Essays about: "Second language writing"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 110 essays containing the words Second language writing.

1. 21. A/Wakening, Healing and Caring in the Pandemic borderland(s): theorizing an Emancipating, Pleasurable and Restful Black Femme Form in Gender Studies

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskap

   Author : Agnese Noah; [2021]
   Keywords : embodied; emotive; writing; femmebodimotive; femme; black; form; biomythography; choreopoem; intersectionality; rhizomatic; phenomenology; healing; caring; awake; awakening; wake; ocean; sea; queer; texture; borderland; swAfrican;

   Abstract : In this study on form within the field of Gender and Fem(me)inist Studies I build on, and work with, works created by black women and femmes, as well as femmes and women of color to explore their ways of theorizing through form, as well as finding my own, with roots from all the beautiful experiments lived and written about by these folks. As I sketch out these theories and texts and bring them to the Swedish context in which I write I am breaking new ground for research on blackness, femme-inist theory and form as well as methodologies here. READ MORE

3. 22. Constructive Alignment and FocusedFormative Feedback on an L2 EnglishBeginner Undergraduate AcademicWriting Course

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

   Author : Hassan Guuled; [2021]
   Keywords : Academic writing; Writing intervention; constructive alignment; formative feedback; feedback classifications;

   Abstract : Although academic writing skills are central in the core content of the Swedish nationalcurriculum for English, Swedish upper-secondary school pupils struggle withcomposing academic texts. Both international and national research have formulatedseveral models for effectively constructing ESL (English as a second language)academic writing modules. READ MORE

4. 23. Natural Language Processing techniques for feedback on text improvement : A qualitative study on press releases

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Amanda Björner; [2021]
   Keywords : Natural Language Processing; press release; readability; text bias; sentiment analysis; Språkteknologi; pressmeddelande; läsbarhet; språklig bias; ämnesanalys;

   Abstract : Press releases play a key role in today’s news production by being public statements of newsworthy content that function as a pre-formulation of news. Press releases originate from a wide range of actors, and a common goal is for them to reach a high societal impact. READ MORE

5. 24. Where Are All the Storytellers in Education Today? The Benefits of Creative Writing in the ESL Classroom

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kultur, språk och medier (KSM)

   Author : Tina Erlvik; Cajsa Hermansson; [2021]
   Keywords : Creative Writing; English as a Second Language; English as a Foreign Lanugage; Writing Process; Writing Anxiety; Curriculum; Critical thinking; Kreativt skrivande; Engelska som andraspråk; Skrivprocess; Kritiskt tänkande;

   Abstract : In the current study, we explore and present different advantages creative writing can have on ESL and EFL-students’ writing and their attitude towards writing. We have also discovered some problems ESL or EFL-learners can come across in terms of writing in another language. READ MORE

6. 25. What Are the Best Practices for Offering Instructor Formative Feedback on L2 Academic Writing?

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kultur, språk och medier (KSM)

   Author : Aleksander Rudenko; Asia Hussein Ali; [2021]
   Keywords : Formative feedback; oral feedback; written feedback; second language learning; upper secondary school;

   Abstract : The syllabus for English 5 through 7 in Sweden states that students should learn to understand and write different types of text, one being academic papers. Therefore, teachers are required to guide students in their academic writing process as they transition to formal written English. READ MORE