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Marcus Warnby – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2025
English proficiency has become pivotal for university admission, particularly at the CEFR B2 level and IELTS band 6-6.5 across Europe. In Nordic universities, the substantial amount of assigned English reading materials requires a strong command of English reading skills, with vocabulary knowledge being a crucial component. This study explores 309…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, College Preparation
Drachmann, Natascha; Haukås, Åsta; Lundberg, Adrian – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2023
In Scandinavia, plurilingualism has been embraced as an important goal in language curricula. However, research shows that teachers struggle to understand what plurilingualism is and how it can be implemented. To address this lack of clarity, we analysed the curricula for the three main language subjects of schooling in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Teaching Methods, Mutual Intelligibility, Foreign Countries
Whelan, Alison; Seedhouse, Paul – Research-publishing.net, 2022
This chapter examines whether commonality can be found across different institutions' approaches to assessment in language teacher education, and whether elements of individuality in these unique settings can be incorporated into a common framework, which can then be used as a model to be adapted to suit each partner's needs and requirements.…
Descriptors: Institutional Cooperation, Language Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Guidelines
Schwab, Götz; Oesterle, Mareike – Research-publishing.net, 2022
A core element of the proPIC project is the development and implementation of the so-called study weeks: a five day face-to-face stay abroad at one of the partner institutions in which all the participating students took part. In this chapter, the authors present and discuss the results and impact of these events which took place twice during the…
Descriptors: International Cooperation, Educational Cooperation, Study Abroad, Partnerships in Education
Fearn, Lesley June – JALT CALL Journal, 2022
English as a Foreign Language (EFL) is crucial in most secondary schools within the EU and many other schools worldwide. Some teachers are integrating Online Community Projects (OCPs) into their curricula to provide a means of communication that motivates learning and incites learner-centred methods. This collaborative Action Research study…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Paulsrud, BethAnne; Zilliacus, Harriet; Ekberg, Lena – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2020
Both Sweden and Finland have education systems promoting equity and equality. However, recent societal and political changes linked to increased immigration have created new challenges in efforts to support linguistic diversity. This paper aims to explore how multilingualism is represented in the national compulsory school curricula in the two…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Cross Cultural Studies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Atar, Cihat; Amir, Alia – Online Submission, 2018
The goal of this study is to analyze two English textbooks used in Sweden from a sociolinguistic perspective. This is a qualitative study, and the Sociolinguistic Textbook Evaluation Rubric (Atar & Erdem, 2020) consisting of six items was used to analyze the textbooks. The items of the rubric were applied to the textbooks, and the results were…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Volodina, Elena; Pilán, Ildikó; Alfter, David – Research-publishing.net, 2016
The paper describes initial efforts on creating a system for the automatic assessment of Swedish second language (L2) learner essays from two points of view: holistic evaluation of the reached level according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), and the lexical analysis of texts for receptive and productive vocabulary per CEFR…
Descriptors: Swedish, Second Language Learning, Classification, Essays
Holmberg, Jörgen; Fransson, Göran; Fors, Uno – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to advance the understanding of teachers' reframing of practice in digital contexts by analysing teachers' pedagogical reasoning processes as they explore ways of using information and communication technologies (ICT) to create added pedagogical value. Design/methodology/approach: A design-based research (DBR)…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Movchan, Larysa – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2014
The article tackles the problem of developing plurilingual competencies through vocationally oriented foreign language in Sweden. The author analyses the pedagogical conditions of realization of plurilingual education at upper-secondary schools, vocational and higher education establishments and the aspects of teacher education for this purpose.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, International Cooperation

Lundberg, Ingvar – Annals of Dyslexia, 2002
This article examines how to interpret reading problems among individuals with a home language (L1) that is different from the language of instruction in school (L2). A tentative model is proposed where the various factors involved in L2 reading are specified, providing guidelines for assessment strategies. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Cultural Differences, Disability Identification, Dyslexia