Essays about: "English Compositions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words English Compositions.

1. 1. Imitation PedagogyDeveloping Argumentative Abilities in Swedish Upper-Secondary School

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Andreas Dahlberg; [2019]
   Keywords : Imitation; mentor text; scaffolding; language awareness; language control; critical language;

   Abstract : This essay presents an interventional field study that aims to refine practice in the English classroom in Swedish upper-secondary school by implementing imitation pedagogy. Imitation pedagogy is essentially learning to analyze and imitate texts’ internal structure for developing one’s own production. READ MORE

3. 2. Inter- and intralingual errors in Chinese students' compositions : A case study

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

   Author : David Björkegren; [2018]
   Keywords : Second language acquisition; interlingual errors; intralingual errors; Chinese learners of English; Error Analysis; Andraspråksinlärning; förstaspråksinterferens; målspråksinterferens; kinesiska studenters engelska; felanalys;

   Abstract : In this quantitative study, time controlled written English compositions by 39 Chinese university majors of English were analyzed by means of Error Analysis (EA) in order to find out what grammatical errors were made. It investigates errors made by more than one fifth of the participants, in order to see whether they can be ascribed to either interlingual or intralingual influence. READ MORE

4. 3. The Role of Transfer in Italian High School Students' Written Production in English

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

   Author : Sara Frigerio; [2018]
   Keywords : Second language acquisition L1 transfer Italian mother tongue Error analysis Writing production;

   Abstract : This study aims at exploring to what extent transfer plays a role for young Italian learners of English. The informants consisted of a group of Italian high school students whose English written compositions are investigated. READ MORE

5. 4. The Art of Imitation : A Pedagogy for Developing Language Awareness

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Leon Giang; [2017]
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   Abstract : Although imitation pedagogy is not specified in the subject syllabus in GY 11, English teachers in upper-secondary school can apply this pedagogy in their teaching to enhance students’ language awareness. The subject syllabus specifies that teaching should help students develop language awareness. READ MORE

6. 5. A Study of Adjective Use in NPs as an Indicator of Syntactic Development in Swedish L2 Learers' English

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

   Author : Haiying Gan; [2015]
   Keywords : syntactic development; noun premodification; attributive adjective; Swedish learners of English;

   Abstract : This is a corpus-based study on adjective use in eighty written compositions by Swedish learners of English from Grade 7 and Grade 9 in junior high school, and from Year 1 and Year 3 in senior high school. The aims of the study are to conduct an analysis of the use of attributive adjectives in noun phrases, and to investigate how attributive adjective use contributes to the syntactic complexity of noun phrases. READ MORE