Essays about: "Oral proficiency"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 42 essays containing the words Oral proficiency.

  1. 6. Social passivity in English classrooms : A qualitative study on how upper-secondary English teachers in Sweden work to help socially passive students

    University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Jennifer Ängerfors; [2022]
    Keywords : Social passivity; English as a second language; Second language learning; Unwillingness to communicate; Qualitative; Upper-secondary school; Sweden;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to increase our knowledge of how upper-secondary English teachers in Sweden work to ensure that students who are socially passive reach the learning objectives regarding oral proficiency in the English subject. The study explores how six English teachers interpret the underlying factors causing students to be passive in English class, and what they do about this. READ MORE

  3. 7. The effectiveness of oral corrective feedback in experimental and quasi-experimental studies : A systematic literature review

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Attila Czaholi; [2021]
    Keywords : Additional language education in ESL EFL context; effectiveness of oral corrective feedback; experimental quasi-experimental studies; learners; prompts; recasts; teachers.;

    Abstract : By exploring previous research, this systematic literature review aims to shed light on the effectiveness of oral corrective feedback practices by teachers to students on oral proficiency with the focus on recasts and prompts. This systematic literature review also intends to shed light on the effectiveness of recasts and prompts compared with each other. READ MORE

  4. 8. Extramural English and English Proficiency : A Teacher’s Perspective on the Influence of Extramural English on the English proficiency of their Students

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

    Author : Nathalie Beauprez; [2021]
    Keywords : Second language learning SLA ; English; sociolinguistics; extramural English; teacher perspectives;

    Abstract : The umbrella term used in research to imply exposure to the English language outside the classroom is “extramural English”. The impact of the engagement in activities by second language learners of English through extramural activities is generally perceived as positive for language development. READ MORE

  5. 9. Analysis of the English language produced by a Swedish 4-year-old child in the light of the innatist perspective : A case study

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Ida Wistrand; [2021]
    Keywords : Bilingualism; Second Language Acquisition; Child Second Language Acquisition; First Language Acquisition; Language development; Innatism; U-shaped learning; Overgeneralization.;

    Abstract : This is a case study that focuses on the oral proficiency in English manifested by the 4-year-old sonof the author. He speaks Swedish as his L1 like his both parents but has been exposed to Englishsince he was one year old from using a tablet. READ MORE

  6. 10. Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety among EFL Leaners in Swedish Lower Secondary Schools

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

    Author : Abdullah Amouna; [2021]
    Keywords : English-as-a-foreign-language EFL ; foreign language anxiety FLA ; foreign language speaking anxiety FLSA ; language anxiety LA ; fear of negative evaluation FNE ;

    Abstract : Language anxiety (LA) is “the worry and negative emotional reaction when learning and using a second language and is especially relevant in a classroom where self-expression takes place” (Gregersen & MacIntyre, 2014, p. 14). READ MORE