Essays about: "why English proficiency is important"

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1. 1. Vocabulary activities in year 9 L2 English workbooks

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

   Author : Julia Björk; [2022]
   Keywords : Vocabulary; EFL; workbooks; second language learning; language skills; contextualisation;

   Abstract : This study aims to investigate vocabulary activities provided in English workbooks for year 9 students in Sweden. Vocabulary knowledge is an important part of language proficiency in the L2 and should therefore be supported by adequate activities. READ MORE

3. 2. Social passivity in English classrooms : A qualitative study on how upper-secondary English teachers in Sweden work to help socially passive students

   University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

   Author : Jennifer Ängerfors; [2022]
   Keywords : Social passivity; English as a second language; Second language learning; Unwillingness to communicate; Qualitative; Upper-secondary school; Sweden;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study was to increase our knowledge of how upper-secondary English teachers in Sweden work to ensure that students who are socially passive reach the learning objectives regarding oral proficiency in the English subject. The study explores how six English teachers interpret the underlying factors causing students to be passive in English class, and what they do about this. READ MORE

4. 3. Theory and Practice : A comparison between English schoolbook grammar and English grammar teaching practiced in a Swedish secondary school

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Nikita Knight; [2015]
   Keywords : Teaching methods; inductive approach; deductive approach; language teaching; grammar teaching material; English grammar;

   Abstract : This research compares the grammar in English schoolbooks with the grammar teaching practisedin a Swedish secondary school classroom. It explores the grammar content of two Englishschoolbooks from two different levels, and whether the teacher uses other materials when teachinggrammar: language websites with grammar and vocabulary exercises, and listening, reading andwriting activities, that are different or similar to the ones in the schoolbooks. READ MORE

5. 4. THE APPLICATION OF POLITENESS THEORY INTO ENGLISH EDUCATION IN JAPAN

   University essay from Avdelningen för språk och kultur; Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Maho Kawai; [2013]
   Keywords : politeness theory; ESL in Japan;

   Abstract : In Japan, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) revised the Course of Study in English education twice in the last decade (in 2002 and in 2011), and the drastic changes have been made especially in the section of communicative skills: introduction of English study in elementary school, teaching English in English in high school, requirement of the subject ‘Oral Communication I’ in high school, etc. The aim of the revisions is to produce international individuals, who have high English proficiency not only in input-skills but also in output-skills, especially in speaking (MEXT 2004: 90, MEXT 2011). READ MORE

6. 5. Speaking anxiety : An obstacle to second language learning?

   University essay from Akademin för utbildning och ekonomi

   Author : Lejla Basic; [2011]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Language is a system for communication, for that reason it is evident that communication skills are a big part of learning a language. To practice speaking is therefore a central part of English lessons in schools today. READ MORE