Essays about: "form focused instruction"

Found 5 essays containing the words form focused instruction.

1. 1. Form-focused or meaning-focused? : Grammar tasks in EFL textbooks for English 5 in upper secondary school

   University essay from Karlstads universitet

   Author : Angelica Eriksson; [2023]
   Keywords : form-focused; meaning-focused; instruction; grammar; tasks; CLT;

   Abstract : This paper investigates what role grammar plays, what grammatical content is included, and whether focus on form or meaning dominates in six EFL (English as a Foreign Language) textbooks for English 5. Through the methodology content analysis, the grammatical content is calculated, categorized, and analyzed with coding frames in three parts: form-focused instruction and grammar tasks and meaning-focused instruction and grammar tasks, context, and grammatical categories. READ MORE

3. 2. Teachers' Prefered Timing of Form Focused Instruction : A Study of Grade 4 - 6 English Teachers' Preference for Isolated- and Integrated FFI in Swedish Compulsory School

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Johannes Backlund; [2020]
   Keywords : Form-focused instruction; grammatical instruction; integrated FFI; isolated FFI; grade 4-6; English teachers; Swedish compulsory school;

   Abstract : Abstract  This study examined grade 4-6 English teachers’ preferred approach regarding the timing of grammatical instruction, developed and distinguished by Spada and Lightbown (2008) as isolated and integrated form-focused instruction (FFI). Both isolated FFI and integrated FFI are described as taking place in primarily meaning-based communicative classrooms. READ MORE

4. 3. Language within a Language Scientific Concept Formation within Integrated Science and Language Learning

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet

   Author : Daniela Součková; [2015-09-25]
   Keywords : scientific vs spontaneous concept formation; school science language; everyday language; CLIL;

   Abstract : The aim was to investigate formation of specific concepts in some lessons of biology where English was the language of instruction. Vygotsky's theory of meaning and sense realised during concept formation has become the background theory together with Lemke's notion of learning science through communicating science. READ MORE

5. 4. Doing solving spelling problems in a Swedish EFL classroom : A conversation analytic study

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Klara Skogmyr Marian; [2015]
   Keywords : Foreign language learning; focus on form; problem solving; spelling solving; collaborative work; classroom practices; ethnomethodology; conversation analysis; multimodality;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates how high school students collaboratively solve naturally occurring spelling problems in an English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom in Stockholm, Sweden. The study is motivated by the scarcity of research on spelling solving, both in terms of the observable spelling practices adopted by the students and in terms of the collaborative management of spelling issues in the second/foreign language classroom. READ MORE

6. 5. Assessing the Social Performance of Products: Developing a Set of Indicators for Vattenfall AB Connected to the International EPD® system

   University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Sebastian Welling; [2013]
   Keywords : S-LCA; social life cycle assessment; EPD; social indicators; Vattenfall; sustainable development;

   Abstract : A set of indicators has been developed by the author of this work to assess the social performance of Vattenfall’s products (electricity & heat). This set of indicators has been adapted to the requirements of the International EPD® system. READ MORE