Search for dissertations about: "young learner"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words young learner.
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1. Young learners' perspectives on English classroom interaction : Foreign language anxiety and sense of agency in Swedish primary school
Abstract : This thesis explores young language learners’ experiences of classroom interaction in English instruction, focusing on foreign language anxiety (FLA), sense of agency and learner beliefs, aiming to inform and problematize language pedagogy for young learners. Learners from ten classrooms in years 2–5 participated. READ MORE
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2. The impact of the Storyline approach on the young language learner classroom : a case study in Sweden
Abstract : In the Storyline approach a fictive world is created in the classroom. Learners become characters in a story, which develops as they work in small groups on open key questions, devised by the teacher on the basis of curriculum content and in which practical and theoretical tasks are integrated. READ MORE
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3. English-medium instruction for young learners in Sweden : A longitudinal case study of a primary school class in a bilingual English-Swedish school
Abstract : This thesis aims to highlight the policies, perspectives, and practices of language use in a bilingual English-Swedish primary class during Grades 4–6, where English was the medium of instruction in several subjects. A rapidly increasing number of Swedish compulsory schools offer these programs, which are often associated with high status and academic achievement (Skolverket, 2010). READ MORE
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4. Young students’ Language Choice in Swedish compulsory school – expectations, learning and assessment
Abstract : The second foreign language, referred to as Modern Languages in the Swedish curriculum, begins no later than year 6 in compulsory school. Swedish students normally make their Language Choice (in Swedish “Språkval”) in year 5 and begin their learning of the chosen language in year 6. READ MORE
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5. The Potential of Driver Education to Reduce Traffic Crashes Involving Young Drivers
Abstract : Traffic fatalities and injuries among young drivers as a result of road crashes constitute a serious public health problem. The ultimate goal of traffic safety work in Sweden has been formulated in Vision Zero, which includes an image of a future in which no one will be killed or seriously injured in traffic crashes. READ MORE