Essays about: "metalinguistic awareness"
Found 5 essays containing the words metalinguistic awareness.
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1. Grammar in the English Language Classroom : Teachers’ perspectives on grammar knowledge and instruction
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för lärarutbildningAbstract : The purpose of this work is to examine the teaching methods secondary and upper secondary teachers apply to teach grammar in the EFL classroom, as well as their perceptions about the benefits of having grammar knowledge and its benefits to students’ writing. Previous research reveals that grammar teaching is an integral part of language teaching; explicit and implicit methods along with deductive and inductive instruction are the main practices teachers use to transfer knowledge to their students. READ MORE
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2. Multilingualism in the English classroom - Positive and challenging aspects of using students first language as a tool in foreign language education
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : Due to an increasing number of students in the Swedish schools who has another first language than Swedish, multilingualism is now a feature all teachers must consider – and language teachers in particular. While multilingualism previously was believed to cause intellectual disabilities, more current research has showed the benefits of being proficient in several languages. READ MORE
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3. Implications of corrective feedback on grammar in writing in EFL
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : Corrective feedback has been widely discussed and both praised and rejected, in this review recent research on the topic is collected, presenting an overview of what kind of feedback is most beneficial to language learners and their grammatical accuracy. Initially, a brief general theoretical background is summarized, followed by a short passage about the debate initialized by John Truscott with his claim that corrective feedback is potentially harmful for language learners. READ MORE
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4. Multiilingualism and Language Learning in School
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : This thesis examines how students, aged 13-15, with a mother tongue other than Swedish, experience learning English in school. This is important since there is an increasing number of bilinguals and multilinguals learning English in schools in Sweden and around the world. READ MORE
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5. Third language development for multilingual pupils at the individual programme’s introduction course from a Dynamic Systems Theory point of view
University essay from Institutionen för pedagogik, psykologi och idrottsvetenskap, PPIAbstract : This thesis uses a Dynamic Systems Theory (DST) perspective to explain language development and metalinguistic awareness in five third language learners (L3) of English at the individual programme’s introduction course (IVIK). From a DST approach it is evident that every complex dynamic system, like multilingual learner systems, develops according to internal self-organizational properties and to the interaction between the learner and the environment. READ MORE
