A4 Article in conference proceedings
Lärarnas uppfattningar av att inleda undervisningen i A1-språk i årskurs 1 (2022)
Teachers’ perceptions of starting the teaching of A1 languages in grade 1

Hansell, K., Peltoniemi, A., Mård-Miettinen, K., & Huhta, A. (2022). Lärarnas uppfattningar av att inleda undervisningen i A1-språk i årskurs 1. In R. Kantelinen, M. Kautonen, & Z. Elgundi (Eds.), Linguapeda 2021 (pp. 97-120). Suomen ainedidaktinen tutkimusseura; Itä-Suomen yliopisto, Filosofinen tiedekunta. Ainedidaktisia tutkimuksia, 21. http://hdl.handle.net/10138/352128

JYU authors or editors

Publication details

All authors or editors: Hansell, Katri; Peltoniemi, Annika; Mård-Miettinen, Karita; Huhta, Ari

Parent publication: Linguapeda 2021

Parent publication editors: Kantelinen, Ritva; Kautonen, Maria; Elgundi, Zinab

Conference:

Place and date of conference: Joensuu, Suomi, 14.-15.5.2021

eISBN: 978-952-5993-34-9

Journal or series: Ainedidaktisia tutkimuksia

ISSN: 1799-9596

eISSN: 1799-960X

Publication year: 2022

Number in series: 21

Pages range: 97-120

Number of pages in the book: 272

Publisher: Suomen ainedidaktinen tutkimusseura; Itä-Suomen yliopisto, Filosofinen tiedekunta

Publication country: Finland

Publication language: Swedish

Persistent website address: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/352128

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/84867

Abstract

Since 2020, the teaching of the A1 language starts in grade 1. In order to study the shift to an earlier start to the teaching of the A1 language, a survey of the teaching of A1 languages in grade 1 was carried out with the focus on the most common A1 languages: Finnish in the Swedish-medium schools and English in the Finnish-medium schools. The article examines the teachers’ perceptions of starting the teaching of A1 languages in grade 1. The data consists of 644 answers to an online questionnaire, of which 94 apply to A1 Finnish and 550 to A1 English. The results show that the teachers generally have a positive perception of early language teaching and consider starting the language in grade 1 to be a change in the right direction, but that they also identify challenges and call for support for the practical implementation, such as for example age-appropriate learning materials and in-service training.

Keywords: primary and lower secondary education; lower comprehensive school pupils; language teaching; foreign languages; second language; English language; Finnish language; language teachers; experiences (knowledge); subject didactics

Free keywords: Early language teaching; English as a foreign language; Finnish as the second national language

Contributing organizations

Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2022

JUFO rating: 1