Essays about: "High school essays"

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  1. 1. English Word Order in Written Production of Swedish Students

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap

    Author : Mohammad Taherinasab; [2023-05-11]
    Keywords : Error Analysis EA ; Contrastive Analysis CA ; Second Language Acquisition SLA ; EFL learners; word order;

    Abstract : This study investigates English word order errors in the written production of Swedish junior high school students. It analyzes 24 essays written by the 9th-grade students in a junior high school in Sweden in the spring semester of 2022. READ MORE

  2. 2. Extramural English and its Impact on Swedish Learners’ Written Proficiency : An Analysis of Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency in Lower Secondary School Writing

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

    Author : Christiane Kluender; [2023]
    Keywords : SLA ; extramural English; written proficiency; complexity accuracy; fluency;

    Abstract : English holds a significant status as a lingua franca in Sweden, offering regular contact opportunities for learners through media consumption and entertainment, starting at a young age. Exposure to English outside the walls of the formal language classroom has been extensively studied especially in conjunction with students’ motivation, vocabulary acquisition, and oral proficiency (cf. READ MORE

  3. 3. A corpus-based investigation of Swedish upper secondary school students’ vocabulary

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Christian Holmberg Sjöling; [2020]
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    Abstract : The aim of this investigation was to contribute with more knowledge concerning the learning and teaching of English vocabulary in Swedish upper secondary school in Sundsvall by answering the following research questions: Which CEFR level does each group’s vocabulary meet after29excluding K1 and K2 words? How accurate is the vocabulary production of the two groups in relation to each CEFR level? I also hypothesized that the group of students attending the Natural Science programme would be more proficient than the group attending the Economics programme since the former had studied the course English 5 longer and attend a more theoretical and advanced programme than the latter. Therefore, I gathered 30 essays from students attending the Natural Science programme at one school and 30 essays from students attending the Economics programme at another school to be analysed and compared. READ MORE

  4. 4. Variation in Assessment : A Coh-Metrix Analysis of Evaluation of Written English in the Swedish Upper Secondary School

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Hugo Simion Malmcrona; [2020]
    Keywords : Writing assessment; lexical sophistication; cohesion; Coh-Metrix; L2 writing;

    Abstract : Reliable evaluation is an important part of language education. However, reliable evaluation of student writing is notoriously difficult to achieve nationally. READ MORE

  5. 5. English spelling errors in Swedish high school : An investigation of English spelling errors among Swedish high school students and their possible causes

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Gule Akman; [2019]
    Keywords : Spelling error; Swedish English learners; Second Language Acquisition SLA ; Transfer; Language Gender; Gender spelling mistakes; Program orientation; Uppsala Learner English Corpus ULEC ;

    Abstract : This study investigates spelling errors among Swedish students of English. The purpose of this research is to develop a better understanding of the causes of spelling errors and to investigate whether there are any differences between program orientation and gender. The participants are English A students from Swedish high schools in year 1. READ MORE