Essays about: "foreign teaching thesis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 essays containing the words foreign teaching thesis.

  1. 1. 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

  2. 2. A thematic analysis of Swedish upper secondary EFL teachers’ cognitions about and reflections on written feedback

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Johan Jönsson Ahlbin; [2023]
    Keywords : Teacher cognition; written feedback; English as a foreign language; English language teaching; Swedish upper secondary school;

    Abstract : To gain a deeper understanding of English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) teachers’ knowledge, thoughts, and beliefs about written feedback (WF), this thesis explored four Swedish upper secondary school EFL teachers’ cognitions about WF, the sources of their cognitions about WF, and ways in which their cognitions about WF are reflected in their actual feedback practices. To carry out this exploratory investigation, the study made use of semi-structured interviews, sample student texts with teacher WF, and stimulated recall interviews. READ MORE

  3. 3. Teaching Kanji at Swedish Universities. On Teaching Kanji, Learning Strategies, and How These Are Perceived by Teachers and Students of L2 Japanese in Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Selena Seguel; [2022-06-03]
    Keywords : japanska; Japanese as a foreign language; JFL; learning strategies; mnemonic devices; rote learning; air writing; morphological analysis; Sweden; Kanji;

    Abstract : This thesis explores four different strategies of kanji instruction: mnemonic devices; rote learning; air writing; and morphological analysis. It also explores how these strategies are used in Swedish universities today, what the instructors think about them, as well as student perception of the techniques. READ MORE

  4. 4. Wargaming elections interference : A serious influence game for teaching elements of cognitive warfare

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Charles Perring; [2022]
    Keywords : Cognitive warfare; serious games; wargames; influence operations; Kognitiv krigföring; krigsspel; påverkansoperation;

    Abstract : Försvarsvilja är ett centralt begrepp i det svenska Totalförsvaret. Begreppet beskriver en individuell och kollektiv benägenhet att tycka eller handla i ett försvarsrelaterat syfte. Psykologiskt försvar skyddar försvarsviljan från främmande påverkanskampanjer som försöker urholka den. READ MORE

  5. 5. Virtual Reality System for Learning Languages : Contextual Use of Computer-Aided Language Learning System

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Drofa Tomas; [2022]
    Keywords : learning languages; computer-aided language learning systems; virtual reality; learning acquisition; situated learning; IxD; knowledge acquisition;

    Abstract : This master thesis focuses on an exploration of digital technologies and systems used for learning interaction, specifically learning of foreign languages (FLA) and second languages acquisition (SLA) and investigates the use of autonomy-based virtual environment systems for knowledge acquisition. The study describes an enhancement of multimodal language learning practices and deployment of teaching material in an autonomous setup operated by language students. READ MORE