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1. 6. Digital games in grades 4-6

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Timothy Fryk; [2022]
   Keywords : Digital games; digital game-based teaching; English language teaching; middle school; compulsory school; attitudes;

   Abstract : Digital games are a common interest today and research has shown that digital games affect English vocabulary building in a positive way. This study aims to examine the attitudes of teachers in grade four to six towards the use of digital games for vocabulary building in the classroom and how they are used to do that. READ MORE

3. 7. Independent Project with Specialization in English Studies and Education : Efficient vocabulary acquisition through children’s literature in English preschool and primary school classrooms

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

   Author : Vera Listrup; Grunnlid Stefan; [2022]
   Keywords : children’s literature; English as second language; English as first language; vocabulary acquisition; vocabulary acquisition approaches.;

   Abstract :   This study investigates the efficiency of using children’s literature to support English vocabulary acquisition in a first and second language classroom context. Previous research has established that it is important for children to be given the opportunity to expand their basic vocabulary in English during their years in school, in order to assimilate the teaching in the classroom. READ MORE

4. 8. Motivation among high and low achievers in English : A qualitative study of students’ motivational orientation in an upper-secondary school in Sweden

   University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

   Author : Bian Solmaz; [2022]
   Keywords : Motivation; integrative; instrumental; orientations; L2 English; education; thematic analysis; interviews; upper-secondary school; Sweden; achievement;

   Abstract : The aim of this degree project was to identify motivational orientations among upper-secondary school students in grade 12. A qualitative approach, namely analysis of interviews, was used to explore six participants’ views on and reasons for learning the English language. READ MORE

5. 9. Upper secondary English teachers’ knowledge, beliefs, and practices of assessing writing in Sweden: A survey study

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Valeriya Mykhaylova; [2022]
   Keywords : Assessing English L2 writing; teachers’ knowledge; beliefs; and practices; teachers’ cognition; utilizing rubrics for assessing L2 writing;

   Abstract : Assessment of writing skills is a part of teachers’ everyday life. According to previous studies on a similar subject, teachers’ education in assessing writing is limited. The lack of education for teachers may lead to negative consequences for the whole educational system. READ MORE

6. 10. Teaching The Hate U Give in upper secondary school : Close reading Angie Thomas’s novel in order to develop cultural awareness among upper secondary school students

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

   Author : Felicia Lampén; [2022]
   Keywords : Literature; Fiction; Close reading; Racism; Cultural awareness;

   Abstract : This essay demonstrates how close reading a passage in The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas can teach students of English 6, in Swedish upper secondary schools, about institutional racism in order to develop cultural awareness. The English subject shows the importance of developing cultural awareness when stating that students should develop an understanding of cultural and social conditions in different contexts and areas where English is used. READ MORE