Search for dissertations about: "english language teaching materials"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words english language teaching materials.

  2. 1. English-medium instruction for young learners in Sweden : A longitudinal case study of a primary school class in a bilingual English-Swedish school

    Author : Jeanette Toth; Monica Axelsson; Christina Hedman; Angel Lin; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English-medium instruction EMI ; content and language integrated learning CLIL ; bilingual compulsory school; English in Sweden; young learners; native speaker teachers; language ideologies; translanguaging; språkdidaktik; Language Education;

    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

  4. 2. Words in school : A study of vocabulary learning support in the Swedish EFL classroom

    Author : Denise Bergström; Cathrine Norberg; Marie Nordlund; Pia Sundqvist; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; English as a foreign language; vocabulary learning; teacher cognition; materials development; teaching materials; English and Education; Engelska med didaktisk inriktning;

    Abstract : Vocabulary is a central but difficult aspect of learning English. EFL students face a considerable challenge in acquiring a vocabulary sufficient for communication, which means knowing many words and having a deep and varied knowledge of them. READ MORE

  5. 3. Two experimental studies in foreign language learning/teaching

    Author : Peter af Trampe; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Främmandespråk studier och undervisning; Främmandespråksinlärning; Språkinlärning;

    Abstract : The case for experimental research on the efficiency of methods of foreign language teaching is pleaded. In the first study, the effects of different practice materials on beginners' word-decoding ability in Russian was examined. The Russian words were divided into three categories: 1. The KTO-type. READ MORE

  6. 4. Bilingual subject-specific literacies? Teachers’ and learners’ views and experiences of two school languages in biology, civics, history and mathematics : Case studies from the Swedish upper secondary school

    Author : Ylva Sandberg; Tore Nilsson; Inger Lindberg; Liss Kerstin Sylvén; Jenny Wiksten Folkeryd; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Teacher and learner cognition; CLIL; subject-specific literacies; språkdidaktik; Language Education;

    Abstract : This licentiate thesis investigates teachers’ and students’ cognitions of bilingual subject-specific literacies. The thesis builds on three different studies, referred to as case studies, conducted in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) study programmes in the Swedish upper secondary school. READ MORE

  7. 5. Multilingual literacy among young learners of North Sámi : contexts, complexity and writing in Sápmi

    Author : Hanna Outakoski; Mikael Vinka; Kirk P. H. Sullivan; Eva Lindgren; Kenneth Hyltenstam; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; bilingualism; complexity; Continua of Biliteracy; diversity; global North; keytroke logging; learners; literacy; Nordic Countries; North Sámi; Sápmi; school; writing; finsk-ugriska språk; Finno-Ugric Languages;

    Abstract : This thesis presents an investigation of the complexities of the immediate, ideological, educational, and societal contexts for literacy development among North Sámi learners between the ages of 9 and 15 who live in Northern Finland, Norway and Sweden in the central regions of Sápmi. Further, this thesis focuses on one area of literacy, namely writing. READ MORE