Lärarpersektiv på lässtrategier : En intervjustudie om undervisning i lässtrategier i årskurs 7–9

Sammanfattning: The present thesis aims to investigate how seven teachers of Swedish in the compulsory school´s later years’ experience and describe the use of reading comprehension strategies in teaching, the difficulties that may arise and the knowledge the teachers have of reading comprehension strategies. The purpose is to explore which models’ teachers use in their teaching as well as how reading strategies are integrated. The study describes different reading strategies that have been developed from different theories as well as how the strategies are used in Swedish language teaching. Data was collected via semi-structured interviews with seven teachers, all professionals in compulsory school grades 7–9.   What has emerged from my result is that teachers´ working methods vary. The reading strategies most widely used by teachers are the Reciprocal teaching method (RT), Transactional Strategy Instruction (TSI) and Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI). Teachers switch between reading comprehension strategies to support students in their reading development. Common to teachers´ perceptions of reading comprehension teaching is that it is characterized by social interaction and the discussion of texts. The result also shows that the greatest difficulties teachers experience is the lack of time and the adaptation to individual students’ needs. Finally, the results show that none of the teachers received training in reading comprehension strategies and how these could be implemented in the teaching. Teachers are demanding more cross-disciplinary work to promote pupils´ reading development.