Förortsslang : En kvalitativ studie om förortsslang i grundskolans tidigare år

Sammanfattning: Purpose: The purpose of this study is mainly based on teachers and students attitudes towards multiethnic youth language in primary school. The study will answer two questions; what are teachers and students attitudes towards multiethnic youth language used among young people? And what significance does the multiethnic language have for its identity? This study will also research whether the slang shows signs of group membership. Method: In order to investigate this, five structured qualitative interviews were made with fifteen teachers and pupils from primary schools. The study is based on the participated teachers and students attitudes views of the multiethnic youth language. This study cannot give an overall view of the teachers and students answers of the languages that are spoken among young people. Result and conclusions: The result of this study showed that multiethnic youth language is used mostly among children and teenagers growing up in multilingual urban neighborhoods in south of Stockholm. The result also showed that the majority of the teachers had a negative attitude meanwhile the students showed a more positive attitude towards the multiethnic language. The result also showed that all of the participating pedagogues and students think this type of language among young people is often known as creating a kind of identity and group membership.