Interaction and meaning making in basic adult education for immigrants the case of Swedish for immigrants in Sweden (SFI)

In this article, focus is on students’ oral production in two classrooms Swedish for immigrants (SFI). The study focuses practices with interaction patterns where students are involved negotiation of meaning. Theoretical basis the importance interpersonal language development, a use varied speaker roles and speech actions. Data were obtained through observations, field notes, audio video recordings. examples presented here demonstrate that meaning had space to try different actions, such as (among others) initiating, agreeing, dissenting, arguing, interrupting, taking floor. These only constituted restricted part class time, most teaching was type little or written took place. Overall, we think SFI education could be improved by developing stimulates allows negotiations also types digital media, both interaction.