Essays about: "motivation in learning language"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 208 essays containing the words motivation in learning language.

1. 36. 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 teknik

   Author : Sebastian Lagnebäck; [2022]
   Keywords : engagement; ideal L2 self; L2 learning experience; L2 motivational self system; linguistic portrait; phenomenographic;

   Abstract : 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

3. 37. What will this be useful for? : A study about Swedish upper secondary students’ and teachers’ perspectives on motivation in English language learning

   University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

   Author : Lana Ishak; [2022]
   Keywords : Motivation; English language learning; teacher roles; intrinsic motivation; extrinsic motivation; integrative orientation; instrumental orientation; upper secondary level; Sweden.;

   Abstract : This study aimed to investigate the motivation of a number of Swedish upper secondary students in terms of learning English, as well as their two English teachers’ understanding of this motivation, and how teacher roles and teaching methods might be crucial for students’ motivation to learn English at upper secondary level. The data was collected and analysed both quantitatively and qualitatively, as both a questionnaire and interviews were chosen as data collection methods. READ MORE

4. 38. Reaching outside the English classroom : English Foreign Language Teaching with Authentic Recipients

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för lärarutbildning

   Author : Camilla Löfling; [2022]
   Keywords : Authentic recipients; motivation; digital tools; extramural English;

   Abstract : Swedish pupils are exposed to English outside school to a large extent today, which makes English Foreign Language (EFL) teaching challenging in several ways. The topic for this study arouse when some pupils expressed that working with text and workbooks or digital teaching materials tended to be boring or lacking challenges. READ MORE

5. 39. Evaluation of the performance of machine learning techniques for email classification

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Isabella Tapper; [2022]
   Keywords : Natural Language Processing; Text Representations; Email Classification; Text Classification; Behandling Av Naturliga Språk; Text Representation; epost-klassificering; Textklassificering;

   Abstract : Manual categorization of a mail inbox can often become time-consuming. Therefore many attempts have been made to use machine learning for this task. One essential Natural Language Processing (NLP) task is text classification, which is a big challenge since an NLP engine is not a native speaker of any human language. READ MORE

6. 40. The use of social media for promoting vocabulary acquisition in the L2 classroom

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kultur, språk och medier (KSM)

   Author : Zoe Andersson; Alexander Strand; [2022]
   Keywords : Vocabulary acquisition; ESL; Second language learning; Implicit learning; Motivation;

   Abstract : Social media as a tool in the classroom is not a concept one hears much about. Being that social media is still a relatively new phenomenon, this is not particularly strange. Research surrounding the subject is sparse, but there are several articles that show there being a possible place for social media in the classroom. READ MORE