Eu-iska, Europas nya språk? : En studie av Europarådets gemensamma referensram för språk med fokus på språksyn och flerspråkighet.

Sammanfattning: The overall aim of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of how the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL) presents discourse views and multilingualism. This is of importance, due to the impact the European Council’s education collaboration has on the Swedish syllabus for languages. The research perspective of the thesis is to solely focus on discourse views and multilingualism: comparing two analytic frameworks, by applying a qualitative text analysis. The first being based on two different models of discourse strategies and the latter based on two studies on how multilingualism is treated in Scandinavian school situations. The findings of the study indicate an incoherent view on discourse, in regard to being either determined by the situational setting, or by individual preference. Multilingualism is clearly articulated by the CEFRL but the presentation differs from how multilingualism is received in the Scandinavian educational context. This thesis presents a proposal for how to interpret the theoretical background given in the CEFRL in respect to the target aspects.