Essays about: "movies and vocabulary"

Found 4 essays containing the words movies and vocabulary.

1. 1. The Class of Us: A Study Across Several Schools in Sweden Comparing the EFL Comprehension of Playing the Video Game The Last of Us Versus Viewing the Television Adaptation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Robert Bång; Simon Torffvit; Anton Grandi; [2023]
   Keywords : Comparative; Comparative Study; Quantitative; English; EFL; English as a Foreign Language; SLA; Second Language Acquisition; Comprehension; Test; Video Games; Video Game; CALL; Computer assisted language learning; The Last of Us; TLoU; The Last of Us: Remastered; Naughty Dog; PlayStation; HBO; Home Box Office; Game; Games; Computer Games; Skolverket; Upper Secondary School; Gymnasiet; Gymnasieskolan; Sweden; Control Group; Immersion; Multimodality; Interactivity; Interactive; Television; Television series; Media; Audiovisual media; Audiovisual; Large-scale; Gender; Program; Video Game Literacy; Game Literacy; Narrative; Educational; Serious Games; Mature; Problem of Content; Attitudinal; Survey; Likert-scale; Likert; Interventionist; Narratology; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Contemporary English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms in upper secondary schools in Sweden make frequent use of receptive media such as movies and television to facilitate language learning. The more interactive medium of video games is seldom used for the same purpose, despite previous research indicating that the added layer of interactivity can bring benefits such as improvements to vocabulary, written production and reading comprehension. READ MORE

3. 2. The relationship between extramural English activities and performance on vocabulary tests among Swedish upper secondary school learners

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

   Author : Lejla Zeidan; [2019]
   Keywords : Extramural English; out-of-school learning; vocabulary; second language acquisition; second language learning; ESL; EFL; vocabulary acquisition; core vocabulary; peripheral vocabulary; gaming; gamification; upper secondary school; gamers; non-gamers; vocabulary test; Paul Nation; extramural engelska; vokabulär; vokabulärinlärning; språkinlärning; EFL; ESL; gaming; gamification; gymnasiet; gamers; non-gamers; Paul Nation;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to provide additional research on the topic of the relationship between extramural English activities and performance on vocabulary tests among Swedish school learners. Data were collected from English L2 learners in Swedish upper secondary school (English 6 course). READ MORE

4. 3. Extramural English: Swedish upper secondary students’ beliefs on using and learning English outside the classroom

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

   Author : Pjotrs Hlebnikovs; [2017]
   Keywords : Second Language acquisition; Second Language Learning; Extramural English EE ; gender and language learning; out-of-school learning;

   Abstract : The present study examines students’ use, attitudes and preferences, when it comes to EE (Extramural English). EE is defined as English language activities that learners are engaged in outside their ordinary language class, such as reading books, reading newspapers/magazines, watching TV, watching films, surfing the Internet, playing video games, listening to music, etc. READ MORE

5. 4. Vocabulary learning : A study of students’ and teachers' attitudes towards English vocabulary learning in lower secondary school

   University essay from Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

   Author : Therese Larsson; [2014]
   Keywords : vocabulary; vocabulary learning; second language acquisition; explicit learning; implicit learning;

   Abstract : The aim of this paper was to investigate student and teacher attitudes towards English vocabulary learning and teaching. Secondary aims were to find out how a number of students learn new vocabulary and whether teachers prefer explicit or implicit teaching methods. READ MORE