Essays about: "affective filter"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words affective filter.

  1. 1. Listen Up! : A study of how teachers in SLA approach the listening skill within upper secondary schools in Sweden

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Julia Andersson; Elin Lagerström; [2020]
    Keywords : Auditory input; One-way listening; Two-way listening; Dialogic listening; Implicit approach; Explicit approach; Affective filter; Scaffolding; Instructional Scaffolding; Zone of Proximal Development; National Exams; Top-down processing; Bottom-up processing; Metacognitive Awareness; Communicative Language Teaching; Pre-activities; Comprehension checks; Effective listener;

    Abstract : Listening comprehension and listening strategies plays a crucial role in the process of acquiring a language. This study aims to investigate to what extent the listening skill is practised in upper secondary schools in the south of Sweden. READ MORE

  3. 2. Breaking Down the ELL Sound Barriers : Listening Comprehension Strategies for Swedish High School Students

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Carrie Forsberg; [2020]
    Keywords : English; listening; anxiety; schema; vocabulary; affective filter; scaffolding;

    Abstract : The purpose of this qualitative research study was to identify difficulties some Swedish learners have with listening comprehension in the English 5 course in Upper Secondary Schools and to find methods of teaching such as scaffolding, schematic knowledge, preparation and peer cooperation that may prove successful. The methodology for this study was to test three groups of students representing three different programs of study at a high school in Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 3. “We are not going to hide what they are going to learn” - A Study about Rubrics for Speaking Skills in The English Classroom

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

    Author : Linnea Swartswe; [2018]
    Keywords : formative assessment; rubrics; scaffolding; sociocultural perspective; speaking strategies; spoken language learning; the affective filter hypothesis; visible learning; and ZPD;

    Abstract : A rubric specifically for speaking skills was recently implemented and practiced in an English classroom for grade 6, in a school in the south of Sweden. The predetermined effected results of how the rubric works is debated among many schools and researchers, but no research have been done on the actually effects specifically in this area recently. READ MORE

  5. 4. Students’ Affective Responses to Computer Mediated Peer Feedback

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

    Author : Richard Greenwood; [2017]
    Keywords : Computer-mediated communication; peer feedback; English as a second language; process writing; The Affective Filter Theory; second language acquisition; English as a foreign language;

    Abstract : This research explores the affective responses of five upper-secondary English ESL/EFL students using computer-mediated peer feedback (CMPF), in a writing assignment. The pragmatic approach to the research makes use of a thematic analysis using, motivation, anxiety, attitude, and self-confidence. READ MORE

  6. 5. Out-of-School English and the possible effect it has on Second Language Acquisition : - a study on how students with different backgrounds acquire the English language outside of school

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Anneli Fallkvist; [2016]
    Keywords : Out-of-school English acquisition; extramural English; second language acquisition; monitor; acquisition-learning; input; output; affective filter; attitude; upper secondary school.;

    Abstract : Second language acquisition is a field that has fascinated linguists for numerous years and is a topic that is very much connected to how English teachers in Sweden try to teach the English language to the students in their classrooms. In 2009 Sundqvist examined what possible effects extramural English could have on learners' oral proficiency and their vocabulary. READ MORE