Essays about: "secondary essays"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the words secondary essays.

1. 1. Writer/Reader Visibility in EFL Writing : A Corpus-based Analysis of Young Swedish Students' Writing Development

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Author : Francis Mwangi; [2024]
   Keywords : Corpus Linguistics; Writer Reader Visibility; English as a Foreign Language; Language Development; Second Language Writing;

   Abstract : This corpus-based study explores writer-reader visibility (WRV) features in the writing by young Swedish learners of English. Specifically, using Petch-Tyson’s (1998) framework, this study examines the use of WRV features in essays written by young Swedish learners in lower and upper secondary school, and compares their use to that of Swedish university-level learners. READ MORE

3. 2. Extramural English and its Impact on Swedish Learners’ Written Proficiency : An Analysis of Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency in Lower Secondary School Writing

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Author : Christiane Kluender; [2023]
   Keywords : SLA ; extramural English; written proficiency; complexity accuracy; fluency;

   Abstract : English holds a significant status as a lingua franca in Sweden, offering regular contact opportunities for learners through media consumption and entertainment, starting at a young age. Exposure to English outside the walls of the formal language classroom has been extensively studied especially in conjunction with students’ motivation, vocabulary acquisition, and oral proficiency (cf. READ MORE

4. 3. Assessing EFL student writing in a Swedish context

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för lärarutbildning

   Author : Fredrik Mattsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Assessment; summative assessment; validity; reliability; criterion-referenced grading system; equivalence; assessment criteria; Bedömning; summativ bedömning; validitet; reliabilitet; mål-relaterat betygsystem; likvärdighet; bedömningskriterier;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine the validity and reliability of summative assessment of EFL student writing in a Swedish context. Three teachers have assessed the same four student essays from the English 6 course in Swedish upper secondary school. READ MORE

5. 4. Teaching English in Sweden : A Look at the Rhetoric in the Federalist Papers

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Gustav Wetterlind; [2022]
   Keywords : Federalist Papers; Rhetoric; Swedish Curriculum; Ethos; Pathos;

   Abstract : This essay examines the possibility to use the Federalist Papers as authentic classroom material for English 7 within Sweden’s upper secondary school. To do this, three close readings have been done of the first, tenth and fifty-first essay amongst the Federalist Papers. READ MORE

6. 5. Formative Feedback in EFL Writing : An Analysis of Students' Utilization of Feedback During the Writing Process

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

   Author : Murtadha Al-kefagy; Cristina Nagy; [2022]
   Keywords : EFL; Formative Feedback; Positive Feedback; Corrective Feedback; Direct Feedback; Indirect Feedback; Micro Level Feedback; Macro Level Feedback; Writing Process; Revision Process.;

   Abstract : The study aims to examine (1) the extent to which EFL learners in upper secondary school use feedback comments from teachers and peers to revise their texts and how the usage patterns vary by type of feedback approach, (2) how the students use feedback to revise their texts and how the usage patterns vary by type of feedback approach, and (3) What positive or negative effects the type of feedback approach has on students’ revisions. Moreover, the study aims to investigate the extent the type of feedback approach affects students’ usage patterns in their revisions. READ MORE