Essays about: "Swedish-English"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 47 essays containing the word Swedish-English.

1. 1. Bilingualism and Event Conceptualisation Patterns: Conceptual Transfer in Swedish-English Bilinguals

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Emma Knudsen; [2024]
   Keywords : Linguistic relativity; Conceptual transfer; Grammatical aspect; Endpoint encoding; Event conceptualisation; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : In this paper, the event conceptualisation patterns of Swedish-English bilinguals are examined. Swedish and English differ from each other with regard to the existence of grammatical aspect, which previous work has shown to affect how speakers conceptualise motion events. READ MORE

3. 2. "I'm not forcing anyone" : A Study on Motivation and Willingness to Communicate in English in a Swedish Upper-Secondary School Context

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

   Author : Ylva Craig; [2023]
   Keywords : English as a second language; second language learning; willingness to communicate; motivation; integrativeness; upper-secondary school; Sweden; ARCS model;

   Abstract : This study aims to expand on the existing knowledge of Swedish upper-secondary students’ willingness to communicate (WTC) in English and provide insight into how motivational strategies are used in some Swedish English-as-a-second-language (ESL) classrooms by the teachers. To gather data, four teachers were interviewed, and three of them observed in class, and 67 students answered a questionnaire. READ MORE

4. 3. Investigating Foreign Language Anxiety in the Swedish English as Foreign Language Classroom. A quantitative study on the effects of FLA in the Swedish EFL upper secondary school context

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Lärarutbildningsnämnden

   Author : Max Skeppstedt; [2022-08-03]
   Keywords : Foreign Language Anxiety; Swedish EFL Context; Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale; Swedish upper secondary school;

   Abstract : Anxiety as an affective variable has been studied since the middle of the 20th century. Research on anxiety in the language learning context was unified in the 1980s when Horwitz, Horwitz, and Cope (1986) published their article on the construct of Foreign Language Anxiety. READ MORE

5. 4. Teaching Interpretation Through the Epistolary Novel: Using Bram Stoker’s Dracula to Teach Literary Interpretation in the Swedish Upper Secondary EFL Classroom

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Erik Hed; [2022]
   Keywords : teaching interpretation; epistolary novel; Dracula; English as a foreign language; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This essay examines how Swedish English as foreign language (EFL) students in the English 7 course can be taught textual interpretation skills through working with fiction in the classroom, using Bram Stoker’s 1897 epistolary novel Dracula as an example novel. A qualitative text analysis of Stoker’s novel was conducted, using Grice’s maxims of conversation and the concept of focalization, to determine the extent to which Dracula is suitable teaching material for the development of students’ interpretation skills. READ MORE

6. 5. Teachers' attitudes toward different English varieties in upper primary school EFL classrooms

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Elisabeth Byers Runberg; [2022]
   Keywords : English as a foreign language; English varieties; upper primary school; teachers attitudes; American English; Australian English; British English; Indian English; Swedish English;

   Abstract : This study investigates teachers' attitudes towards aural recordings and written English from different English varieties in the Swedish upper primary school EFL-classroom. Data from 27 online surveys and four semi-structured interviews are analyzed. The results show that British and American English are the most accepted varitetis. READ MORE