Essays about: "Scope of English language"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words Scope of English language.
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1. Subject-Verb Agreement Errors in Swedish 9th and 11th Grade Students’ English Written Production
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This study aims to investigate possible factors contributing to subject-verb agreement errors in Swedish junior and senior high school students' English written production. The sample data is collected from the Swedish Learner English Corpus (SLEC), which comprises student texts produced in a classroom setting. READ MORE
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2. Is it enough to be understood? A study of teacher attitudes towards accent in the EFL classroom
University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelskaAbstract : This study investigates teacher attitudes towards accent in the EFL classroom. The central theoretical base for this study is English as a lingua franca (ELF), which proposes that intelligibility is the key to communication in English between people from different backgrounds. READ MORE
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3. Swedish Upper Secondary English Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices Regarding CLIL
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)Abstract : English has been on the rise on the global stage for the last half century, and is now the most studied second language, being used regularly in international academia, social and mainstream media and international relations. In Sweden, the increase in the use of English is particularly noticeable in the country’s higher education system, with recent studies reporting a significant increase in English as the language of instruction. READ MORE
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4. Can Wizards be Polyglots: Towards a Multilingual Knowledge-grounded Dialogue System
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologiAbstract : The research of open-domain, knowledge-grounded dialogue systems has been advancing rapidly due to the paradigm shift introduced by large language models (LLMs). While the strides have improved the performance of the dialogue systems, the scope is mostly monolingual and English-centric. READ MORE
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5. Using Corrective Feedback to Improve Grammatical Accuracy in Student Writing in the EFL Classroom
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)Abstract : With the rise of English as the go-to language in the world, it has also become an important subject in the Swedish education system, aimed at preparing students for the English requirements expected of them in higher education and business. However, communication and content have become the main focus in the classroom, with grammar and accuracy being judged as variably important from teacher to teacher. READ MORE