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1. Cultural studies in multicultural classrooms: Implementing language and culture-reflexive approaches in language acquisition practice How can reflective approaches lead to the advancement of cultural studies in language education for immigrants?
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogikAbstract : Aim: This research aims to investigate how the concepts of culture-reflexivity, intercultural citizenship and translanguaging are understood and implemented by language teachers’ who teach cultural studies in multicultural classroom settings of immigrant language learners. This is done by engaging withtwo analytical foci: i) an in-depth examination of the establishment of language and culture-reflexive concepts and the development of intercultural citizenship for immigrant language learners and ii) language teachers’ perceptions of these concepts and their reflective thoughts about application in practice. READ MORE
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2. Challenges and strategies of teaching swedish to low – literacy skilled immigrants
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogikAbstract : Aim: The present study aims to investigate the challenges SFI teachers face when teaching basic Swedish to low-literacy skilled immigrants, and the strategies they implement to teach these groups. Particularly, this study looks for any indications of Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory (SCT) in the teaching methods used while teaching SFI to individuals who lack literacy. READ MORE
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3. SOCIAL MEDIA AND ARAB IMMIGRANTS LEARNING THE SWEDISH LANGUAGE
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärandeAbstract : Purpose: The study aims to investigate the role of social media platforms in learning Swedish language for Arab immigrants and to identify the most effective platform for that purpose. Theory: Communities of Practice (Lave & Wenger, 1991). Method: Mixed methods: online questionnaire, and semi-structured interview. READ MORE
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4. Emotion in adult learing
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogikAbstract : Aim: Of particular interest to this research are migrant students’ emotional states in the courses Swedish for foreigners (in Swedish “Svenska för invandrare” or SFI Swedish for immigrants) and their learning process, including types of emotions, reasons for the occurrence of these emotions, and the influence these emotions may have on learning. The study has an overarching research aim that incorporates identifying the main types of emotional states of SFI migrant students in Sweden, analysis of the dependency of emotional states of students on their studies, socialization, and integration. READ MORE
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5. A narration of landscape identity with focus on people’s activities in Uppsala : case study: Luthagen, Uppsala
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Understanding landscape identity. Through understanding the landscape identities and how residents identify their landscape, future plans can be considerably sustainable by preserving and promoting the characteristics of identity of the landscape and conducting the planned changes towards sustaining those values, meanings, and identities that are important for an integrated society. READ MORE
