Essays about: "pronunciation problems english"
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1. Assessing oral proficiency in the EFL classroom : A qualitative study of teachers' understanding, experience, and assessment of oral production, and interaction in Swedish upper secondary schools
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : Oral proficiency plays a crucial part in mastering the English language. It is, because of that, heavily debated among professors and teachers. Among teachers, uncertainty prevails regarding how oral proficiency should be taught and assessed. READ MORE
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2. Swedish Second Language Learners’ Ability to Pronounce English Contrastive Consonant Phonemes
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : The purpose of this study is to investigate sixth form students’ pronunciation, and their exposure to English during their English lessons in school. The focus of the study is to investigate whether or not the students have problems with pronouncing the contrastive consonant phonemes that do not exist, or are rarely used in the Swedish language (i. READ MORE
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3. Common L2 Pronunciation Errors
University essay from Malmö högskola/Lärarutbildningen (LUT)Abstract : The present study focuses on students at two Swedish secondary schools and the pronunciation errors that are the most prominent during reception and production of specific speech sounds. The primary focus of this degree paper is to establish whether or not certain speech sounds such as e.g. READ MORE
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4. "You must stay for dinner; we're having cud" : A study of the relationship between Swedish speakers' perception and production of English vowels
University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakultetenAbstract : Learning a second language is different from learning our first one. A lot of rules from the first language, concerning e.g. grammar, intonation and phonology, are so firmly rooted within learners that they will transfer them to the new language regardless of whether they are correct or not. READ MORE
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5. Teaching and learning English in a Swedish school : A case study of television media usage
University essay from Institutionen för humanioraAbstract : The purpose of this essay was to investigate how films and TV-series were used in a Swedish lower secondary school, but also the pupils’ and teachers’ attitudes towards using television media. A questionnaire was handed out to 49 pupils asking them, for example, if they thought they learned grammar from watching films. READ MORE