The outcome of the research led to the conclusion that the Norwegian school might benefit from trying a teaching method more similar to the one used in the American school. Based on the disadvantages presented by the NL2 teachers, the current approach to second language teaching was not beneficial enough for their school. However, the factors influencing the students outside of school led to a higher level of skill amongst the NL2 students than the ESL students, regardless of the fact that they were part in a less effective teaching model.
The significance of the outcome is considerable as the teaching model described in the ESL context could solve many of the problems the NL2 teachers had with their current teaching method. The results of this thesis could contribute to further studies of implementing the push-in teaching method to a Norwegian school. However, there are some implications as only one Norwegian school was the subject of this thesis, and the results are therefore a reflection of that particular school, and not all Norwegian schools in general. Additionally this can also be said of the school in the states, as the researcher does not have information on ESL teaching in other schools.