Essays about: "English is an important subject"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 61 essays containing the words English is an important subject.

  1. 6. “It is just pretty much given to us” : A mixed-methods study of Swedish EFL students’ views, experiences and preferences of written corrective feedback in connection to language awareness

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

    Author : Malin Eiman Hanslip; [2022]
    Keywords : Language awareness; written corrective feedback; EFL; SLA; noticing; engagement with language; Sweden;

    Abstract : In recent years, language awareness (LA) has received increasing attention and is an aim for the English subject in the Swedish curriculum for upper secondary school. The present study aims to connect LA to a practice that teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL) perform on a regular basis, namely written corrective feedback (WCF), which focuses on linguistic or pragmatic errors in students’ texts. READ MORE

  3. 7. Using Corrective Feedback to Improve Grammatical Accuracy in Student Writing in the EFL Classroom

    University essay from Malmö universitet/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

  4. 8. Relational Competence and Leadership

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kultur, språk och medier (KSM)

    Author : Pontus Sjögren; Henrik Riber; [2021]
    Keywords : Classroom Leadership; ESL; Relational Competence; Teacher-Student Relationship;

    Abstract : An increasing number of studies suggest that a positive teacher-student relationship is an important element of successful education. Yet, resources and awareness about how teachers in Sweden can develop skills for supporting positive teacher-student relationships seem to be limited or lacking in popular teaching training programs where almost all focus is put on subject-knowledge and didactics. READ MORE

  5. 9. The Perceived Utility of English : Conceptions of the English Language in Students in Sweden’s Language Introduction Program

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Anton Cumléus; [2021]
    Keywords : English in Sweden; Language education; Language ideologies; Ideological sites; Linguistic portraits; Translanguaging.; Språkintroduktionsprogrammet;

    Abstract : The Language Introduction Program (Swe. Språkintroduktionsprogrammet) is a preparatory education intended for immigrant students to acquire a minimum grade of grade-school level knowledge of several different subjects. READ MORE

  6. 10. Approaches to Motivate Students to Read English Literature in the Upper Secondary Classroom

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

    Author : Amanda Svensson; [2021]
    Keywords : literature; motivation; EFL classroom;

    Abstract : Reading literature has always been a big part of developing language skills, critical thinkingand imaginative thinking. However, research show that adolescents in today’s society tend toread less literature both inside and outside of the classroom. READ MORE