Essays about: "theories of language acquisition"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 45 essays containing the words theories of language acquisition.

1. 21. Wordless picturebooks - in practice and theory

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

   Author : Louise Hultren; Erica Kozma; [2018]
   Keywords : IBBY; picturebooks; refugee children; second language learning; Silent Books;

   Abstract : In the year of 2015, 35.000 refugee children arrived to Sweden. In Sweden education is a matter of right, every child has the right to attend school no matter if s/he is a citizen or a refugee. According to the Swedish Curriculum for Compulsory school, all teaching should be adapted to the individual student’s circumstances and needs. READ MORE

3. 22. Political Fiction and Allegory in the EFL Classroom: What's the Use?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Utbildningsvetenskap

   Author : Shaun Christiani; [2018]
   Keywords : English language teaching; Curriculum; Democratic values; Language affordances theory; Lifelong learning; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : What is the use of political fiction and its allegory in a language education context? The aim of this paper is to analyze the relevance of this literary genre to curricula, English language learning, and EFL classrooms. The specifically political content of this genre, its allusion to real-world happenings, and the linguistic aspects of the texts may be pedagogically instrumentalized and host a potential that English teachers can engage to innovate their teaching. READ MORE

4. 23. “I never thought about those rules in all my languages” : A comparative study of teaching the English articles in the multilingual classroom from a monolingual or a multilingual approach

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Zhiyin Zhang; [2018]
   Keywords : Second Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics; Language repertoire; Legitimate Language; the English article system; definite article; indefinite article; zero article;

   Abstract : This study is conducted to compare the effect of practicing a multilingual approach to a monolingual approach in teaching the English article system for students with multilingual backgrounds. Through a structured experiment in light of sociolinguistic and second language acquisition theories, two different discourses (complexes of signs and practices that organize social existence and social reproduction) structuring different legitimate languages are implemented in each respective approach. READ MORE

5. 24. Do teachers Report Using Swedish during English Teaching?

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

   Author : Emma Andersson; Yakub Khwaja; [2017]
   Keywords : L1 in L2 learning; Teachers perspective; Language development; ESL classroom; EFL classroom;

   Abstract : This empirical degree project explores the use of Swedish in foreign language learning such as English and the subsequent consequences. For this study, we explored the positions of researchers regarding the topic and investigated how, when and why three teachers in Sweden used the Swedish language during English teaching. READ MORE

6. 25. Language use in the EFL classroom : A literature review on the advantages and disadvantages of teachers’ choices of instructional language in the EFL classroom

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Pedagogiskt arbete

   Author : Malin Weijnblad; [2017]
   Keywords : EFL; target language; first language; target language instruction; teachers’ motives;

   Abstract : This literature review investigates what previous research has found regarding target language use in the Elementary EFL classroom, and what different views there might be on communicating in English during English lessons. The study is conducted with Stephen Krashen’s (1982) Second Language Acquisition Theory as theoretical perspective. READ MORE