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Att bygga en bro mellan två språk : En språkanalys av två matematikläromedel för årskurs 3 / Building a bridge between two languages : A linguistic analysis of two mathematics textbooks for grade 3

The aim of the study is to perform a linguistic analysis of mathematics textbooks. Mathematical text exercises are built up of linguistic structures which are significant for the pupil’s understanding of text exercises. Two different mathematics textbooks for grade three are analysed: Prima matematikand Tummen upp. The aim is to investigate how text exercises in mathematics textbooks are linguistically structured. The study analyses the style, form and content of the text and its relation to the reader. The result shows that the content of the text exercises is close to the pupil’s everyday reality, which ensures a close and strong relationship between the writer and the reader. Something which can entail difficulties for reading comprehension, however, is that the form consists of meaning-bearing mathematical terms which it can be difficult to relate to. Since the mathematical language and the everyday Swedish language meet in text exercises, it is important that they interact well with each other.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-49532
Date January 2016
CreatorsAgebjörn, Jennie, Stolt, Cecilia
PublisherLinnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för svenska språket (SV), Linnéuniversitetet, 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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