Essays about: "girls, boys and language"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 45 essays containing the words girls, boys and language.

1. 1. “We have to speak one language to stop FGM“ : Inside and outside perspectives on challenges and strategies related to the elimination of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting within the Maasai in the Northern central part of in Tanzania

   University essay from

   Author : Anna Bergman; Stina Olausson; [2023]
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   Abstract : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is a universal concern, with more than 200 million girls and women alive today who have undergone the practice primarily concentrated in Africa. The Maasai, a semi-nomadic ethnic group inhabiting the Northern Central part of Tanzania, have the highest rate of FGM/C in the whole country. READ MORE

3. 2. Learning a foreign language in the outdoors : Perceptions of foreign language anxiety and foreign language enjoyment of primary students and teachers when learning English in an outdoor setting

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande

   Author : Alba Besora Morlans; [2023]
   Keywords : Outdoor Education; Foreign Language Learning; Foreign Language Anxiety; Foreign Language Enjoyment; Outdoor Language Learning;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to explore how outdoor education (OE) can influence foreign language anxiety (FLA) and foreign language enjoyment (FLE) when primary students are learning English as a foreign language (EFL). The design was a pre-post intervention study with two experimental groups of 3rd graders of a Catalan state school that participated in an outdoor English session. READ MORE

4. 3. A Case Study: The Difference of Slang Usage Between Girls and Boys During Grade 9 English as a Second Language Lessons, and How it is Viewed and Used by English Teachers in Their Teaching

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Emma Ahlbin; [2022]
   Keywords : Slang; secondary school; gender language; self-categorization; humor; ESL; youth;

   Abstract : The present study aims to investigate if grade 9 English students, being 15-16 years old, attending a Swedish secondary school, use English slang during their English as a second language lessons, and if so, why they do it, and if there are any differences between the two genders in their slang usage. In order to incorporate a didactic perspective, it is also examined how English teachers deal with their students’ slang usage. READ MORE

5. 4. 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

6. 5. Foreign language anxiety among young Swedish EFL learners : A mixed method study in primary school years 1-3

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för hälsa, lärande och teknik

   Author : Linnéa Johansson; [2021]
   Keywords : Foreign language anxiety; Foreign language anxiety scale; Swedish Primary school; Unwillingness to communicate; Young EFL Learners.;

   Abstract : This study investigated Swedish primary school EFL learners' foreign language anxiety in years 1-3 by using mixed-method research. The aim of this study was to illustrate what factors caused foreign language anxiety (FLA) and unwillingness to communicate among the second language learners. READ MORE