Essays about: "L2 learners"
Showing result 41 - 45 of 179 essays containing the words L2 learners.
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41. The use of fiction to promote in-depth reading strategies for improving reading comprehension skills for L2 language students
University essay fromAbstract : Reading ability at the Swedish upper secondary school is decreasing for second language learners and the number of students reading literary texts is also declining. Our aim with this paper is to examine if reading fiction in an English as a Second language classroom at an upper secondary level can enhance students’ reading comprehension using in-depth strategies. READ MORE
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42. 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/EngelskaAbstract : 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
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43. Orthography and Kanji Learning : A Comparison of Kanji Learning Methods in L2 Japanese Learners from Non-Logographic Sinosphere Backgrounds and Alphabetic Backgrounds
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärandeAbstract : This study investigates the kanji learning strategies used by learners of Japanese from two non-logographic orthographic backgrounds within the Sinosphere (Korean and Vietnamese), and alphabetic-language-based backgrounds, and how the three groups compare to each other. The study utilised data analysis techniques on data collected from 40 Japanese language learners via an online survey, and semi-structured interviews with four learners from Korea and Vietnam. READ MORE
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44. Attitudes from Spanish teachers and students of ESL towards errors in the classroom
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : Learning a second language (L2) has become a crucial need for the citizens of this globalized world, since there are constant opportunities for intercultural communication in their daily lives. However, L2 acquisition is a lengthy, complex process. Not only learners, but teachers make errors in the classroom. READ MORE
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45. PRAGMATIC TRANSFER: A STUDY OF REFUSAL STRATEGIES AMONG CHINESE LEARNERS OF ENGLISH
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : The present study aims at exploring how negative pragmatic transfer has affected Chinese learners of English in terms of the completion of cross-cultural refusals and the correlation between their linguistic proficiency and pragmatic competence. The empirical data were collected through an elicitation instrument, i.e. READ MORE
