Essays about: "English second language education"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 124 essays containing the words English second language education.

  1. 1. 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. 2. The effectiveness of using English language film in vocabulary teaching for primary school students especially for those with dyslexia : Effektiviteten av att använda engelskspråkig film i ordförrådsundervisning för lågstadieelever med dyslexi  (Svenska)

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

    Author : Emily Andersson; [2023]
    Keywords : Dyslexia; English as a Second Language; English Language Learners; Films; Reading Difficulties; Vocabulary;

    Abstract : This study investigates the advantages and disadvantages of using English film as an educational tool to increase ESL (English as a Second Language) classroom vocabulary acquisition. In particular what are the effects on English Language Learners (ELL) with dyslexia or reading difficulties, when using films as a tool within English Education. READ MORE

  4. 3. We Can’t Do It Unless We Put Our Minds to It : A Study on L3 Learners’ Motivation to Learn English

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Lotta Nolemo Lundgren; [2023]
    Keywords : motivation; L3; L2MSS; upper secondary school;

    Abstract : This study examines what motivates newly arrived students to study English while atthe same time immersed in and studying Swedish as a second language, both coresubjects and necessary to attend higher education. The question arises since manystudents fail to pass the English course in secondary school but at the same time manageto pass the course in Swedish as a second language. READ MORE

  5. 4. The effectiveness of using children’s literature in an ESL classroom to develop vocabulary acquisition

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

    Author : Julia Griffin; Amanda Travell; [2023]
    Keywords : Children s literature; vocabulary acquisition; children s books; vocabulary development; English as a second language; ESL classroom;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to determine the benefits of using children's books to promote vocabulary acquisition for young learners in an English as a Second Language (ESL) classroom. Researchers have been debating the use of children's literature to develop a new vocabulary. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Class of Us: A Study Across Several Schools in Sweden Comparing the EFL Comprehension of Playing the Video Game The Last of Us Versus Viewing the Television Adaptation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Robert Bång; Simon Torffvit; Anton Grandi; [2023]
    Keywords : Comparative; Comparative Study; Quantitative; English; EFL; English as a Foreign Language; SLA; Second Language Acquisition; Comprehension; Test; Video Games; Video Game; CALL; Computer assisted language learning; The Last of Us; TLoU; The Last of Us: Remastered; Naughty Dog; PlayStation; HBO; Home Box Office; Game; Games; Computer Games; Skolverket; Upper Secondary School; Gymnasiet; Gymnasieskolan; Sweden; Control Group; Immersion; Multimodality; Interactivity; Interactive; Television; Television series; Media; Audiovisual media; Audiovisual; Large-scale; Gender; Program; Video Game Literacy; Game Literacy; Narrative; Educational; Serious Games; Mature; Problem of Content; Attitudinal; Survey; Likert-scale; Likert; Interventionist; Narratology; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Contemporary English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms in upper secondary schools in Sweden make frequent use of receptive media such as movies and television to facilitate language learning. The more interactive medium of video games is seldom used for the same purpose, despite previous research indicating that the added layer of interactivity can bring benefits such as improvements to vocabulary, written production and reading comprehension. READ MORE