Essays about: "English as a second language"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 499 essays containing the words English as a second language.

1. 16. Strategies for Teaching and Maintaining Chinese as Heritage Language for Chinese Children in Sweden : An investigation for identifying strategies that Chinese parents use helping their children learn and maintain their heritage language

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Author : Bertil Wanner; [2023]
   Keywords : Heritage language maintenance; mother tongue education; children learning Chinese; language proficiency; language maintenance; 承袭语言传承 母语教育 儿童汉语学习 语言能力 语言传承;

   Abstract : Chinese as a heritage language is one of the fastest lost languages in the world. In fact, in most Chinese families that have left China, the heritage language is lost by the second generation. READ MORE

3. 17. Effects on EFL Students’ Motivation and Development using Formative Assessment

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

   Author : Nora Asllani; Rahmana Kosuta; [2023]
   Keywords : Formative assessment; Student motivation; Student development; Second language acquisition; EFL; Upper secondary school;

   Abstract : In recent years, research has been done on formative assessment and its connection to student motivation and development, showing both benefits and disadvantages of using the practice. This study investigates further how formative assessment affects students’ motivation and language development in an EFL (English as a foreign language) context, and the possibilities of implementing formative assessment in Swedish upper secondary classrooms. READ MORE

4. 18. Subject-Verb Agreement Errors in Swedish 9th and 11th Grade Students’ English Written Production

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Maiko Tsukanaka; [2023]
   Keywords : Second Language Acquisition SLA ; Swedish Learner English Corpus SLEC ; Swedish-speaking learners of English; Error analysis; Subject-verb agreement; Transfer; Overgeneralization;

   Abstract : This study aims to investigate possible factors contributing to subject-verb agreement errors in Swedish junior and senior high school students' English written production. The sample data is collected from the Swedish Learner English Corpus (SLEC), which comprises student texts produced in a classroom setting. READ MORE

5. 19. Voice or Choice? : A study about students’ attitudes towards reading aloud in English classrooms in upper-secondary school

   University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

   Author : Rana Hanna Aranki; [2023]
   Keywords : reading aloud; English as a second language; attitudes; language backgrounds; questionnaire; upper-secondary school; qualitative approach; Sweden;

   Abstract : This study aims to explore and investigate students’ attitudes towards reading aloud in English in an upper secondary school in Sweden and whether the students’ previous experiences in reading aloud in L2 (English as a second language), as well as their language backgrounds have an impact on their attitudes towards reading aloud in L2. Additionally, the study will investigate which factors that might affect students’ attitudes towards reading aloud in L2. READ MORE

6. 20. Use of phrasal verbs among Swedish secondary school students : Do patterns and amount of phrasal verb usage correlate with the level of engagement in Extramural English activities?

   University essay from Karlstads universitet

   Author : Edith Olson; [2023]
   Keywords : phrasal verbs; extramural English; extramural activities; second language acquisition; constructional approach; Swedish learner corpus research; frasverb; extramural engelska; extramurala aktiviteter; andraspråksinlärning; konstruktionsmässigt tillvägagångssätt; svensk elevkorpus forskning;

   Abstract : Extramural English (EE) activities are activities in English that students spend time on outside of school. Previous studies have often concluded that EE activities have a positive effect on students’ English proficiency. The phrasal verb is a language feature which often causes problems for learners of English as a second language. READ MORE