Läsförståelse hos svenska gymnasieelever
En undersökning av hur gymnasieelever som läst svenska B respektive svenska som andraspråk B klarar TISUS-testets läsförståelsedel
AbstractThis paper aims to examine reading comprehension among Swedish Upper Secondary Schoolstudents who are doing their last school year. My research questions are if the students havesufficient reading comprehension to cope with university studies and higher educationaccording to a comprehension test and if there is a difference between students who studiedSwedish B course or Swedish as a second language B course. Furthermore it involves issuesof differences in results depending on gender and if the second-language students were bornin Sweden or abroad.To get answers to my questions, I let 112 students in my survey carry out the readingcomprehension part of the TISUS test, observed several test sessions, and interviewed 24students who participated in the test. The result shows that most students have difficultieswith the reading comprehension, and probably would find it difficult to study at universitiesor colleges. There are major differences in the results between the Swedish B-students andSwedish as a second language students, but also within these groupings. The students intheoretical programsmanagethe reading comprehension test to a greater extent than thestudents on practical programs, whether they had studied Swedish B or Swedish as a secondlanguage B.Inadequaciesin vocabulary, reading rate and comprehension strategies appear tobe the main cause of low test results. Differences between the results of the men and womencan also be discerned but the most surprising result is that second language students who wereborn abroad manage the reading comprehension test better than second language studentsborn in Sweden.