Livet är så kort och böckerna är så många - En studie om svensklärares syn på elevmotivation kring läsning av skönlitteratur i svenskämnet
The aim of this study is to examine Swedish teachers? role and attitude in the Swedish subject towards motivation and reading fiction at upper secondary school. We are also interested in investigating whether or not there are any differences regarding the way teachers motivate students? depending on their choice of education or not. The method we chose in order to achieve this was interviews with teachers. The results of the study showed that teachers use different methods to motivate students to read fiction. Literature related to students? interests, literature they can relate to and for the more advanced readers, literature that is new to them. The teachers also believe that respect, listening to each other and seeing each other are important aspects in the process of motivating the students.