apresentados o perfil da amostra do estudo com dados da história clínica das crianças e situação sócioeconômica. Os resultados revelam ainda que no Teste Denver (TSDD-II) a linguagem se mostrou, dentre quatro áreas, a mais comprometida. Nesta situação, das 19 crianças avaliadas, nove apresentaram risco. Em relação ao desempenho no ABFW, destaca-se que todos os participantes apresentaram déficits. Em relação ao aspecto fonológico, oito crianças apresentaram desempenho alterado na prova de fonologia. Todos os participantes apresentaram deficiências no vocabulário. Ao analisar a linguagem, cinco crianças, de um total de 19, tiveram comprometimentos nas áreas de fonologia do ABFW e no vocabulário, juntamente com a presença de risco na área de linguagem no TSDD-II. Discute-se a importância dos procedimentos de avaliação e acompanhamento do desenvolvimento da linguagem desta população, nos momentos que antecedem a alfabetização, como medidas preventivas, bem como as contribuições do teste ABFW como instrumento que permite não apenas localizar os déficits mas, com base nestes, elaborar estratégias de intervenção para pais e professores. Os dados relativos à história clínica e nível sócio-econômico foram utilizados para interpretações acerca das semelhanças e diferenças nos scores encontrados em ambos os instrumentos a partir dos conceitos de risco, proteção e resiliência. Como limitação do estudo aponta-se para o número reduzido de participantes. Sugere-se para futuras pesquisas a realização de follow-up e o desenvolvimento de programas de intervenção dirigidos aos pais e professores na perspectiva de prevenir ou minimizar déficits comunicativos.

O objetivo deste estudo foi descrever o desempenho de crianças com e sem Transtorno Fonológico em medidas de gravidade, inconsistência de fala, consistência de erros de fala e estimulabilidade. Foram avaliadas 130 crianças falantes do Português Brasileiro, de ambos os gêneros, e idades entre 5:0 e 10:10 anos, sendo 55 com transtorno fonológico e 75 sem alterações fonológicas. A maioria das crianças com transtorno fonológico foi estimulável aos sons ausentes do inventário fonético demonstrando dificuldade em aplicá-los às situações comunicativas. Foram confirmados os efeitos de idade e gênero e determinados quatro valores de corte para a inconsistência de fala. A inconsistência de fala mostrou-se eficaz para avaliar a programação fonológica, e a estimulabilidade a produção motora. Os resultados da pesquisa sugerem que a programação fonológica se aprimora a cada ano de vida da criança e ocorre de forma diversa entre os gêneros. Já a produção motora da fala demonstrou semelhança no desempenho de meninos e meninas. As duas medidas estudadas mostraram-se eficazes para diferenciar crianças com e sem transtorno fonológico, bem como contribuíram para a identificação das dificuldades das crianças evidenciando serem complementares e essenciais para detectarem marcadores diagnósticos do transtorno fonológico. / The aim of this study was to describe the performance of children with and without Phonological Disorder in severity, speech inconsistency, speech errors consistency and stimulability measures. There were evaluated 130 subjects of both genders and ages between 5:0 and 10:10 years, 55 with phonological disorder and 75 without phonological alterations. Most of children with phonological disorder were stimulable for absent sounds of phonetic inventory showing difficulties in applying them to communicative situations. It was confirmed gender and age effects and established four cut-off values for speech inconsistency. Speech inconsistency was efficient to evaluate phonological programming and stimulability the motor production. Results suggested that the phonological programming is refined each year of life of children and occur differently between genders. The motor speech production showed similarity between boys and girls. The two measures studied were effective in differentiating children eith and eithout phonological disorders as well as contributing to the identification of difficulties of children showing that they are complementary and essential to detect diagnostic markers of phonological disorders.

O TRANSTORNO DO DÉFICIT DE ATENÇÃO /HIPERATIVIDADE (TDA/H) afeta memória operacional, planejamento, auto-regulação de motivação e limiar para a ação dirigida, alterando funções executivas, inclusive linguagem. Crianças com TDA/H apresentam distúrbios da linguagem, mostrando baixo rendimento nos testes de vocabulário, sintaxe, fluência, memória operacional e discurso. OBJETIVOS: avaliar tipo e freqüência das alterações da linguagem oral em crianças com TDA/H; verificar a evolução desses distúrbios após dois meses de tratamento com metilfenidato; correlacionar produção do discurso do tipo recontagem com memória operacional. MÉTODOS: trinta e seis pacientes de sete a 14 anos de idade com diagnóstico de TDA/H pelos critérios do DSM-IV, QI 85, sem co-morbidades definidas, sem déficits sensoriais e com avaliação neuropsicológica prévia foram submetidos à seguinte avaliação fonoaudiológica: anamnese; avaliação clínica do sistema estomatognático; função respiratória; discriminação auditiva; praxias orais; teste de imitação do protocolo ABFW; teste de vocabulário Boston Naming test; discurso narrativo e análise da recontagem de estória (gramática da história, número de frases, freqüência e tipo de erros). A avaliação fonoaudiológica foi aplicada antes do início do tratamento com metilfenidato sendo que seus resultados foram comparados com o grupo controle. Após dois meses de tratamento medicamentoso as crianças foram reavaliadas e os resultados foram comparados com a avaliação inicial. Verificou-se evolução da linguagem falada após dois meses de tratamento com medicamento estimulante. RESULTADOS: Os pacientes mostraram comprometimento no sistema estomatognático, na respiração, na discriminação auditiva, no acesso lexical, na fluência, na compreensão e na organização do discurso narrativo em tarefa de recontagem de estória. Na reavaliação os resultados mostraram melhora significante nos seguintes aspectos da linguagem falada. CONCLUSÃO: nos pacientes com TDA/H, os distúrbios da linguagem falada são freqüentes, podendo estar diretamente associados às dificuldades de aprendizado, já que o desenvolvimento da linguagem falada é pré-requisito importante para a aquisição da linguagem escrita. / OBJECTIVE: ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD) exists alone in approximately 30-40% of the children diagnosed with it , and frequently are documented high rates of one or more comorbidities, pointing out the language disabilities. The patients present poor performance in tests of vocabulary, syntax, fluency, working memory and speech. The present study evaluate the type and incidence of oral language disabilities in children with ADHD. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Thirty and six children (aged 7-14) with ADHD, IQ 85, without psychiatric comorbid conditions or sensorial deficits are matched for age and level of education to thirty and four control subjects. The two groups were assessed by a speech pathology evaluation including: history, clinical examination of stomatognathic system; respiratory function; hearing discrimination; oral praxis; imitation for the protocol of the Test of Childlike Language ABFW; vocabulary for the Boston Naming Test; narrative speech in a task of recounting of story - analysis of the grammar of the history, of the number of sentences, of the frequency and of the types of mistake and, of the fluency for the ABFW. RESULTS: The children with ADHD showed compromising in the stomatognathic system, in the breathing, in the hearing discrimination, in the lexical access, in the fluency, in the understanding and in the organization of the narrative speech in task of recounting of story. Compared with the control group, the patients with ADHD perform significantly slower and were less efficient . CONCLUSION: The presence of faults in several areas of the language spoken in patients with TDAH is a frequent find and this fact can be straightly associate with learning disabilities, which are frequent in these patients, since the development of the well-known language is essential for fully acquiring written language.

Abstract This research explored, within the framework of relevance theory, how normally developing 3- to 9-year-old children and two age groups (age 7–9 and age 10–12) of children with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism (AS/HFA) and their 7- to 9-year-old control group used context when answering questions and giving explanations for their correct answers. The children were asked questions targeting the pragmatic processes of reference assignments, enrichments, routines, implicatures and feelings. They were also asked to explain their correct answers to routine, implicature and feeling questions to elicit understanding about their awareness of how they had derived the answers from the context. In normally developing children the largest increase in correct answers occurred between the ages of 3 and 4 in all question types except feeling questions, where rapid development continued until age 5. After that development progressed more gradually until the age of 8 when the children performed near the ceiling level in all of these question types. Giving explanations for correct answers developed gradually between the ages of 3 and 9, indicating that becoming aware of the information used in inferencing has a longer developmental timeframe. Children's incorrect answers and explanations showed that, as children develop, their answering strategies become more sophisticated as they increasingly utilise context in different ways. Children with AS/HFA were able to answer all the question types. However, compared to the control group, the younger AS/HFA group did less well when answering contextually demanding questions, and the performance of the older AS/HFA group fell in between the younger AS/HFA group and the control group. Both AS/HFA groups had difficulties when giving explanations for their correct answers, showing difficulty in articulating explicitly how they had used context in arriving at the correct answer. Incorrect answers and explanations indicated that, usually, all the children tried to utilise contextual information, although the attempt failed somehow. For children with AS/HFA it was more typical to continue with their answer after first giving a correct answer or explanation, which then led to an irrelevant answer, suggesting that these children had difficulties with stopping processing at the relevant point. / Tiivistelmä Tutkimuksessa tarkasteltiin, kuinka normaalisti kehittyneet 3–9-vuotiaat lapset ja kaksi ikäryhmää lapsia (7–9-vuotiaat ja 10–12-vuotiaat), joilla on Aspergerin oireyhtymä tai hyvätasoinen autismi (AS/HFA) ja heidän 7–9-vuotiaista koostuva kontrolliryhmänsä, käyttivät kontekstia vastatessaan kysymyksiin ja perustellessaan oikeita vastauksiaan. Tutkimus tehtiin relevanssiteorian viitekehyksessä. Lapsilta kysyttiin pragmaattista prosessointia vaativia kysymyksiä, jotka arvioivat viittausten, epätäydellisten lauseiden, rutiinien, implikatuurien ja tunnetilojen ymmärtämistä. Lisäksi heidän tuli perustella oikeat vastaukset rutiini-, implikatuuri- ja tunnekysymyksiin, jotta nähtiin, olivatko lapset tietoisia, kuinka he olivat johtaneet vastauksensa kontekstista. Normaalisti kehittyneillä lapsilla oikeiden vastausten määrä lisääntyi nopeasti 3. ja 4. ikävuoden välillä kaikissa kysymystyypeissä. Tunnekysymyksiin vastaamisessa tämä nopean kehityksen kausi jatkui 5. ikävuoteen saakka. Tämän jälkeen kehitys jatkui hitaampana 8 vuoden ikään saakka, jolloin lapset suoriutuivat lähes kaikista kysymyksistä kaikissa eri kysymystyypeissä. Perustelujen antaminen oikeisiin vastauksiin kehittyi asteittain 3. ja 9. ikävuoden välillä, mikä kertoi, että vastauksessa käytetyn informaation tiedostamisen kehittyminen tapahtui pitemmällä aikavälillä. Lasten virheelliset vastaukset ja perustelut osoittivat, että iän lisääntyessä lasten vastausstrategiat muuttuivat kehittyneemmiksi ja he hyödynsivät kontekstia monin eri tavoin. Lapset, joilla oli AS/HFA, osasivat vastata kaikkiin esitettyihin kysymystyyppeihin. Kuitenkin nuorempi AS/HFA-ryhmä suoriutui kontrolliryhmää heikommin ja vanhemman AS/HFA-ryhmän suoriutuminen sijoittui nuoremman ikäryhmän ja kontrolliryhmän suoriutumisen puoliväliin. Molemmilla AS/HFA-ryhmillä esiintyi vaikeuksia oikeiden vastausten perustelussa, mikä kertoi vaikeudesta ilmaista, kuinka he olivat käyttäneet kontekstia oikeaan vastaukseen pääsemiseksi. Virheelliset vastaukset ja perustelut osoittivat, että yleensä kaikki lapset pyrkivät kontekstin hyödyntämiseen vaikka epäonnistuivatkin siinä. Lapsille, joilla oli AS/HFA, oli tyypillisempää jatkaa vastaamista vielä oikean vastauksen tai perustelun antamisen jälkeen, mikä lopulta johti aiheesta syrjähtämiseen. Tämä kertoi vaikeudesta lopettaa prosessointi relevantissa kohdassa.

Denna studie är en kvalitativ intervjustudie som undersöker förskollärares upplevelser och tankar kring IKT som pedagogiskt verktyg i arbetet med språkutveckling i förskolan och hur detta kan påverka den pedagogiska utformningen i verksamheten med barnen. Metoden består av en kvalitativ forskningsstrategi baserad på semistrukturerade intervjuer med fyra förskollärare. Resultatet påvisar att förskollärarna upplever IKT som pedagogiskt verktyg för språkutveckling som berikande och med potential inom varierande områden i relation till det språkliga lärandet. De flesta förskollärare ansåg sig besitta tillräckliga kunskaper och kompetens i arbetet med detta. De ansåg även barnen som mycket kompetenta och med många erfarenheter inom detta område. Det synliggjordes även brister i förhållande till pedagogiska kunskaper och tydliga riktlinjer i arbetet med IKT som verktyg för språkutveckling. Detta kan bero på olika faktorer såsom otydlighet gällande riktlinjer i Läroplan för förskolan, Lpfö98 och bristande kunskaper inom detta område. Studien har synliggjort både möjligheter och begränsningar i arbetet med IKT som verktyg för språkutveckling vilket förhoppningsvis bidrar med kunskaper för vidareutveckling inom detta område. / This is a qualitative interview study which examines preschool pedagogues' experiences and thoughts about digital learning resources as a pedagogical tool for working with language development in preschools and how this may affect the pedagogical design of the work environment with children. The method consists of a qualitative scientific procedure grounded in semi-structured interviews with four preschool teachers. The results show that the preschool teachers see digital learning resources as an enriching pedagogical tool for language development and with a potential in several varying areas in relation to the learning of language. Most preschool teachers deemed themselves sufficiently knowledgeable and competent while working with these resources. They also considered the children as very competent and with lots of experience in the area. There were also shortcomings outlined in relation to proficiency and clear guidelines in the work with digital learning resources for the development of language. This may depend on several different factors such as clarity regarding guidelines in the Swedish national preschool curriculum, Lpfö98, and deficient understanding in this area. The study has outlined both possibilities and limitations in the work with digital learning tools for development of language which, hopefully, will contribute for further development in this area.

Den här studien syftade till att belysa hur några pedagoger med olika typ av bakgrund, verksamma i ett homogent svensktalande respektive ett mer mångkulturellt område, tänker om och arbetar med flerspråkiga barn i förskolan. Frågeställningarna rörde pedagogernas syn på hur en språkstimulerande miljö bör utformas, positiva samt negativa aspekter i arbetet med flerspråkiga förskolebarn, samt om skillnader i uttalanden hos de olika yrkesrollerna kunde utrönas. Jag ville också ta reda på om barnens modersmål talades i verksamheten eller om dess ursprung lyftes fram på något annat vis. Jag använde mig av intervjuer som forskningsmetod. Min resultatanalys visade att samtliga pedagoger betonar användandet av ett nyanserat, rikt och benämnande språk i det vardagliga talet, under alla situationer i verksamheten. För barn med annat modersmål än svenska blir det extra viktigt med stöd i form av bilder och konkret material, enligt pedagogerna. Problematiska aspekter med att tala flera olika språk i verksamheten, som lyftes fram var dels organisatoriska - att erhålla pedagoger med en viss flerspråkig kompetens - och dels att hålla en sund balans där också det svenska språket ska betonas. På två av förskolorna talar pedagogerna andra språk än svenska i den dagliga verksamheten. De gör detta med hänvisning till de positiva kognitiva effekter barnet får. Tvärtemot detta har en förskollärare på en annan förskola valt att inte tala flera olika språk i verksamheten. Hon menar att detta sänder ut negativa signaler till de barn vars modersmål inte talas av någon av pedagogerna. Generellt sett framkom en ståndpunkt hos pedagogerna om att problem och svårigheter ingår i yrket, det ingår att anstränga sig, varför exempelvis språkförbistringar egentligen inte anses vara jobbigt. / The aim of this study was to shed light on how some teachers with different backgrounds, in a homogenous Swedish-speaking and a more multicultural area, think about and work with multilingual children in preschool. My research questions concerned the teachers’ vision of how a language stimulating environment should be designed. If multilingual children need a particular design - plus positive and negative aspects of the work with multilingual preschool children, as well as if there’s differences between the statements of the various professional roles. I also wanted to find out whether children's mother tongue was spoken in the everyday praxis or not - or if the child’s origins were highlighted in other ways. Interviews were used as my reasearch metod. My results showed that all teachers stress the use of a nuanced, rich and naming language in everyday praxis. For children with a mother tongue other than Swedish, it becomes more important with language aid, like pictures and concrete materials, according to teachers. Problematic aspects of speaking several languages in preschool were partly organizational - to obtain staff with multilingual skills - and partly to keep a balance in also emphasizing Swedish. In two of the preschools’ everyday activity, teachers speak languages other than Swedish. They do this referring to the positive cognitive effects on the child. Contrary to this, a preschool teacher at another preschool chose not to speak other languages in everyday activity. She feels that this sends out negative signals to the children whose first language is not spoken by any of the teachers. In general, there was a position with the teachers that problems and difficulties are in the profession, making an effort forms a part of the occupation.

THESIS TITLE Children with Specific Language Impairment in the School Environment ABSTRACT The thesis focuses on children with specific language impairment (also called developmental dysphasia) in the school environment and it is divided into a theoretical and an empirical part. The theoretical part consists of four chapters. The first chapter describes specific language impairment and related terminology, defines a younger school-age child and also deals with causes, diagnosis and therapy of specific language impairment. The second chapter discusses social and communication skills of a child and the impact of specific language impairment on these skills. The third chapter concentrates on reading, writing and particular influences of specific language impairment which are associated with the development of other disorders and difficulties. The fourth chapter describes adaptation of a child with specific language impairment to the school environment. The empirical part consists of qualitative research, designed as multiple case studies, that was carried out among five younger school-age respondents. It attempted to determine how specific language impairment affects a child in the school environment and the empirical part contains results of this research. Besides the analysis and data interpretation, the...

The main aim of the present study was to identify examples of practical grammar instruction methods in an EFL/ESL classroom in Swedish upper secondary school. Data was collected through classroom observations and interviews. Four interview sessions were carried out with five teachers, and twelve observations were conducted in four different English classes. There are conflicting views and attitudes towards the role and place of grammar in EFL/ESL classrooms, but the participants agreed that the main goal of grammar instruction is to help students develop communicative skills. The interview results showed that four of the participants prefer inductive approaches, while the fifth regards deductive approaches as more effective. Characteristics such as student motivation, learning style, and experiences are considered equally vital for the choice of grammar instruction and application. The grammar instruction methods chosen and discussed are based on traditional structuralism, behaviourism, and the progressive natural approaches. Consistent with previous research, an eclectic grammar instruction approach was observed that blends both implicit and explicit methods to meet different learners’ needs. The methodologies which are often practically applied include grammartranslation, audiolingualism, and content- and/or task-based instruction. Nevertheless, a communicative framework using the communicative language teaching methodologies is often in the foreground, resulting in a Systemic Functional Grammar, SFG, approach. / Huvudsyftet med den aktuella studien var att identifieraexempel på praktiska grammatikundervisningsmetoder som används i ämnet engelska som andra- och/eller främmandespråk på gymnasienivå i Sverige. Data samlades in genom klassobservationer och intervjuer. Fyra intervjusessioner genomfördes med fem lärare och det gjordes även tolv klassrumobservationer i fyra olika klasser. Deltagarna hade motstridiga åsikter och attityder angående grammatikens roll och plats i klassrummet, men de var överens om att huvudsyftet med grammatikundervisning är att hjälpa eleverna att utveckla kommunikativa färdigheter. Intervjuresultaten visar att fyra av lärarna föredrar induktiva metoder, medan den femte betraktar deduktiva ansatser som effektivare. Egenskaper såsom lärstil, elevernas motivation och erfarenheter betraktas som lika avgörande för olika metodval och tillämpning. De valda grammatikundervisningsmetoderna som diskuteras i denna uppsats baseras på traditionell strukturalism, behaviorism samt de progressiva, naturliga tillvägsgångsätten. Ett eklektiskt tillvägagångssätt som blandar både implicita och explicita metoder för att möta elevernas behov observeras, vilket är i linje med tidigare forskning. De metoder som ofta praktiskt tillämpas innefattar bland annat grammatik-översättning, audiolingualism samt innehålls- och/eller uppgiftsbaserade instruktioner. Ett kommunikativt ramverk med kommunikativa språkundervisningsmetoder är ofta i förgrunden, vilket resulterar i ett tillvägsgångsätt med fokus på systematisk funktionell grammatik, SFG.