”Vi måste språka med barnen” : En kvalitativ studie om förskollärares beskrivningar kring hur de stöttar språkutvecklingen hos flerspråkiga barn genom högläsning i förskolan.

Sammanfattning: This study aims to deepen the understanding of and contribute knowledge about how preschool teachers work to promote the language development of multilingual children through reading aloud. The following questions are:  What tools do preschool teachers describe that they use when reading aloud to support the language development of multilingual children? How do preschool teachers describe the work in the inclusion of multilingual children in reading aloud in preschool? In this study, a qualitative method has been used to get closer to the preschool teachers' perspectives and thoughts through semi-structured interviews. The study's theoretical point of departure is the socio-cultural perspective where mediation and scaffolding are used as two central concepts as well as translanguaging as theory. In the results of the study, it appears that the preschool teachers describe different tools and methods that include, among other things, AAC (augmentative and alternative communication), image analysis, choosing a suitable book, smaller groups of children, collaboration with others children and digital resources such as Polyglutt. The analysis method that has been used in the study to analyze the material is a thematic analysis. The results of the study also show that the preschool teachers describe their way of working with the inclusion of multilingual children based on the different opportunities and obstacles they encountered during reading aloud with multilingual children.