Studiehandledning på modersmål : En intervjustudie om studiehandledares upplevelser av hur organiseringen påverkar deras språkutvecklande arbete

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The aim of this study is to investigate how study guidance teachers perceive that the organization of mother tongue study guidance affects their opportunities to support students language development. The study is based on semi structured interviws with eight study guidance teachers worknig across differnt educational levels, from compulsory scholl to upper secondary school, in various schools and with diverse linguistic backgronds. The results show that the organization of study guidance varies considerably between schools and that there are no established routines for how the work should be carried out in order to achieve its intended aims. insufficient organzation limits study guidanceteachers opportunities to work systematically with language development. the findings also indicate that the study guidance teachers competence in language developmented influences how language support is implemented and to what extent it contributes to students linguistic progression. The atudy demonstrats that when study guidance teacher has copetence in language development, most participants perceive that theguidance makes a positive difference for students learning and language development. The study highlights the need for study guidance as well as targeted professional development initives for study guidance teachers.