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Samtal i Sweet City : Två andraspråkselevers interaktion i samband med tv-spelsspelande i svenskundervisningen / Conversation in Sweet City : – two L2 pupils’ interaction in connection with video games in Swedish teaching

The aim of the present study is to examine two pupils’ interaction when playing the language learning game Sweet City together on tablet. The game is used for teaching Swedish as a second language and it is designed as an adventure game. Special interest is focused on how the pupils use the opportunities for translating labels into other languages, a function built into the game. Translanguaging, that is, how the pupils’ assembled linguistic resources benefit them in the game, is another focus of the study. The method used was observation, with filming of the pupils´ playing. The material was then analysed with the aid of the Exchange Structure Model. The result showed that playing video games leads to a context-linked conversation with many short exchanges. The pupils are engaged in the game and the cooperation that is required to make progress in it. The pupils take advantage of the potential to translate the game dialogue, but the concrete consequences of that are not clearly detectable.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-60714
Date January 2017
CreatorsAmbjörnsson, Anna
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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