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1. 1. Behind grades: Extramural, environmental and individual factors in learning English as a foreign language

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Amanda Milla Moilanen; [2024]
   Keywords : English as a Foreign Language; EFL; Extramural English; Environmental Factors; Individual Differences;

   Abstract : The EF English Proficiency Index has presented high English proficiency levels for Swedish students. Previous investigations have studied different factors that contribute to high proficiency in a second language, such as the engagement with the language in the free time, or personal characteristics such as motivation or learners’ home environment. READ MORE

3. 2. The Making of My Own Future : Student-centred education for African adult students in a CPIA in Verona, Italy

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Nadia Ricci; [2024]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : With the institution of Provincial Centres for Adults’ Education in 2015, Italy has created a new system for adults’ and especially adult migrants’ education, responding to the needs for language alphabetization, higher education for immigrants, and a response to scholastic dispersion. These Centres offer courses for the obtainment of middle school and high school diplomas, and certifications for language proficiency following the regulations of CEFR. READ MORE

4. 3. "I immediately think about philosophy" : A study of learners' attitudes toward English poetry in the EFL classroom

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

   Author : Anna Larsson; [2023]
   Keywords : second language learning; English foreign language; literature; poetry; attitudes; motivation; learner perspective; Swedish upper secondary school; Sweden;

   Abstract : Poetry has great potential benefits for second language (L2) classrooms as a source for increasing language awareness and linguistic structures different from the rules learners may be taught in class. This potential of poetry and methods for teaching poetry is relatively well researched, while the learner perspective has received comparatively little attention. READ MORE

5. 4. Effects on EFL Students’ Motivation and Development using Formative Assessment

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

   Author : Nora Asllani; Rahmana Kosuta; [2023]
   Keywords : Formative assessment; Student motivation; Student development; Second language acquisition; EFL; Upper secondary school;

   Abstract : In recent years, research has been done on formative assessment and its connection to student motivation and development, showing both benefits and disadvantages of using the practice. This study investigates further how formative assessment affects students’ motivation and language development in an EFL (English as a foreign language) context, and the possibilities of implementing formative assessment in Swedish upper secondary classrooms. READ MORE

6. 5. 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 humaniora

   Author : Lotta Nolemo Lundgren; [2023]
   Keywords : motivation; L3; L2MSS; upper secondary school;

   Abstract : 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