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

Showing result 6 - 10 of 31 essays containing the words the importance of teaching a foreign language.

  1. 6. The Effects of Videos and Digital Storytelling on Learner Motivation in the EFL Classroom: A Literature Review

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Lärarutbildningsnämnden

    Author : Ellen Ek; Téa Holmgren; [2022-04-25]
    Keywords : English; learning;

    Abstract : This literature review presents and discusses two CALL-methods, namely the use of videos and digital storytelling in the EFL-classroom, and their effects on students’ motivation to learn English as a foreign language. Due to the rapid development in technology and its incorporation into teaching it is of great importance to examine its effects on learner motivation. READ MORE

  3. 7. Reaching outside the English classroom : English Foreign Language Teaching with Authentic Recipients

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för lärarutbildning

    Author : Camilla Löfling; [2022]
    Keywords : Authentic recipients; motivation; digital tools; extramural English;

    Abstract : Swedish pupils are exposed to English outside school to a large extent today, which makes English Foreign Language (EFL) teaching challenging in several ways. The topic for this study arouse when some pupils expressed that working with text and workbooks or digital teaching materials tended to be boring or lacking challenges. READ MORE

  4. 8. Effectiveness of English teaching with JET Programme Assistant Language Teachers and Japanese Teachers of English : Team Teaching Perceptions through Team Interviews

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

    Author : Elliot Smith; [2021]
    Keywords : JET Programme; EFL; Effectiveness; Self-efficacy; Relationships; Assistant Language Teacher; Japanese Teacher of English; Japanese Education; Native Speaker;

    Abstract : This research seeks to develop further understandings of effectiveness of the  Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET)  Programme. The JET programme is an internationalisation programme of which employs primarily native English language speakers into the role of Assistant Language Teachers of whom aid in teaching English within school settings across Japan. READ MORE

  5. 9. Peer Feedback in a Swedish EFL Textbook -Does it align with best practices?

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Theres Petersson; [2021]
    Keywords : Peer Feedback; Peer Review; EFL Upper-secondary School;

    Abstract : Peer feedback and its role for students’ language learning receive considerable interest in thefield of English as a foreign language. A related area of interest is the ways in which teachersare trained in their use of peer feedback and its integration into their classroom practice. READ MORE

  6. 10. The representation of speech acts in EFL textbooks in Sweden : An investigation of greetings, requests and refusals in input and output and teacher insights

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Cristina Alfranca Ramón; [2021]
    Keywords : Speech acts; requests; refusals; greetings; EFL textbooks; pragmatic competence;

    Abstract : The teaching of pragmatics is often neglected in foreign language classes despite the wellknown importance of pragmatic competence. No matter how well a learner masters thetarget language, errors of a pragmatic nature may lead to major communicative failure orturbulence. READ MORE