Essays about: "critical thinking, language"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 essays containing the words critical thinking, 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

3. 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

4. 3. 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

5. 4. Racial Prejudices as Societal Norms: Utilizing Genre Pedagogy to Help Students Work with William Shakespeare’s 'Othello'

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Malek Habejbek; [2023]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This essay examines racial attitudes in Elizabethan England to re-read Shakespeare’s Othello with an emphasis on the characters Roderigo, Iago, Brabantio, the Duke of Venice, and Emilia. It also looks at the historical background of blackface and how it contributed to racism. READ MORE

6. 5. Harry Potter and racial hierarchies in the English language classroom : A thematic study on racial inequality in Harry Potter

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

   Author : Munira Ahmed; [2023]
   Keywords : Fantasy; Democratic values; Critical Race Theory; Racial inequality; Anti-oppression education.;

   Abstract : This essay focuses on the pedagogical benefits of using fantasy literature in the classroom as it relates to the Swedish school’s democratic values of anti-racism and working for a just society. It examines the representations of racial prejudice, discrimination, and othering among wizards and muggles which are explicitly or implicitly present throughout the Harry Potter series as well as what the representations of inequality can offer in terms of inculcating democratic values and critical thinking in a Swedish upper secondary classroom. READ MORE