Essays about: "EFL"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 396 essays containing the word EFL.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Peer Review in EFL Writing: Its Effect on Critical Thinking Skills and the Role of Digital Tools in Facilitating the Process

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS); Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Murtadha Al-kefagy; Cristina Nagy; [2021]
    Keywords : Key words: Peer review; Peer assessment; Writing; Critical thinking; Self-regulation; Self-monitoring; self-reflection; Evaluation; Digital tools; EFL; Upper secondary; Swedish classroom.;

    Abstract : This paper focuses on peer reviewing as part of the writing process and as a pedagogical strategy that can help students develop their writing and critical thinking skills. To do so, it examines the extent to which peer reviewing can develop English as a foreign language (EFL) students’ ability to evaluate and reflect on their writing in upper secondary school. READ MORE

  6. 5. Using Corrective Feedback to Improve Grammatical Accuracy in Student Writing in the EFL Classroom

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS); Malmö universitet/Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Alexander Rau; Caroline Johansson; [2021]
    Keywords : Grammar; ESL; EFL; SLA; Corrective Feedback; Accuracy; Writing Skills; Indirect Feedback; Direct Feedback; Focused Feedback; Unfocused Feedback; Meta-linguistic Feedback; Dynamic feedback;

    Abstract : With the rise of English as the go-to language in the world, it has also become an important subject in the Swedish education system, aimed at preparing students for the English requirements expected of them in higher education and business. However, communication and content have become the main focus in the classroom, with grammar and accuracy being judged as variably important from teacher to teacher. READ MORE