Essays about: "L2MSS"
Found 5 essays containing the word L2MSS.
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1. Willingness to Communicate and the Ideal L2 Self Inside and Outside the EFL Classroom. A Literature Review
University essay from Göteborgs universitet / LärarutbildningsnämndenAbstract : 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
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2. 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 humanioraAbstract : 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
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3. Always Mind Me: Responding Subjectively to Literary Texts in Order to Create the Ideal L2 Self in the EFL Classroom
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : This essay aims to examine the applicability and relevance of subjective reader response in relation to second language (L2) motivation within literature education in the classroom of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). With support from previous research within the field of reader response theory (RRT), this essay argues that a subjective reader response approach contributes to increasing students’ motivation in relation to literature education Thus, this essay answers the following questions: 1) Does subjective reader response contribute to creating motivation among students in EFL (literature) teaching, and if so, how can this theory be implemented? 2) Does subjective reader response support students’ construction of what Zoltán Dörnyei refers to as “Ideal L2 self”? 3) What are the main benefits of using a reader response approach? The results support the hypothesis that a subjective reader response approach contributes to increasing students’ motivation in relation to literature education. READ MORE
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4. Motivational Factors in Textbooks : Textbook Usage and its Influences on Pupil Self-Learning
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kultur, språk och medier (KSM)Abstract : Abstract The aim of this study is to examine the role that textbooks have within the subject of English in Swedish secondary school, years 7-9, and the psychological impact textbooks may or may not have on pupil language learning. Theories used in this study support the fact that pupils who are able to independently develop their language skills are more successful language learners, including the self-efficacy theory, theories about motivation, i. READ MORE
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5. The usage of CLIL in the classroom and its influence on L2 learners’ motivation
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)Abstract : In Swedish schools the education should stimulate students’ creativity, curiosity and self-confidence, as well as provide security and generate the will and desire to learn. Therefore, the aim of this case study is to investigate the area of motivation and how motivation is affected by the usage of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). READ MORE
