Essays about: "EFL"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 418 essays containing the word EFL.

1. 1. Remote Teaching in the Communicative Classroom : How Remote Teaching has Affected Swedish EFL Learners’ Willingness to Speak English during Communicative Classroom Activities

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Johanna Björkman; Elina Reinholdsson; [2021]
   Keywords : willingness to speak; English as a foreign language learners; communicative classroom activities; remote teaching; face-to-face teaching; Swedish upper-secondary school;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate how the transition into remote education in Swedish upper-secondary schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the implementation of communicative tasks during lessons in English as a foreign language, and its consequences on students’ willingness to speak. For this purpose, the following three research questions were posed: 1. READ MORE

3. 2. Translanguaging in the English classroom : A study examining young learners’ attitudes and perceptions of translanguaging in the English classroom.

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för språkdidaktik

   Author : Krystal Harris; [2021]
   Keywords : Translanguaging; L1; L2; EFL; grades 7-9; English teaching; attitudes; age; proficiency.; Transspråkande; L1; L2; EFL; åk 7-9; engelska undervisning; attityder; uppfattningar; ålder; färdighet.;

   Abstract : Many studies show that language learners see the benefits of using their first language in order to learn second or subsequent languages, while they also see some disadvantages. This reflects dominant ideas in language learning about the importance of keeping languages separate. READ MORE

4. 3. Gender in Pride and Prejudice : A look at gender roles relating to the characters Elizabeth and Lydia Bennet

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Jessica Pedersen; [2021]
   Keywords : Gender; Gender roles; Pride and Prejudice; Jane Austen; EFL; upper secondary school; critical literacy theory; feminist literary theory.;

   Abstract : This essay will discuss gender in Pride and Prejudice, the timeless work by Jane Austen. It also discusses how a teacher might approach the subject of gender roles in a classroom environment based on a reading project featuring Pride and Prejudice. READ MORE

5. 4. Focalising trauma narrative : An analysis of Konigsberg’s The Music of What Happens and its pedagogical use

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Louise Gunnarsson; [2021]
   Keywords : Trauma Theory; EFL Classroom; The Music of What Happens; Rape; Internal Focalisation; Survivor; Trauma Narrative; Upper Secondary School.;

   Abstract : This essay argues that Bill Konigsberg depicts the traumatic experience of being raped and the inner conflict of being a male rape survivor with harsh immediacy by implementing internal focalisation in his young adult novel The Music of What Happens (2019). Additionally, the essay argues that the novel is a useful teaching resource in the Swedish EFL classroom by discussing the pedagogical implementations. READ MORE

6. 5. Swedish EFL Students' Awareness of Connotations : A quantitative and qualitative study on students' awareness of connotations

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle; Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Gustaf Wallin; Jonathan Jaginder; [2021]
   Keywords : Connotations; Words Implied Meanings; English as a Foreign Language; Vocabulary; Vocabulary depth; Swedish English Learners;

   Abstract : This study aimed to analyse Swedish EFL students' efficiency on connotations. Connotation isa word's implied meaning which brings neutral, positive, or negative associations in aconversation. In this study, connotations were examined in terms of their appropriateness ifused in different contexts. READ MORE