Essays about: "Oral skills"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 44 essays containing the words Oral skills.

  1. 16. Extra-Mural Activities and Their Effect on Second Language Development : A Comparative Study of Upper Secondary Swedish L1 Gamers and Non-Gamers

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Alexander Rau; [2019]
    Keywords : SLA; EFL; ESL; lexical diversity; oral proficiency; utterance length; VocD; vocabulary; extramural activities; video games; MMORPG; second language acquisition; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Today, English is the most studied second language, being used in academia, international relations, social forums and mainstream entertainment, resulting in English becoming a common topic of research in the study of second language acquisition. One particularly interesting form of entertainment is the hobby of online digital gaming as English has become the de facto language used in absence of a shared native language among players. READ MORE

  3. 17. Teachers´ experiences regarding digital and multimodal writing tasks

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

    Author : josefin rosenhed; [2019]
    Keywords : multimodality; teacher perspective; language learning; digital tools;

    Abstract : The evolving technologies used for communication has made an impact in the educational system as digital tools are becoming more common. With the digital tools of today, it is possible to create multimodal texts in which different language expressions are combined. READ MORE

  4. 18. Speaking in the EFL classroom : A qualitative study of how four compulsory school teachers view the role of oral proficiency

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Sofie Olsson; [2018]
    Keywords : EFL teaching; oral proficiency; oral production; interaction; communicative competence; assessment of oral proficiency; oral proficiency teaching;

    Abstract : Research shows that oral proficiency is a big part of communicative competence, and therefore highly relevant for EFL teachers in today’s society. This study aims to investigate what types of activities four EFL teachers in secondary school in Sweden prefer to use in order to practice and assess their students’ oral proficiency. READ MORE

  5. 19. Teaching and assessing English pronunciation in the communicative classroom : A qualitative study about teaching and assessing English pronunciation as part of oral skills in the ninth grade in Sweden

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Kalle Heikkinen; [2018]
    Keywords : pronunciation; oral skills; oral proficiency; speaking; communication; communicative classroom; English; ninth grade;

    Abstract : This study investigates how a group of English teachers in Sweden teach and assess pronunciation to ninth graders as a part of oral skills. The method applied in the study is qualitative semi-structured interviews with six teachers from different cities and schools in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 20. Teaching speaking in the English classroom : Teacher practices in Swedish upper secondary schools

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Jorge Villegas Martínez; [2018]
    Keywords : English as a foreign language EFL ; speaking; communicative competence; oral proficiency; target language; pedagogical materials; textbook analysis; assessment; communicative approach;

    Abstract : This qualitative study aims to investigate how teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL) work to develop their students’ oral proficiency. The study analyses interviews and pedagogical materials to elucidate how the interviewed teachers regard their students’ oral proficiency, what kind of activities they use for teaching speaking and how they assess oral proficiency. READ MORE