Essays about: "critical language"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 450 essays containing the words critical language.

  1. 1. Exploring the Integration of Artificial Intelligence Tools in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Pedagogy. A Literature Review

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Lärarutbildningsnämnden

    Author : Rasmus Andersson; Axel Ringhagen; Albin Tapper; [2024-01-18]
    Keywords : Teachers; implementing AI; EFL classroom;

    Abstract : The introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in schools has sparked a polarised debate about its negative impact on critical thinking, plagiarism, and problem-solving skills. Future educators will be affected by the tools, prompting this thesis to explore their potential benefits and challenges through a literature review. READ MORE

  2. 2. EFL Students’ Analysing and Evaluating Skills in Social Media Content : EFL elevers analys- och utvärderingsförmåga i sociala mediers innehåll

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

    Author : Aisha Ali; Jennie Carolan; [2024]
    Keywords : English as a Foreign language; Media Literacy; Media Information Literacy; New Media Literacy; Critical Media Literacy; Critical Thinking; Fake News; Social-Media;

    Abstract : This paper is a synthesis of research that presents and reflects on the possible benefits of integrating media information literacy and critical thinking into the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) curriculum with the intention of facilitating for students' development in their critical thinking and media information literacy when engaging with English-language social media content. English is of major significance in the Swedish society and students get some of their news feed from social media in the English language along with their native language of Swedish. READ MORE

  3. 3. Incremental Re-tokenization in BPE-trained SentencePiece Models

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Simon Hellsten; [2024]
    Keywords : BPE; Byte Pair Encoding; SentencePiece; NLP; Natural Language Processing; Tokenization; Re-tokenization;

    Abstract : This bachelor's thesis in Computer Science explores the efficiency of an incremental re-tokenization algorithm in the context of BPE-trained SentencePiece models used in natural language processing. The thesis begins by underscoring the critical role of tokenization in NLP, particularly highlighting the complexities introduced by modifications in tokenized text. READ MORE

  4. 4. Exploring foreign language teachers’ professional agency in Romanian Public Secondary schools.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Camelia Dragomir; [2023-10-31]
    Keywords : teacher agency; ecological theory; foreign language teaching; accountability; professional development;

    Abstract : Aim: This research aims to explore how seven foreign language teachers in a few urban public secondary schools in Romania understand and enact their professional agency and how contextual factors support or constrain its achievement. The purpose is to understand the ways in which the participants’ teaching philosophies and experiences inform their awareness and achievement of agency, what they perceive as the available contextual resources within contextual constraints, and how that reflects in their beliefs and professional aspirations. READ MORE

  5. 5. Bildung in the language classroom. Reading literature to stimulate young people's desire to learn English

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Lärarutbildningsnämnden

    Author : Thomas Mellen; [2023-08-01]
    Keywords : reading; literature; bildung; didaktik; professional self-determination;

    Abstract : The power of reading literary texts to stimulate language learning, critical thinking and communicative competence is well established, yet young people are reading less literature than they did ten years ago. The aim of my research is to find out what teachers and other educational professionals can do in order to support young people to take up the habit of regular deep reading. READ MORE