Texter, språk och skrivande med utgångspunkt i de nya kurs- och ämnesplanerna i svenska

The Swedish school is facing a number of structural and didactic changes. New syllabi have been adopted for the compulsory and the upper secondary school, as well as a new grading system. The aim of this article is threefold. Firstly, we aim to present previous research concerning the teaching of language and writing. Secondly, we aim to analyse the new syllabi in Swedish. Finally, we aim to problematize and discuss these syllabi in the light of previous research. The new syllabi show a progression in the teaching of language and writing, where the indicated text production among the youngest pupils is related to the everyday domain, and the indicated text production for older pupils gradually change into the specialized and the critical/reflexive domains. The article discusses the slight asymmetry between the general objectives for Swedish as a school subject, the central content as it is presented in the syllabi and the assessment criteria in the syllabi for the upper secondary school