Essays about: "second language learning strategies"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 47 essays containing the words second language learning strategies.

1. 21. Human–computer interaction in second language word acquisition : A qualitative study on Peruvians’ use of computers to learn new words in Swedish

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Interaktiva och kognitiva system

   Author : Alberto Nuñez; [2018]
   Keywords : Second language acquisition; foreign language acquisition; word acquisition; human-computer interaction; Swedish as a second language; Andraspråksinlärning; främmandespråkinlärning; ord tillägnande; människo-dator interaktion; svenska som andraspråk;

   Abstract : The program for language learning Svenska för invandrare (Swedish for newcomers) has only a small amount of students who complete the program successfully. The use of computers could help students and educators increase the amount of success. READ MORE

3. 22. Teachers’ Perspectives on Recently Arrived Pupils and English Teaching

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

   Author : Jacqueline Alejandra Bustos Ramirez; [2018]
   Keywords : Newly arrived children; Second language learning; Education; Methods; Strategies; Multilingualism; Newcomers;

   Abstract : Nowadays, many schools around the world are a mixture of children who come from different places and for different reasons. The Swedish school has not been an exception of these mixtures of children who have different identities, cultures, and languages. READ MORE

4. 23. Norm critical pedagogy in the second language classroom

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Utbildningsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Camilla Edvinsson; Sofia Hammarström; [2017]
   Keywords : educational steering documents; discourse analysis; degrading treatment; ESL; educational policy; norm critical pedagogy; anti-oppressive education; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : English as a second language (ESL) classrooms in Sweden constitute multicultural and social platforms where different language backgrounds and attitudes meet and where norms intersect, are contested and negotiated, creating possibilities for some, but limitations for others. The Swedish National Agency for Education promotes norm critical pedagogy (NCP) as a means to tackle degrading treatment and prevent discrimination in school and in society. READ MORE

5. 24. Self-regulation and the motivation to achieve : A quantitative study on the effects of self-regulation strategies and motivation on learning English at an upper secondary school in Sweden

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Johan Henriksson; [2017]
   Keywords : Self-regulation; motivation; second language learning; self-assessment;

   Abstract : The Swedish National Agency for Education recently begun explicitly promoting teaching through self-regulation strategies in national steering documents intended for teachers, following a number of other countries world wide (Skolverket, 2012; LGY 11; Dalland & Klette, 2016). The goal of self-regulation strategies is for the students to take control of their own learning process, and though there is research on the benefits of self-regulation strategies and motivation, these ideas are based on abstract concepts and biological processes in the brain, that are very difficult to measure (Zimmerman, 1990; Hattie, 2012; Simpson & Balsam, 2016; Schumann, 2004). READ MORE

6. 25. Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition through Reading : A Literature Review Examining Vocabulary Acquisition, Reading Comprehension and their Connection

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

   Author : Tina Erlandsson; Sara Wallgren Gutierrez; [2017]
   Keywords : Second language acquisition; incidental vocabulary acquisition; reading processes; reading comprehension; cognitive processes; learning strategies;

   Abstract : In order to learn a language, it is important to develop a vocabulary because it facilitates the language skills: reading, listening, writing and speaking. According to the Swedish curriculum, students must be able to develop these skills in English. READ MORE