Språkutveckling i skolan : Lärares och en skollednings uppfattning om, och arbete med språkutveckling

Sammanfattning: Abstract The aim of this study is to focus on language development investigating how teachers and principals look at the concept of language development and what language developmental methods the teachers use in teaching. The study has been conducted through qualitative interviews and non-participatory observations at a primary school in a city in central Sweden. The informants in the study consist of two principals and three teachers of theoretical subjects at the senior level of the nine-year compulsory school. The theoretical point of departure is the socio-cultural theory of language use, scaffolding, proximal development and interaction. The result shows that different teaching methods and elements in a lesson where language is applied, are necessary in order to become language developing. The result also shows that important aspects of teaching are common to the three teachers, i.e design, implementation and structure, and are part of the language developmental approach, but teaching also differs depending on the subject of teaching.