Essays about: "Communicative Competence"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 70 essays containing the words Communicative Competence.

  1. 11. The Impact of COVID-19 on Child Protection Policy in Humanitarian Action : Case study; South Sudan internally displaced people in camps settlement.

    University essay from

    Author : Charlotte Wara; [2021]
    Keywords : COVID-19 measures; Child Protection Policy; Participatory Communication; Community Engagement; IDPs in Camp Settlements; and South Sudan.;

    Abstract : The principle of child protection and the efforts to protect children from abuse and neglect in pre-modern societies have different notions. According to De Mause, the past was a barbaric place for children and the history of childhood is a nightmare (De Mause, 1995, p. 1). READ MORE

  3. 12. Relational Competence and Leadership

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

    Author : Pontus Sjögren; Henrik Riber; [2021]
    Keywords : Classroom Leadership; ESL; Relational Competence; Teacher-Student Relationship;

    Abstract : An increasing number of studies suggest that a positive teacher-student relationship is an important element of successful education. Yet, resources and awareness about how teachers in Sweden can develop skills for supporting positive teacher-student relationships seem to be limited or lacking in popular teaching training programs where almost all focus is put on subject-knowledge and didactics. READ MORE

  4. 13. Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety among EFL Leaners in Swedish Lower Secondary Schools

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Abdullah Amouna; [2021]
    Keywords : English-as-a-foreign-language EFL ; foreign language anxiety FLA ; foreign language speaking anxiety FLSA ; language anxiety LA ; fear of negative evaluation FNE ;

    Abstract : Language anxiety (LA) is “the worry and negative emotional reaction when learning and using a second language and is especially relevant in a classroom where self-expression takes place” (Gregersen & MacIntyre, 2014, p. 14). READ MORE

  5. 14. A comparative study of the English language syllabus for the secondary school level in Sweden and Japan with a focus on communicative competence

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Simona Kimoto; [2021]
    Keywords : Communicative Syllabus Design; Communicative Competence; Syllabus analysis; Communicative Language Teaching; English in secondary school; English teaching in Sweden and Japan;

    Abstract : The aim of this master’s thesis is to compare the English syllabus for secondary school in Sweden and the English syllabus for (the age equivalent) junior high school level in Japan, with a focus on communicative competence as it is defined by Canale and Swain (1980). Moreover, the results of the syllabus analysis are compared with qualitative data gathered from in depth, semi-structured interviews with three active English teachers from secondary school in each of the respective countries. READ MORE

  6. 15. 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