"Våra guldstunder" : En kvalitativ studie om lärares beskrivning av arbete med högläsning i årskurs 1 och 2.

Sammanfattning: This study is about teachers’ read-aloud in the classroom. Reading comprehension is important in all subjects of the school and a recurring knowledge requirement throughout the compulsory school. The purpose is therefore to investigate how teachers in grades 1 – 2 describe their read-aloud. The following questions have been the starting point of this study: What purpose do teachers have with their read-aloud? How do teachers work with read-aloud? Which advantages and disadvantages do teachers see with read-aloud? This study is based on the sociocultural theory assuming that people develop through social activities where scaffolding is important for development. Semi-structured interviews have been used and six teachers have been interviewed. The material has been analyzed and discussed in relation to the field. The result shows that the teachers have several different purposes of read-aloud. The purpose can be to create a mutual reading experience or increase pupils’ interest in reading. Also, the purpose can be to develop pupils’ reading comprehension. How and how much the teachers use read-aloud differs. According to the teachers there are major advantages of read-aloud while the disadvantages are few.