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Garden were students dig after the language

At Norra Åsum students dig in the ground and exchange gardening hints while they are learning Swedish. ”We want to teach the students more about the Swedish community, and one way is by using the language garden”, says Ditte Nicklasson Hultén, who teaches Sfi.
Kristianstad • Publicerad 5 november 2019
Everyone helps with the digging in the language garden. From left: Ditte Nicklasson Hultén, Mahmoud Annos, Anas Jarrar and Adam Shammari.
Everyone helps with the digging in the language garden. From left: Ditte Nicklasson Hultén, Mahmoud Annos, Anas Jarrar and Adam Shammari.Foto: Sofyan Aswad

The teachers think students learn Swedish and more about the community, the climate and the environment through activities outside the classroom. And lessons are more fun too.

– We have different activities as well that we are trying to develope, for example ”guest of the week”, when various people come and talk about what they do, for instance, and the students can ask them questions, says Ditte Nicklasson Hultén.

”Dig, turn over the earth, shovel - these words are completely new to me and my classmates. Like this we learn the words more easily, and we soon understand them”
Mufida Shahin
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Some beds have been filled with earth, and the students have sown seeds and set plants.

The students have made their own rowanberry jelly.
The students have made their own rowanberry jelly.Foto: Sofyan Aswad
Teacher Ditte Nicklasson Hultén, left, gives Mufida Shahin a hug.
Teacher Ditte Nicklasson Hultén, left, gives Mufida Shahin a hug.Foto: Sofyan Aswad
Mufida Shahin and Ahmad Shahin discuss things with Sfi-teacher Helena.
Mufida Shahin and Ahmad Shahin discuss things with Sfi-teacher Helena.Foto: Sofyan Aswad
Classroom in the language garden.
Classroom in the language garden.Foto: Sofyan Aswad

– Our language garden is a project to teach new arrivals the language by a different method. At the same time they learn the names of different plants, she says.

For many students this was the first time they had ever planted anything in the ground.

They also learn new words which can be useful in working life.

– Dig, turn over the earth, shovel - these words are completely new to me and my classmates. Like this we learn the words more easily, and we soon understand them, says Mufida Shahin.

Mufida Shahin and Ahmad Shahin talk about what they have planted.
Mufida Shahin and Ahmad Shahin talk about what they have planted.Foto: Sofyan Aswad
Pari Mohammadi has set plants and sown seeds.
Pari Mohammadi has set plants and sown seeds.Foto: Sofyan Aswad

The students all agree that lessons outside the clasroom can be more exciting. They see with their own eyes what is happening, and can follow the result of their work.

– We started to plant onions and different kinds of flowers. We watch how they grow, and learn something new every day. Practical things as well, says Pari Mohammadi.

From the left Salim al-Ali, Abdulkader Dello and Ditte Nicklasson Hultén, who teaches Sfi.
From the left Salim al-Ali, Abdulkader Dello and Ditte Nicklasson Hultén, who teaches Sfi.Foto: Sofyan Aswad
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