"Språk är allt vi är" : Lärares tankar kring stöttning och språkutvecklande arbete på gymnasiet

Sammanfattning: This study aims to investigate how teachers at upper secondary school understand the concept of language-developing work methods and whether they define this method in a similar way. Further, this study aims to investigate how teachers put those methods into practical use in the classroom. The data has been collected through interviews with six teachers at two different municipal upper secondary schools. The results have been analysed from a sociocultural perspective. The results show that all teachers in the study claim that there is a particular school language but they differ in how they define and deliberately work with language-developing work methods. They all claim the method is carried out through interaction and that teachers act as a supporting figure. Knowledge, understanding and motivation are affected positively with the students. Conclusively, teachers differ in how they understand the meaning of language-developing work methods and in-service training is important to improve this understanding.