Essays about: "Explicit grammar instruction"

Showing result 6 - 9 of 9 essays containing the words Explicit grammar instruction.

1. 6. A pedagogical waste of time or a vital necessity : A qualitative study investigating teacher attitudes toward explicit grammar instruction in L2 learners

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Olof Unge; [2020]
   Keywords : Explicit grammar instruction; form-versus-form; form-versus-forms; high school education; qualitative study; SLA; Swedish national agency; ESL EFL;

   Abstract : The topic of explicit grammar instruction has been and still is debated within the SLA (second language acquisition) discourse community in terms of efficacy and place within second language education (Ellis, 2014, Norris & Ortega, 2000). A vast amount of international research has been conducted and has found positive evidence for explicit grammar instruction in L2 classrooms; however, on a national level, while available for the subject of Swedish, the amount of established research about explicit grammar instruction in English classrooms is scarce. READ MORE

3. 7. English Grammar Instruction in English 5 Three Swedish upper-secondary school English Teachers’ Perspectives on Grammar Instruction

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

   Author : Tobias Norgren-Bergström; [2018]
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   Abstract : This paper presents a qualitative study investigating 1) whether ESL teachers teaching English 5 in Swedish upper-secondary schools take an explicit or implicit grammar approach to grammar instruction in their lessons, and, 2) which aspects they choose to prioritise. My initial hypothesis, based on prior, personal observation was that the ESL teachers sampled in my study would reveal preferences and tendencies more closely indicative of an implicit approach, and that this would be due to their beliefs about grammar and their own experience learning grammar as students. READ MORE

4. 8. Teaching English grammar : A study of approaches to formal grammar instruction in the subject English in Swedish upper secondary school

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

   Author : Maureen Lugoloobi-Nalunga; [2017]
   Keywords : Grammar instruction; grammar learning; grammar acquisition; language development; second language; foreign language; EFL ESL; Second Language Acquisition; SLA.; Grammatikundervisning; grammatikinlärning; språkinlärning; språkutveckling; andraspråk; främmande språk; andraspråksinlärning.;

   Abstract : The main aim of the present study was to identify examples of practical grammar instruction methods in an EFL/ESL classroom in Swedish upper secondary school. Data was collected through classroom observations and interviews. READ MORE

5. 9. Teaching English grammar : A case study of the differences and similarities between teaching English grammar to native- and non-native speakers of English in Sweden and in the UK

   University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

   Author : Jessica Granlund; [2010]
   Keywords : accuracy; deductive grammar; English grammar teaching; explicit grammar; FL; grammar teaching; L1; metalanguage; teacher views on grammar; teacher practices of grammar;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate the similarities/differences in the views on and practices of grammar teaching of a Swedish teacher of English (FL – Foreign Language) and a UK teacher of English (L1 – First Language). Furthermore, the study tries to explain how the differences found in the comparison can be connected to each country’s different steering documents and to the different teaching conditions involved in teaching English to L1 learners compared to FL learners. READ MORE