Search for dissertations about: "language gender classroom"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words language gender classroom.

2. 1. Talking and taking positions : An encounter between action rsearch and the gendered and racialised discourses of school science

   Author : Eva Nyström; Gaby Weiner; Christina Ottander; Lyn Yates; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; action research; discourse analysis; power relations; processes of inequality; science classroom; the Swedish upper secondary school; Gender studies; Genus;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns processes of power relations in and about the science classroom. It draws on action research involving science and mathematics teachers in the Swedish upper secondary school (for students between 16 and 19 years). For the analysis, feminist post-structuralism, gender, and discourse theories (e.g. READ MORE

4. 2. Auto Mechanics in English : Language Use and Classroom Identity Work

   Author : Janne Kontio; Ann-Carita Evaldsson; Guadalupe Francia; Helga Kotthoff; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Classroom Discourse; English Medium Instruction; Ethnomethodology; Identity Work; Linguistic Ethnography; Social Interaction; Vocational Education; Pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : This is a compilation thesis consisting of three different articles with the purpose to explore the relationships between language practices, identity construction and learning in the context of the Vehicle Program, a vocational program in Swedish upper secondary schools. A feature of the particular setting studied here that sets it apart from the general education of auto mechanics in Sweden is that it was carried out in English. READ MORE

5. 3. Extramural English Matters : Out-of-School English and Its Impact on Swedish Ninth Graders' Oral Proficiency and Vocabulary

   Author : Pia Sundqvist; Solveig Granath; Hugo Wikström; June Miliander; Magnus Ljung; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Extramural English; out-of-school learning; implicit learning; learner language; oral proficiency; oral fluency; second language acquisition; second language learning; ESL; EFL; vocabulary acquisition; assessment; speaking tests; language diary; motivation; self-efficacy; anxiety; speech; oral communication; core vocabulary; peripheral vocabulary; English language; Engelska språket; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : The present study examines possible effects of extramural English (EE) on oral proficiency (OP) and vocabulary (VOC). The study is based on data collected from Swedish learners of ESL in grade 9 (aged 15-16; N=80; 36 boys, 44 girls) over a period of one year. READ MORE

6. 4. Young students’ Language Choice in Swedish compulsory school – expectations, learning and assessment

   Author : Ingela Finndahl; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; young language learners; modern languages; language learner beliefs; teaching; assessment; agency;

   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

7. 5. New methods of teaching? : refroming education in Lao PDR

   Author : Kongsy Chounlamany; Bounchanh Khounphilaphanh; Britt-Marie Berge; Ann-Louise Silfver; Marianne Bloch; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : education; reform; new methods of teaching; student-centred education; gender; ethnicity; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Education; pedagogik;

   Abstract : This thesis is about the recent education reform in Laos as a global and a local process. When the economy was deteriorating in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), the so called New Economic Mechanism (NEM) was introduced and the country opened up for global donors and markets. This also had an effect on the education system. READ MORE