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Showing result 21 - 25 of 60 swedish dissertations containing the words teaching English.

  2. 21. Logics and politics of professionalism : the case of university English language teachers in Vietnam

    Author : Mai Trang Vu; Asbjörg Westum; Nafsika Alexiadou; Carin Jonsson; Pavel Zgaga; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; professionalism; professionalisation; university English language teachers; higher education management; policy; embedded case study; Vietnam; Education; pedagogik;

    Abstract : Set against a changing backdrop of reforms in higher education and English language teaching (ELT), the thesis explores the notion of professionalism for university English teachers in Vietnam: What is defined as professionalism in this particular period of time? How is professionalism constructed in this context?The research approaches professionalism as a critical concept: A list of aspired traits and features are always value-laden and concern the question of power. From this premise, the thesis discusses a “kaleidoscope” relationship between different actors in the making of professionalism. READ MORE

  4. 22. Foreign Language Teachers’ Voices. Personal Theories and Experience of Change in Teaching English as a foreign Language in Sweden

    Author : Britt Marie Apelgren; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; English Subject matter education;

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  5. 23. Getting it Together: A Genre Analysis of the Rhetorical Structure of Open University Television Programmes in Science and Technology

    Author : Rowena Jansson; Engelska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language and literature; distance learning.; television teaching; metadiscourse; transition; episode; rhetorical structure; Genre analysis; discourse analysis; Engelska språk och litteratur ;

    Abstract : This thesis is concerned with uncovering the organisational structure underpinning Open University television programmes in scientific and technological fields. Using a genre analysis which takes into account the unique contextual configuration in which vision and pedagogical purpose play a vital part a rhetorical structure is revealed. READ MORE

  6. 24. Young learners' perspectives on English classroom interaction : Foreign language anxiety and sense of agency in Swedish primary school

    Author : Maria Nilsson; Camilla Bardel; Christina Hedman; Fiona Copland; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Early language instruction; young learners; foreign language anxiety; agency; learner beliefs; target language use; classroom interaction; språkdidaktik; Language Education;

    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

  7. 25. Making a difference : Exploring the teaching and learning of the English progressive aspect among Swedish 6th grade students

    Author : Clare Lindström; Ulla Runesson; Yuefeng Ellen Zhang; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to generate knowledge about what 6th grade students (12-13 years old) need to discern in order to be able to use the English progressive aspect (PROG) in a syntactically and semantically accurate way. This object of learning is not only complex, but it is unmarked grammatically in Swedish, which poses considerable difficulties for English language learners. READ MORE