Essays about: "ideal L2 self"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words ideal L2 self.
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1. Willingness to Communicate and the Ideal L2 Self Inside and Outside the EFL Classroom. A Literature Review
University essay from Göteborgs universitet / LärarutbildningsnämndenAbstract : This literature review investigates why EFL (English as a Foreign Language) students are reluctant to speak the target language in the classroom. As this is a complex question with complex answers, this review focuses on how the L2 Motivational Self System (L2MSS), specifically the ideal L2 self, affects willingness to communicate (WTC). READ MORE
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2. We Can’t Do It Unless We Put Our Minds to It : A Study on L3 Learners’ Motivation to Learn English
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This study examines what motivates newly arrived students to study English while atthe same time immersed in and studying Swedish as a second language, both coresubjects and necessary to attend higher education. The question arises since manystudents fail to pass the English course in secondary school but at the same time manageto pass the course in Swedish as a second language. READ MORE
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3. Extramural English, Motivation and Identity : A study of Swedish young English language learners’ participation in English class
University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för hälsa, lärande och teknikAbstract : This phenomenographic study examines how imagining a future self as an English speaker and extramural English habits interact and affect the desire to learn English and engagement in the English classroom. The study was carried out in northern Sweden, and used a purposive sample of 23 pupils in the fifth and sixth grade of Swedish compulsory school. READ MORE
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4. Always Mind Me: Responding Subjectively to Literary Texts in Order to Create the Ideal L2 Self in the EFL Classroom
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : This essay aims to examine the applicability and relevance of subjective reader response in relation to second language (L2) motivation within literature education in the classroom of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). With support from previous research within the field of reader response theory (RRT), this essay argues that a subjective reader response approach contributes to increasing students’ motivation in relation to literature education Thus, this essay answers the following questions: 1) Does subjective reader response contribute to creating motivation among students in EFL (literature) teaching, and if so, how can this theory be implemented? 2) Does subjective reader response support students’ construction of what Zoltán Dörnyei refers to as “Ideal L2 self”? 3) What are the main benefits of using a reader response approach? The results support the hypothesis that a subjective reader response approach contributes to increasing students’ motivation in relation to literature education. READ MORE
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5. Students’ attitudes and motivation to learn English : A mixed-method study with students enrolled in vocational study programs
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : The present study aimed to investigate the variations in students’ motivation and attitudes to learn English. Previous research has shown that attitudes and motivation among students enrolled in vocational study programs have difficulty with the academic subjects, work ethics, and an anti-study culture among them (Lindahl, 2015; Boström, 2013; Smagorinsky, 2010). READ MORE
