Open this publication in new window or tab >>2022 (English)In: Education Inquiry, E-ISSN 2000-4508, Vol. 13, no 1, p. 37-55Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The aim of this article is to generate knowledge about an MTT classroom in a Swedish elementary school and MTT is positioned as a safe space for translanguaging. By studying a school context as a potential translanguaging space, our focus is mainly on two dimensions of space: the physical, including the material space of MTT, and the social, including safe spaces in MTT. The material is mainly from one selected Kurdish MTT classroom, in the form of field notes from lesson observations, photographs in the classroom interior, video recordings co-created with the MTT teacher. This classroom may be perceived as a space where Kurdish dominates, while being included in a Swedish-dominant school setting. This Kurdish space has borders that are physical and related to the scheduled lesson in the specific classroom. Both students and the teacher pass the door and through this shift language practices. Linguistic landscaping as a method, in combination with the collective reflection between the researcher and teacher, added another dimension to the study of MTT. Schoolscaping made language hierarchies and the language policy of the school more concrete and visible.
Keywords
Mother tongue tuition; translanguaging; safe space; linguistic landscaping
National Category
Pedagogical Work
Research subject
Education and Learning, Modersmålsundervisning och studiehandledning i grundskolan – undervisningens praktik, villkor och pedagogik
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:du-35363 (URN)10.1080/20004508.2020.1838068 (DOI)000741149900003 ()2-s2.0-85095856605 (Scopus ID)
Note
Finansierat av Skolforskningsfonden Dalarna
2020-11-042020-11-042023-04-14Bibliographically approved