Essays about: "Melissa Ferreira Dos Santos"

Found 2 essays containing the words Melissa Ferreira Dos Santos.

1. 1. Understanding and Dealing with Dyslexia in the EFL Classroom

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Utbildningsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Melissa Ferreira Dos Santos; [2018]
   Keywords : dyslexia; EFL; educational policy; discourses; teacher agency; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Dyslexia is a problem that can limit someone’s life if the person does not receive the appropriate support in order to develop strategies to deal with it, and it is not limited to one’s first language. The first limitations appear early in life during the school years as the child struggles with literacy issues. READ MORE

3. 2. Tracy Chevalier’s Falling Angels in the EFL classroom: a study on the use of historical fiction in the language learning context

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Utbildningsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Melissa Ferreira Dos Santos; [2016]
   Keywords : historical novel; Falling Angels; EFL; new historicism; historical and cultural awareness; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This investigation will analyze how the genre historical fiction, more specifically the novel Falling Angels (2001) written by Tracy Chevalier, can be used in the EFL (English as Foreign Language) classroom in upper secondary school in Sweden. It will argue that the different themes approached by the novel are interesting points of departure to be used in the classroom for both language learning and personal development, according to the requirements of the Swedish National Agency for Education. READ MORE