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Investigating Foreign Language Anxiety in the Swedish English as Foreign Language Classroom. A quantitative study on the effects of FLA in the Swedish EFL upper secondary school context
(2022-08-03)
Anxiety as an affective variable has been studied since the middle of the 20th century. Research on anxiety in the language learning context was unified in the 1980s when Horwitz, Horwitz, and Cope (1986) published their ...
It’s Comical! A mixed-method study of EFL teachers’ experiences using comic books at the upper secondary level
(2022-09-08)
The reputation of comic books has not always been the best. The public view of comic books has long been that it is a lesser medium with no educational value. In contrast, previous research states that comic books can have ...
Podcasts as a Teaching Tool. A Qualitative Study on Upper Secondary Teachers’ Podcast-Use in the Swedish EFL Classroom to Teach Listening Comprehension
(2022-08-03)
Due to increasing digitalization in educational settings as well as in society, requirements and demands on schools, teachers, and pedagogical tools have changed. One digital tool that has influenced the field of education ...
Bildlärarnas olika roller - En kvalitativ studie om rollen som bildlärare från ett goffmanskt perspektiv
(2022-11-16)
Syfte
Syftet med uppsatsen är undersöka bildlärarens möjligheter att bedriva undervisning i
klassrummet på högstadienivå. I detta riktas fokus mot att söka ringa in olika bärande former
av rolltagande som följer med ...
Beyond The Surface of Language Learning. An Analysis of EFL Textbooks and Their Representation of Inner, Outer, and Expanding Circle Cultures
(2022-08-03)
The aim of this study was to analyze EFL textbooks used in Swedish upper secondary schools to investigate the representation of Kachru’s three Circles of English – the Inner, Outer, and Expanding Circle – as well as their ...
Upper Secondary EFL Teachers’ Attitudes and Practices when Teaching Literature. A Qualitative Interview Study
(2022-08-03)
A focus on communicative language teaching has led to literature taking a less prominent role in EFL teaching, to the extent that its value has been put into question by both teachers and scholars. This study aims to ...
Englishes in Upper Secondary EFL Teaching. A Study of Teachers’ Selection, in Relation to Kachru’s Circles
(2022-08-03)
The reality of the English language has shifted from being the language of the Empire to an international Lingua Franca. This pluricultural way of viewing English is reflected in the syllabus for the subject. Based on ...
Attitudes Towards Poetry in the EFL Classroom. A Teacher and Student Perspective
(2022-08-03)
The inclusion of poetry in an EFL context has shown to be a debated topic among scholars in the field for several decades. Many instructors of literature and poetry hesitate to incorporate poetry in their teaching and ...
Teachers’ Views on EFL Students’ Reading Comprehension Approaches. A Comparative Study of Different Educational Stages
(2022-08-03)
Bottom-up and top-down approaches have been perceived as vital in further developing EFL students’ reading comprehension. This study aims to investigate whether teachers choose one approach to implement or if they integrate ...
El uso y la percepción de estrategias motivacionales en la enseñanza de español como lengua extranjera en un instituto de Gotemburgo. Un estudio empírico
(2022-08-29)
It has been proven that teachers in language classes have a big role in motivating their pupils in their learning. Nonetheless, the literature review will show that there are not many empirical studies in Sweden about how ...