Emojis, en del av undervisningen? : En undersökning om emojis som verktyg i undervisning

An experimental study to investigate if it´s possible to use emojis as a tool in education in primary school to encourage students in their writing- and reading learning. Especially with consideration to students with Swedish as a second language and furthermore students who has trouble with their development in reading and writing. Besides that, is the purpose of the study to find out the frequency of emojis among primary students, mainly grades F-3.The investigation performs through an experimental field study in combination with a survey. The results shows that it is in fact very stimulating for children in primary schoolto use emojis in their reading and writing development progress. Furthermore, it is also shown that the test-material is appreciated among the teachers who used it and the can imagen to use emojis as a tool in their teaching when they also believe that the language of emojis is becoming more frequent among students, and they are highly possible to meet these symbols in their everyday life in the future. This frequency of emojis in primaryschool is also supported by the survey.