Abstract

AbstractThe aim of this qualitative study is to elicit the perspectives of teachers and school leaders on the implementation and enactment of Faroese as a second language (FSL). Data from reports and semi-structured interviews with teachers and school leaders reveal how they have implemented and enacted FSL in Faroes compulsory schools. Their perspectives are analysed using the lens of optimal second language acquisition to describe and critically study the FSL status quo in the Faroe Islands. Findings highlight that first and foremost, the duration and intensity of student exposure to learning FSL appear to pose barriers to language learning. Teachers point out their lack of efficacy in the field and the sparse supply of FSL materials. Teachers with the Master’s diploma in FSL are clear that they have acquired valuable competences to teach FSL and recommend a focused approach to building competence in FSL for their colleagues and the pre-service teachers in teacher education. These results show that a significant challenge lies also in the language learning environment, e.g., the presence of Danish and English in upper secondary schools.Úrtak Endamálið við hesi kvalitativu kanningini er at varpa ljós á sjónarmið hjá lærarum og skúlaleiðarum um, hvussu undirvísing í føroyskum sum annaðmál (FSA) verður framd. Dátur frá frágreiðingum og semi-struktureraðum samrøðum við lærarar og skúlaleiðarar vísa, hvussu FSA er sett í verk í fólkaskúlanum, og hvussu tað hevur hepnast. Fyri at lýsa og granska støðuna hjá FSA í Føroyum kritiskt verða teirra sjónarmið greinað við støði í, hvussu annaðmálsmáltøka á bestan hátt verður framd. Niðurstøðurnar vísa, at forðingarnar hjá næmingum at læra FSA fyrst og fremst eru tíð og intensiteturin í undirvísingini. Lærarar vísa á væntandi førleikar og at ógvuliga lítið FSA-tilfar er tøkt. Lærarar við diplomútbúgvingini í FSA halda seg hava fingið týðandi førleikar í frálæru av FSA, og mæla til at arbeitt verður miðvíst við at byggja upp FSA førleikar hjá øðrum lærarum, læraralesandi og í læraraútbúgvingini. Úrslitini vísa eisini á, at ein týðandi avbjóðing eisini er í málsiga læruumhvørvinum, har enskt og danskt hava stóran leiklut í skúlaverkinum, serliga á miðnámi.

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