Essays about: "Young language learners"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 74 essays containing the words Young language learners.

1. 6. Representations of Culture in ESL Textbooks for Young Learners

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

   Author : Stefan Grunnlid; [2023]
   Keywords : Cultural representations; learner textbooks; ESL textbooks;

   Abstract : In both LGR 11 and LGR 22 (Skolverket, 2019; Skolverket, 2022) Skolverket prescribes that those students within the English subject should be given opportunities to learn about the culture in different English-speaking areas. The researcher therefore investigated the extent to which the culture of different English-speaking countries is represented in ESL textbooks. READ MORE

3. 7. The effectiveness of interacting with picture books on vocabulary acquisition in an EFL classroom

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

   Author : Ella Sjödin; Niam Dabbous; [2023]
   Keywords : “Interacting”; “Vocabulary acquisition”; “Picture books”; “English as foreign language”; “Young language learners”; “Read-aloud”;

   Abstract : This research paper investigates the effectiveness of interacting with picture books on vocabulary acquisition in the young learner English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom. Recent reports show that more than half of the pupils in Swedish secondary schools do not read outside of the school environment (Skolverket, 2019). READ MORE

4. 8. Translanguaging; transcending conventional language teaching,effects, attitudes, and perceptions.

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

   Author : Lexros Erik; Timrin Nicolina; [2023]
   Keywords : translanguaging; vocabulary acquisition; first language; second language; second language acquisition; bilingualism; multilingualism; English as a second language ESL ; English as a foreign language EFL ;

   Abstract : This study investigates how translanguaging could affect the acquisition of a second language for young language learners and how teachers and other authoritative agents' attitudes/perspectives affect implementation of translanguaging in school. Cummins(2018) describes translanguaging as a concept of focusing on the dynamic correlations between different languages for a bilingual individual. READ MORE

5. 9. Extramural English and its Impact on Swedish Learners’ Written Proficiency : An Analysis of Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency in Lower Secondary School Writing

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

   Author : Christiane Kluender; [2023]
   Keywords : SLA ; extramural English; written proficiency; complexity accuracy; fluency;

   Abstract : English holds a significant status as a lingua franca in Sweden, offering regular contact opportunities for learners through media consumption and entertainment, starting at a young age. Exposure to English outside the walls of the formal language classroom has been extensively studied especially in conjunction with students’ motivation, vocabulary acquisition, and oral proficiency (cf. READ MORE

6. 10. Teachers’ Beliefs on Oral Corrective Feedback for Young EFL Learners : Lärares uppfattningar om muntligt rättande feedback för unga elever i engelskundervisningen

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

   Author : Diana Mokre; Arta Sheqi; [2023]
   Keywords : oral corrective feedback; feedback strategies; EFL; young learners; speaking; teacher beliefs;

   Abstract : When supporting students’ language development, English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers use different scaffolding methods, such as Oral Corrective Feedback (OCF). This method’s purpose is to assist learners’ oral language skills, and there are various strategies that can be utilised in an input providing or output prompting manner. READ MORE