Search for dissertations about: "foreign instructional language"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words foreign instructional language.

  2. 1. Coping with Learning through a Foreign Language in Higher Education in Rwanda

    Author : Anne Marie Kagwesage; Ingrid Andersson; Sven Andersson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Higher education; foreign instructional language; Rwanda; students’ learning; translanguaging; globalisation; Högre utbildning; undervisning på främmande språk; Rwanda; lärande; gränsöverskridande språkande; globalisering;

    Abstract : The overarching aims of this thesis are to investigate how students in higher education in Rwanda experience learning through the medium of a foreign language, mainly English, and the strategies they employ in order to successfully complete their university studies during a period of both language and educational change. Taking a sociocultural perspective, the thesis subscribes to a qualitative research design. 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. Writing, reviewing, and revising : Peer feedback in lower secondary EFL classrooms

    Author : Jessica Berggren; Maria Kuteeva; Britt-Marie Apelgren; Marie Källkvist; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English as a foreign language EFL ; L2 writing; formative assessment; assessment for learning; assessment as learning; peer feedback; genre pedagogy; criteria; agency; English; engelska;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates pupils’ learning about writing from giving feedback. Research on peer assessment and L2 writing is plentiful, but little attention has been given to younger learners and to potential benefits for the peer feedback provider. My project was carried out as two intervention studies with Swedish pupils in year 8. READ MORE

  6. 4. Approaching classroom interaction dialogically : studies of everyday encounters in a 'bilingual' secondary school

    Author : Oliver St John; Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta; Jakob Cromdal; Brigitta Busch; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; classroom interaction; dialogism; conversation analysis; interillumination; addressivity; counter word; languaging; Education; Pedagogik;

    Abstract : This thesis approaches classroom interaction in association with Bakhtin and conversation analysis (CA). The four studies presented in this thesis seek to highlight different aspects of classroom interactional encounters between the students and teachers of a secondary school class. READ MORE