The present study aims to explore in what ways teachers work in a heterogeneous classroom with particular focus on the students’ diverse knowledge of the English language – a diversity caused by the fact that there are numerous students who learn English in an informal context outside of school, at the same time as there are those students who do not. In order to explore this aim, a study was conducted where five teachers at upper secondary level were interviewed. The results show that this diversity is the most challenging part of working as an English teacher today as experienced by four of the five teachers. It thus adds to other factors, such as, multiculturalism, multilingualism, difficulties with reading and writing etc. and makes it an even more difficult task for the teacher to support every student’s individualised learning.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-105863 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Svensson, Anette |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Institutionen för språkstudier |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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