Essays about: "L2 Learning Experience"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the words L2 Learning Experience.

  1. 1. Willingness to Communicate and the Ideal L2 Self Inside and Outside the EFL Classroom. A Literature Review

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Lärarutbildningsnämnden

    Author : Ida Granlund; Alice Lyttkens; [2023-11-14]
    Keywords : Willingness to Communicate; L2MSS; Ideal L2 self; Extramural English; integrativeness; EFL; L2 Learning Experience; Target Language;

    Abstract : This literature review investigates why EFL (English as a Foreign Language) students are reluctant to speak the target language in the classroom. As this is a complex question with complex answers, this review focuses on how the L2 Motivational Self System (L2MSS), specifically the ideal L2 self, affects willingness to communicate (WTC). READ MORE

  3. 2. Exploring Emely: An exploratory case study on the usability and user experience of a conversational agent for L2 learning

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap och medieteknik (DVMT)

    Author : Julia Ahrling; Jonna Franzén; [2023]
    Keywords : Conversational agents; Second language learning; L2 learning; Usability; User experience;

    Abstract : This study focuses on evaluating and enhancing the user experience of Emely, a conversational agent aimed at improving language skills for second language learners, particularly those who want to increase their chances of securing employment in Sweden. Usability testing was conducted in two test rounds, with the first round providing design implications for the user interface in the second round. READ MORE

  4. 3. How teachers utilize the practice of reading aloud to promote English language development in Swedish K-3 grades.

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

    Author : Joshua Payne; Ramize Dushku; [2023]
    Keywords : reading aloud; language development; young learners; L1; L2; EFL; communicative learning; vocabulary acquisition;

    Abstract : Reading aloud is a method that has been used as a means of observational learning in schools for many years. It exists as an implicit part of many educational systems across the world, and the theories that underpin its usage are well studied. READ MORE

  5. 4. Extramural English, Motivation and Identity : A study of Swedish young English language learners’ participation in English class

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för hälsa, lärande och teknik

    Author : Sebastian Lagnebäck; [2022]
    Keywords : engagement; ideal L2 self; L2 learning experience; L2 motivational self system; linguistic portrait; phenomenographic;

    Abstract : This phenomenographic study examines how imagining a future self as an English speaker and extramural English habits interact and affect the desire to learn English and engagement in the English classroom. The study was carried out in northern Sweden, and used a purposive sample of 23 pupils in the fifth and sixth grade of Swedish compulsory school. READ MORE

  6. 5. Difficulties found in the English classroom at the upper secondary level when teaching English as an L3 : English teachers and students view on teaching and being taught English as a third language

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

    Author : Ida Wallin; [2022]
    Keywords : English; L3; L2; Difficulty;

    Abstract : The study aimed to investigate the difficulties English teachers in Sweden experience when teaching English to students studying English as an L3. A second aim is to investigate what students at the upper secondary level in Sweden experience as difficult when learning English as an L3. READ MORE