Essays about: "english vs swedish"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words english vs swedish.

1. 1. Foreign Language Anxiety vs Willingness to Communicate. A Qualitative Study on Swedish EFL Learners’ Perception of Language Anxiety in Correlation With Their WTC

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Lärarutbildningsnämnden

   Author : Samar Gharibi; [2023-06-20]
   Keywords : Willingness to communicate WTC ; Foreign Language Anxiety; Communicative Language Teaching;

   Abstract : This study aims to investigate the perceived levels of foreign language anxiety (FLA) among six English as a foreign language (EFL) learners and how their personal perceptions affect their willingness to communicate (WTC) in the English classroom. The study utilizes a qualitative approach using semi structured pair interviews, focusing on the learners’ personal experiences. READ MORE

3. 2. Reviewing the Effects of Explicit and Implicit Grammar Instruction in Second Language Acquisition : A Literature Review

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Jonathan Grahn Sherin; [2023]
   Keywords : Second Language Acquisition; Grammar Instruction; Explicit Grammar Instruction; Implicit Grammar Instruction;

   Abstract : The syllabus for English 5 in Swedish upper secondary school has a strong communicative focus, and grammar is only explicitly mentioned once throughout the syllabus. This raised my interest about the role and importance of explicit grammar teaching in Swedish upper secondary schools. READ MORE

4. 3. Conjunctive Relations in Argumentative Essays : Second language learners of English and the frequency of connective words

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Jojo Blixt; [2022]
   Keywords : conjunctive relations; coherency in texts; argumentative essays; upper secondary school year 10; vocational vs. academic; girls vs. boys;

   Abstract : This essay aims to examine texts written by students in upper secondary school year 10 to see which conjunctions and linking words students at that level use, the normalized frequency as well as how they are used. For the investigation, a corpus, the Swedish Learner English Corpus (SLEC), was searched using AntConc, a corpus analysis toolkit for concordancing and text analysis. READ MORE

5. 4. Unsupervised Lexical Semantic Change Detection with Context-Dependent Word Representations

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Huiling You; [2021]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : In this work, we explore the usefulness of contextualized embeddings from language models on lexical semantic change (LSC) detection. With diachronic corpora spanning two time periods, we construct word embeddings for a selected set of target words, aiming at detecting potential LSC of each target word across time. READ MORE

6. 5. PROMPTED Peer Response and Grammatical Errors : Prompted Peer Response vs Unprompted Peer Response inReducing Grammatical Errors

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för språkdidaktik

   Author : Michael Melanson; [2019]
   Keywords : Peer response; grammar; errors; collaboration; prompts;

   Abstract : The current classroom environment is filled with expectations for both teacher and student but is often lacking in time. Skolverket (2011) outlines ambitious goals such as developing students’ critical thinking abilities, adapting teaching to each student’s individual needs, and encouraging students to actively take part in the development of their own educational process, to name just a few. READ MORE