Essays about: "english is the world language - essay"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 42 essays containing the words english is the world language - essay.
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1. Bilingual language development and ASD : A case-study
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : Research into bilingual language development in autistic children is a new field and the number of studies published to date are very scarce. Around the world exceptional cases are being reported to support the theory that bilingual language development in autistic children is different to that of typically developing children leaving an obvious gap in knowledge. READ MORE
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2. Harry Potter and racial hierarchies in the English language classroom : A thematic study on racial inequality in Harry Potter
University essay from Södertörns högskola/EngelskaAbstract : 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
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3. What to teach or how to teach? : A survey on the consequences a less detail-controlled curriculum has on English teachers´ choice of English-language literature
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : This essay aims to examine which consequences a less-detail controlled curriculum has on English teachers’ choice of English-language literature. With support from the literature review, this essay argues that an unofficial, tacit school canon of English-language literature mainly composed of ten literary works seems to have been established in Swedish upper-secondary schools, despite the Swedish National Curriculum not naming specific literary works educators in Sweden are required to use in their teaching. READ MORE
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4. Witches are not so delicate : A Jungian analysis of gendered oppression in Madeline Miller’s Circe and the novel’s pedagogical potential in the EFL classroom
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : Circe (2018) by Madeline Miller is a retelling of The Odyssey from the perspective of the witch Circe. The novel challenges the previous portrayal of Circe as a vindictive seductress and provides insight into the narrative of a woman negotiating a man’s world, in which she is denied autonomy due to her gender. READ MORE
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5. Inclusiveness in texts in the EFL classroom : A study of English teachers’ inclusion of different parts of the world in texts used in the lower grades
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This essay investigates if texts featuring different parts of the world are present in the English as a Foreign Language classroom for grades 1-3 of Swedish primary school. The focus in the essay is to investigate what texts teachers use in the English classroom and what content the texts feature related to different parts of the world. READ MORE
