Läromedelsanalys : En studie om läromedel i NO för åk 1-3 ur ett andraspråksperspektiv

Sammanfattning: The purpose of the study is to incrase knowledge about the support available in teaching materials in biology, physics and chemistry for grades 1-3, to strengthen students who have Swedish as a second language. In the Swedish school, there are many students who have a mother tongue other than Swedish. Based on the study criteria, the selection landed on two teaching materials, the Book of NO and the Pulse NO book. These two teaching materials have been analyzed with a qauntitative content analysis and a qualitative text analysis. In the quantitative content analysis, a frequency table was produced that contains subject-specific words and concepts. In the qualitative text analysis, lookups were analyzed from a multimodal perspective with the support of a framework. The framework is based on compositions of text, image, colors, signs and symbols to make visible how a textbook is structured. The content was analyzed from a second language perspective regarding the students´understanding. In the quantitative frequency table, there were many subject-specific words, concepts, explanatory text and pictures, which indicates that there are explanations to support second language students. The results show that the multiomodal aspects of textbooks, which aim to help and clarify subject-specific words and concepts for second language students in their understanding, do not always do so. It turned out that there were gaps in the interaction between text and image. The study shows that there is a difference between the textbooks. One textbook clarifies the understanding of the concept more through better interaction with images, while the other textbook does not make it as clear.