Essays about: "promote speaking"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 16 essays containing the words promote speaking.

  1. 6. The Importance of Speaking and Interacting in Online Teaching for Secondary School

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Felicia Edlund; [2021]
    Keywords : : Online teaching; Interaction and speaking; English as a second language; virtual classroom; L2 learners;

    Abstract : The increased use of online teaching during the year 2020 has highlighted that there is still a lack of knowledge on how the virtual classroom affects interacting and speaking. Therefore, this study focuses on answering the following two research questions: To what degree does online teaching support speaking and interaction in the classroom? Also, what strategies can teachers use to facilitate speaking and interacting better online? To answer the research questions, the author collected information from six different empirical studies in the field. READ MORE

  3. 7. Teacher collaboration and development in practice : An ethnographic approach to language teachers’ professional development in a university and an upper secondary school in Cuba

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

    Author : Helen Salinas; [2020]
    Keywords : Professional development; communities of practice; expansive learning; collaboration; language teaching;

    Abstract : By learning and developing continuously in practice, many teachers are trying to improve their teaching. In order to support this process, schools promote models of professional development (PD). Previous studies point out the educational system of Cuba as especially successful in the PD of their teachers. READ MORE

  4. 8. Teamwork Equals Dreamwork : A Survey-based Study of Second-language Students’ Speaking Anxiety in Upper Secondary School

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Simon Johansson Arola; Ahmed Karkoukli; [2020]
    Keywords : Speaking anxiety; Group-work; Group discussions; Classroom furniture; Inhibition;

    Abstract : This survey-based study aimed to find out how to reduce speaking anxiety amongst second-language students attending two different upper secondary schools in Halmstad, Sweden. The survey participants were in their first and second years of upper secondary school and attending English 5 and 6 courses. READ MORE

  5. 9. Using Gamification and Augmented Reality to Encourage Japanese Second Language Students to Speak English

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

    Author : Yuanping Lyu; [2019]
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    Abstract : Language anxiety is one of the key problems that hinder language learners to speak a target second language. This problem is especially relevant for Japanese second language learners, who tend to have difficulties in English. READ MORE

  6. 10. Teaching Academic English to English Learners : A literature Review on Classroom Practice

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

    Author : Anneli Mattsson Kershaw; [2017]
    Keywords : Academic English; BICS; English language learners; English as a second language; systemic learning theory; teaching practices; cognitive theory; teachers’ training; scaffolding.;

    Abstract : The level of fluency in the genre specific language of schooling, also known as Academic English (AE), determines students’ success in school. Government agencies that legislate school policies therefore give teachers the directive to conduct education in ways that promote communicative abilities in academic English across all curricula. READ MORE