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Sara Snoder is a Lecturer at Stockholm University's Department of Subject Didactics, serving as Program Manager for the Primary Teacher Training Program F-3. She holds a PhD in language didactics and is a licensed primary school teacher for grades 1-7 with extensive practical classroom experience.
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Language Didactics, Stockholm University (2022)
- Licensed Primary School Teacher (grades 1-7)
Dr. Snoder's research centers on minority multilingualism in Swedish primary schools, examining how teachers incorporate students' diverse language repertoires into classroom instruction. Her work explores the intersection of migration, education, and language use, with particular attention to how multilingual teaching practices create spaces for emotional safety and enhanced knowledge acquisition. Through ethnographic approaches including classroom observations and interviews with multilingual teachers, she investigates how educators position their own multilingualism and create 'third spaces' where multilingual use is legitimized for both academic and emotional purposes. Her research demonstrates that multilingual teachers, who comprise about 20 percent of the teacher population in Swedish primary schools, navigate complex negotiations around language use in mainstream classrooms. Some teachers systematically incorporate multiple languages across different grade levels, while others use their multilingual resources more selectively based on context and subject matter.
Dr. Snoder's publications reveal a consistent focus on multilingual classroom practices, teacher perspectives on language use, and the implementation of multilingual approaches in Swedish primary education. Her research employs innovative methodologies like language portraits to explore language identity construction among young students. The articles demonstrate a progression from examining teachers' perspectives to analyzing specific classroom practices and their outcomes, showing how multilingual approaches can be systematically integrated into teaching across different grade levels while addressing both cognitive and emotional dimensions of learning.
As an educator, Dr. Snoder teaches in the primary school teacher program for grades F-3 and 4-6, focusing primarily on Swedish subject didactics and the work-based training component. She mentors future teachers in understanding and implementing multilingual approaches in their future classrooms. While specific grant information isn't detailed in available materials, her research suggests engagement with educational research funding focused on multilingualism and teacher education. Her work contributes significantly to developing frameworks that allow both students and teachers to utilize their full language repertoires within regular instruction rather than limiting multilingual practices to specific support contexts.
