Essays about: "EFL"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 431 essays containing the word EFL.

  1. 1. Foreign language anxiety among young Swedish EFL learners : A mixed method study in primary school years 1-3

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för hälsa, lärande och teknik

    Author : Linnéa Johansson; [2021]
    Keywords : Foreign language anxiety; Foreign language anxiety scale; Swedish Primary school; Unwillingness to communicate; Young EFL Learners.;

    Abstract : This study investigated Swedish primary school EFL learners' foreign language anxiety in years 1-3 by using mixed-method research. The aim of this study was to illustrate what factors caused foreign language anxiety (FLA) and unwillingness to communicate among the second language learners. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. 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