Essays about: ": L2 Motivation"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 61 essays containing the words : L2 Motivation.
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1. "I immediately think about philosophy" : A study of learners' attitudes toward English poetry in the EFL classroom
University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikationAbstract : Poetry has great potential benefits for second language (L2) classrooms as a source for increasing language awareness and linguistic structures different from the rules learners may be taught in class. This potential of poetry and methods for teaching poetry is relatively well researched, while the learner perspective has received comparatively little attention. READ MORE
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2. Extramural Reading, Attitudes, and Motivation : How students' extramural reading habits affect their attitudes toward and motivation for reading in the L2 English classroom
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : This essay aims to investigate Swedish upper secondary school students’ extramural reading (ER) habits as well as if and how these habits affect students’ attitudes toward and motivation for reading in the L2 English classroom. The research questions addressed are: “What are Swedish upper secondary school students’ extramural reading habits?” and “Do students’ extramural reading habits affect their a) attitudes toward, and b) motivation for reading in the L2 English classroom? If yes, in what way?” As engagement in extramural English is suggested to both motivate and demotivate students to read in school, this essay can provide insights into how students’ extramural reading habits affect the reading they do in school. READ MORE
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3. We Can’t Do It Unless We Put Our Minds to It : A Study on L3 Learners’ Motivation to Learn English
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This study examines what motivates newly arrived students to study English while atthe same time immersed in and studying Swedish as a second language, both coresubjects and necessary to attend higher education. The question arises since manystudents fail to pass the English course in secondary school but at the same time manageto pass the course in Swedish as a second language. READ MORE
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4. To Laugh or Not to Laugh in Class, that is the Question : Functions of and attitudes towards humour in three different second language classrooms in Sweden
University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikationAbstract : The aim of the present study is to explore humour in English language education further by investigating three Swedish upper-secondary teachers’ experiences of and attitudes towards humour in an L2 language classroom, and what types of humour are used, if any, in these teachers’ lessons. The data is collected qualitatively through three observations and three interviews. READ MORE
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5. Can the method of Micro-teaching applied to Swedish L2 learners of English in a compulsory school setting enhance students’ grammatical competence and encourage their motivation?
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : .... READ MORE
