Essays about: "EFL"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 231 essays containing the word EFL.

  1. 1. Explicit Reading Strategy Instruction and its Effect on Reading Comprehension Processes

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Lärande och samhälle

    Author : Amanda Andersson; David Jansson; [2019]
    Keywords : strategic reading; reading comprehension; reading processes; explicit instruction; English language learners; ESL EFL; teaching studies;

    Abstract : This synthesis investigates the process of reading in a second or foreign language, focusing on English as an educational subject. Second language learning theories, methods and relevant teaching studies concerning reading abilities have been reviewed to shed light on how teachers can approach teaching reading to ESL- and EFL-learners. READ MORE

  3. 2. Portfolio assessment in the writing classroom for young English Second Language learners.

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Lärande och samhälle

    Author : Angela Arias Morel; Milanda Gültekin; [2019]
    Keywords : EFL; ESL; portfolio-assessment; self-assessment; self-evaluation; self-regulation; SLA; SRL; writing development; young learners; zone of proximal development;

    Abstract : English as a second language learning has been growing during the last years on a global level and the demands on both students and teachers have increased set by curriculum goals. Educators of today need to cater for development of knowledge and language for students with mixed abilities and assist them in developing metacognitive skills. READ MORE

  4. 3. Peer and self-assessment in the upper-secondary school classroom in Sweden: enhancing EFL students’ language learning

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Lärande och samhälle

    Author : Manal Dahdouli; Carolina Balboa Álvarez; [2019]
    Keywords : Peer assessment; Self-assessment; EFL; Vygotsky; Language development; Sociocultural theory;

    Abstract : This study examines the ways in which peer and self-assessment can work as a tool for developing EFL students’ language skills in the context of secondary education in Sweden. After giving a brief overview of the relevant research and terminology about those assessment methods, the authors analyse the possible benefits of peer and self-assessment in the English classrooms in Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 4. Using Movies in English Teaching

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Lärande och samhälle

    Author : Julia Björnsson; Sigrid Andersson; [2019]
    Keywords : Movies; feature film; language learning; language development; ESL EFL; SLA; teaching strategies; task-based teaching; multimodality;

    Abstract : This research synthesis investigates the topic of movies in education, and explores advantages and challenges when using movies as a tool for language development in the English classroom. With the framework of language learning theories and methods, scholarly journal articles are synthesized to explore significant themes within this area. READ MORE

  6. 5. ‘I wonder if the spirit of the water has anything / to say.’ : Water imagery in Carol Ann Duffy’s Poetry: A Pedagogical Consideration

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för didaktik och lärares praktik (DLP)

    Author : Elena De Wachter; [2019]
    Keywords : poetry; EFL-classroom; water imagery; Carol Ann Duffy; inquiry-based learning;

    Abstract : This essay presents an ecocritical reading of water imagery in selected poems by Carol AnnDuffy, with focus on Duffy’s personified water-voices, how water illuminates history, andDuffy’s metaphor of language as water. After a consideration of the problematics of teachingpoetry in the EFL classroom, the essay concludes that Duffy’s poetry holds potential forstudents to develop environmental literacy, both in content and in form. READ MORE