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Direct linkÜnsal, Zeynep; Jakobson, Britt; Molander, Bengt-Olov; Wickman, Per-Olof – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2018
In this article we examine how bilingual students construe relations between everyday language and the language of science. Studies concerning bilingual students language use in science class have mainly been conducted in settings where both the teacher and the students speak the same minority language. In this study data was collected in a class…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Bilingual Students, Language Usage, Turkish
Ünsal, Zeynep; Jakobson, Britt; Molander, Bengt-Olov; Wickman, Per-Olof – Research in Science Education, 2018
In this study, we examine how bilingual students in elementary school use their languages and what this means for their meaning-making in science. The class was multilingual with students bilingual in different minority languages and the teacher monolingual in Swedish. The analysis is based on a pragmatic approach and the theory of…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Multilingualism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students
Ünsal, Zeynep; Jakobson, Britt; Wickman, Per-Olof; Molander, Bengt-Olov – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
This article concerns how teachers can use physical artefacts as mediating means to support emergent bilingual students' learning in science class. The data consist of non-participant observations in a Swedish 3rd grade (9-10 years old) class working with electricity. All students were bilingual, but in different minority languages and the teacher…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Language Proficiency
Axelsson, Monica; Jakobson, Britt – Language and Education, 2020
In this article we examine a teacher's and multilingual students' use of multiple resources and their potential for students' meaning-making of sound and sound transmission. Students were 14-15 years old, Swedish grade 8, speaking Swedish as a second language. We examine how different strategies and multiple resources interact in creating thematic…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Multilingualism, Secondary School Students, Swedish
Jakobson, Britt; Axelsson, Monica – Language and Education, 2017
This study, on the unit measuring time, examines classroom use of different resources and their affordances for students' meaning-making. The data, comprising audio and video recordings, fieldnotes, photographs and student texts, were collected during a lesson in a multilingual Swedish grade 5 classroom (students aged 11-12). In order to analyse…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Science Instruction, Middle School Students, Teaching Methods
