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Vem är du - vem är jag? : Analys av texter i ett svenskt L2-läromedel på grundläggande nivå i vuxenutbildning / Who Are You - who am I? : Analysis of Texts in an L2 Swedish Textbook in Basic Adult Education

This study analyses four texts for Swedish as a Second Language in an Adult Education textbook published in 2018. The target group has passed the first level of beginners’ studies. The study concerns how the texts represent different life conditions in general and more specifically how otherness is shown in the Swedish majority society. It also concerns how the texts adjust to the learners’ language progression in the course syllabuses. Both quantitative and qualitative methods have been used. The results of this study show that the textbook has a serious approach in that the analysed texts represent important and interesting perspectives in the curriculum. The fictional texts show a varied language and content – not too difficult to understand. The two factual texts though are far above the intended language level of the course, which has an excluding effect. These two texts could also – from a critical discourse perspective – be said to cause a feeling of other-ness and exclusion among the L2-readers and are therefore not consistent with the common values in the curriculum.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-98294
Date January 2020
CreatorsÅman, Elisabeth
PublisherLinnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för svenska språket (SV)
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageSwedish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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