Icelandic teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards grammar
There has been a long-standing debate in Iceland on how the teaching of Icelandic language and its grammar should be approached; how it should be taught, what should be included in it and whether or not grammar should be taught as a separate entity. This article aims to provide additional scientific...
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ftosloiunivojs:oai:ojs.www.journals.uio.no:article/9736 2024-02-04T10:01:30+01:00 Icelandic teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards grammar Isländska lärares och elevers attityder till grammatik Angantýsson, Ásgrímur Friðriksson, Finnur 2023-12-19 application/pdf https://journals.uio.no/adnorden/article/view/9736 https://doi.org/10.5617/adno.9736 nor nor University of Oslo Library https://journals.uio.no/adnorden/article/view/9736/8882 https://journals.uio.no/adnorden/article/view/9736 doi:10.5617/adno.9736 Opphavsrett 2023 Ásgrímur Angantýsson, Finnur Friðriksson Acta Didactica Norden; Vol 17 Nr. 4 (2023): Temanummer: Grammatikk i skole og utdanning; 20 sider Acta Didactica Norden; Vol. 17 No. 4 (2023): Temanummer: Grammatikk i skole og utdanning; 20 sider 2535-8219 Icelandic grammar grammar teaching language use language attitudes correctness educational linguistics isländsk grammatik grammatikundervisning språkbruk attityder til grammatik språkriktighet språkdidaktik info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Fagfellevurdert artikkel 2023 ftosloiunivojs https://doi.org/10.5617/adno.9736 2024-01-10T23:39:59Z There has been a long-standing debate in Iceland on how the teaching of Icelandic language and its grammar should be approached; how it should be taught, what should be included in it and whether or not grammar should be taught as a separate entity. This article aims to provide additional scientific foundation for this discussion by shedding light on teachers’ and students’ views of these matters. The data used comes from a larger research project on the current standing of Icelandic in Icelandic compulsory and upper secondary schools and consists of interviews with a total of 56 students and 19 teachers of Icelandic in 9 compulsory and 5 upper secondary schools in three different parts of Iceland. The results are characterised by contrasts and conflicts as there seems to be little consensus amongst both teachers and students about what grammar consists of or how it links to other aspects of Icelandic as a school subject, and both groups harbour serious doubts about its general usefulness, even though they appear to agree that it is a good tool for determining what is right and what is wrong in language. These results are a cause for concern, and they call for introspection and reflection amongst teachers of Icelandic in order to establish a clearer consensus on how grammar should be approached in schools. At the same time, the results add further nuance to the ongoing research on the application of and attitudes towards grammar in European and Nordic school contexts. Det har länge debatterats i Island hur man bör närma sig undervisningen av det isländska språket och dess grammatik; hur undervisningen ska ske, vad som bör ingå i ämnet och huruvida det ska undervisas specifikt i grammatik. Denna artikel ämnar lägga en vetenskaplig grund för denna debatt genom att belysa lärares och elevers synpunkter på ämnet. Datan som används kommer från ett större forskningsprojekt om isländskans nuvarande situation som skolämne på grundskole- och gymnasienivå och består av intervjuer med sammanlagt 56 elever och 19 lärare i ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Oslo (UiO): FRITT (E-Journals) Acta Didactica Norden 17 4 |
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Icelandic grammar grammar teaching language use language attitudes correctness educational linguistics isländsk grammatik grammatikundervisning språkbruk attityder til grammatik språkriktighet språkdidaktik Angantýsson, Ásgrímur Friðriksson, Finnur Icelandic teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards grammar |
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There has been a long-standing debate in Iceland on how the teaching of Icelandic language and its grammar should be approached; how it should be taught, what should be included in it and whether or not grammar should be taught as a separate entity. This article aims to provide additional scientific foundation for this discussion by shedding light on teachers’ and students’ views of these matters. The data used comes from a larger research project on the current standing of Icelandic in Icelandic compulsory and upper secondary schools and consists of interviews with a total of 56 students and 19 teachers of Icelandic in 9 compulsory and 5 upper secondary schools in three different parts of Iceland. The results are characterised by contrasts and conflicts as there seems to be little consensus amongst both teachers and students about what grammar consists of or how it links to other aspects of Icelandic as a school subject, and both groups harbour serious doubts about its general usefulness, even though they appear to agree that it is a good tool for determining what is right and what is wrong in language. These results are a cause for concern, and they call for introspection and reflection amongst teachers of Icelandic in order to establish a clearer consensus on how grammar should be approached in schools. At the same time, the results add further nuance to the ongoing research on the application of and attitudes towards grammar in European and Nordic school contexts. Det har länge debatterats i Island hur man bör närma sig undervisningen av det isländska språket och dess grammatik; hur undervisningen ska ske, vad som bör ingå i ämnet och huruvida det ska undervisas specifikt i grammatik. Denna artikel ämnar lägga en vetenskaplig grund för denna debatt genom att belysa lärares och elevers synpunkter på ämnet. Datan som används kommer från ett större forskningsprojekt om isländskans nuvarande situation som skolämne på grundskole- och gymnasienivå och består av intervjuer med sammanlagt 56 elever och 19 lärare i ... |
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Acta Didactica Norden; Vol 17 Nr. 4 (2023): Temanummer: Grammatikk i skole og utdanning; 20 sider Acta Didactica Norden; Vol. 17 No. 4 (2023): Temanummer: Grammatikk i skole og utdanning; 20 sider 2535-8219 |
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