Essays about: "Communicative Competence essay"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Communicative Competence essay.

  1. 1. The effects of collaborative learning in developing speaking skills

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kultur, språk och medier (KSM)

    Author : Darko Mitrevski; [2023]
    Keywords : Collaborative Learning; Cooperative Learning; Speaking; ESL; EFL; Collaborative Exercises; Cooperation; Collaboration; High School; Secondary Education;

    Abstract : This study aims to investigate how collaborative learning can be used and what it means when using it as a tool for producing better speaking skills. Speaking is one of the four important skills when it comes to learning English as a Second Language and English as a Foreign Language and one might argue that it is the most important part of the English language as you use it the most when producing the English language as a Second Language learner in situations that require you to. READ MORE

  2. 2. We need to talk about erm linguistic fillers : Students' use of linguistic fillers in varying situation

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Oskar Jonsson; [2016]
    Keywords : communicative competence; EFL; language didactics; linguistic fillers; participant observation; secondary school students; strategic competence .;

    Abstract : The following essay presents a case study based on participant observation of a group of Swedish secondary school students’ interaction in English. The study focused on what is commonly referred to as communicative competence, or more specifically strategic competence, which represents how language speakers overcome linguistic breakdowns or gaps in their communicative skill. READ MORE

  3. 3. Behaviorism versus Intercultural Education in the Novel Purple Hibiscus : A Literature Study of Education in Purple Hibiscus from a Swedish EFL Perspective

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Author : Seidi Tuomaala; [2013]
    Keywords : EFL; literature; intercultural education; imitation; behaviorism; learning; identity; personal development; communicative competence;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to analyze two different educational paradigms, which I refer to broadly as the behavioristic way of learning through imitation versus intercultural education, as these are depicted in the novel Purple Hibiscus by the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The analysis focuses on how the narrator Kambili´s learning, identity and personal development are differently affected by these two contrastive approaches to education. READ MORE

  4. 4. Teaching "The hunger games"; Read - Write - Speak - Listen

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Cecilia Stridsberg; [2012-06-28]
    Keywords : The hunger games; interdisciplinär; language skills; socio-cultural perspective; language competence;

    Abstract : This essay explores how the best-seller The Hunger Games can be applied in the classroom. In the curriculum for the English courses in Upper Secondary School the students should develop an all-round communicative competence including receptive, productive and interactive language skills. READ MORE

  5. 5. Gender-based differences in learner English : A syntax study of Swedish high school students’ written production

    University essay from Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Kim Signell; [2012]
    Keywords : English; high school; syntactic maturity; T-units; gender;

    Abstract : Female students have long had a perceived advantage over male students in second language ac-quisition. In Swedish schools, the girls have outperformed the boys in the subject of English since the end of the Second World War, but the female students’ edge over the male students has diminished considerably over time. READ MORE