Essays about: "the importance of teaching a foreign language"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 31 essays containing the words the importance of teaching a foreign language.

1. 16. Reading in English in Swedish Classrooms : A study of Swedish upper secondary students’ reading habits and their attitudes towards reading in English

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

   Author : Marika Hedman; [2018]
   Keywords : reading; teaching; reading strategies; intrinsic and extrinsic motivation; reading habits; reading comprehension;

   Abstract : This thesis is a study concerning Swedish students’ usage of reading strategies, attitudes towards reading and their reading habits when reading in English as a Foreign Language (EFL). This thesis also examines what motivates students to read in Swedish EFL-classrooms. READ MORE

3. 17. 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

4. 18. The Role of Play : A literature study on playful learning in the early elementary EFL classroom

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Pedagogiskt arbete

   Author : Fia Leo; [2017]
   Keywords : English language learning; second language learning; play; games; Elementary school; EFL; Elementary school; Elementary teaching; and Class Activities.;

   Abstract : Young students learn through active and playful encounters with their environment. The Curriculum for Compulsory School (Lgr11) states the importance of play in students’ active learning. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the role that has been ascribed to play in research on early English language learning. READ MORE

5. 19. The Role of Pupils’ Selves in Relation to Motivation : - A Literature Review on Upper Elementary StudentsLearning English as a Foreign Language

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Pedagogiskt arbete

   Author : Helena Jönsson; [2017]
   Keywords : motivation; upper elementary school; English second language ; oral interaction; oral communication; language learning;

   Abstract : In the globalized world, the English language has an important role. It expands and finds its way into curriculums as far away as in Asia. However, in Sweden English has been a part of the curriculum for over a half-century and most Swedes are able to understand and make themselves understood in English to a certain extent. READ MORE

6. 20. An Empirical Study on Teachers’ Choice of Extensive Literature in the Swedish Upper Secondary EFL Classroom

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

   Author : Martina Henriksson; [2016]
   Keywords : English as a Foreign Language EFL ; upper secondary school; extensive reading; literature choice; psycholinguistic reading models; sociolinguistic reading models; motivational research;

   Abstract : The importance of extensive literature reading in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context has been given increasing attention in recent research. Literature reading is also a required part of the national syllabi of the (EFL) courses offered to both adolescents and adults at Upper Secondary level in Sweden. READ MORE