Essays about: "ENGLISH LANGUAGE AS MEDIUM OF EDUCATION"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words ENGLISH LANGUAGE AS MEDIUM OF EDUCATION.

  1. 1. The Class of Us: A Study Across Several Schools in Sweden Comparing the EFL Comprehension of Playing the Video Game The Last of Us Versus Viewing the Television Adaptation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Robert Bång; Simon Torffvit; Anton Grandi; [2023]
    Keywords : Comparative; Comparative Study; Quantitative; English; EFL; English as a Foreign Language; SLA; Second Language Acquisition; Comprehension; Test; Video Games; Video Game; CALL; Computer assisted language learning; The Last of Us; TLoU; The Last of Us: Remastered; Naughty Dog; PlayStation; HBO; Home Box Office; Game; Games; Computer Games; Skolverket; Upper Secondary School; Gymnasiet; Gymnasieskolan; Sweden; Control Group; Immersion; Multimodality; Interactivity; Interactive; Television; Television series; Media; Audiovisual media; Audiovisual; Large-scale; Gender; Program; Video Game Literacy; Game Literacy; Narrative; Educational; Serious Games; Mature; Problem of Content; Attitudinal; Survey; Likert-scale; Likert; Interventionist; Narratology; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Contemporary English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms in upper secondary schools in Sweden make frequent use of receptive media such as movies and television to facilitate language learning. The more interactive medium of video games is seldom used for the same purpose, despite previous research indicating that the added layer of interactivity can bring benefits such as improvements to vocabulary, written production and reading comprehension. READ MORE

  3. 2. All English and No Code-switching : A thematic analysis of writing behaviours among EMI master's students

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Calum James; [2022]
    Keywords : code-switching; EMI; master’s students; multilingualism; code-switching; EMI; flerspråkighet; mastersstudenter;

    Abstract : As a kind of education strategy, English as a medium of instruction (EMI) has become increasingly widespread across the world in recent years. The increased adoption means that many students are performing study activities such as reading, writing, and giving presentations in English all while maintaining and using a native language in other situations. READ MORE

  4. 3. Using Literature as a Teaching Medium in English Classes in Sweden  

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Lamar Aziz; [2021]
    Keywords : teaching fiction; language development; critical thinking; social and cultural awareness; English curriculum for secondary school.; Att undervisa skönlitteratur; språkutveckling; kritiskt tänkande; social och kulturell medvetenhet;

    Abstract : There is a great tendency in using literature as a medium of language teaching because literature plays an essential role in developing the students’ language skills. It also helps them in acquiring cultural experiences and to attain a better understanding of the literary texts. READ MORE

  5. 4. Lived Experiences of a High-Status Language in a Low-Status Medium : Swedish Bilingual Students’ Investment in English Mother Tongue Instruction

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för språkdidaktik

    Author : Scarlett Mannish; [2019]
    Keywords : Cultural Capita; Language Hegemony; Investment; Lived Experiences; Monoglossic Practices; Mother Tongue Instruction; Third Space;

    Abstract : Sweden is one of few countries offering mother tongue instruction (MTI) to students in compulsory education with a native language other than Swedish. Traditionally research has focussed on the benefits of MTI as a space for the development of minority languages despite the logistical and ideological hindrances in execution that have resulted in the subject’s low status. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Global Trend towards English-Medium Instruction : A literature review on EMI/CLIL in a Swedish and European Perspective

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

    Author : Sofia Rhodes; [2018]
    Keywords : English as a Medium of Instruction EMI ; Englishisation; Content and Language Integrated Learning CLIL ; native language; Extramural English EE ;

    Abstract : This literature review explores the global trend towards implementing English as a medium of instruction in the form of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) in countries where English is not an official language. Additionally, the essay analyses stakeholders’ perspectives on English language instruction and Extramural English (EE). READ MORE