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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 ...
Digital Tools of the Trade. A Qualitative Study of EFL Teachers’ Use of Digital Tools in a Swedish Post-Pandemic Context
(2023-06-13)
Due to the increased focus on digitalisation in Swedish schools resulting from the digitalisation of society, pedagogical practices have changed. The Covid-19 pandemic introduced unique challenges to many teachers as ...
Los efectos del uso de Duolingo como andamiaje para el aprendizaje de vocabulario del ELE
(2023-06-20)
Duolingo is one of the most widely used gamification applications among people for learning vocabulary in Spanish as a foreign language (EFL) in Sweden. However, there is a scarcity of accredited research concerning the ...
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 ...
EFL Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices for Grammar Teaching. A Qualitative Interview Study at Lower Secondary School in Sweden
(2023-06-14)
Grammar teaching plays a crucial role in second language acquisition. However, in the specific context of lower secondary schools in Sweden, the emphasis on communicative language skills often overshadows the importance ...
The Effectiveness of Visual Input for EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Acquisition
(2023-06-19)
Effective modes of input for EFL vocabulary learning is an ongoing discussion in research. Vocabulary is an important aspect of language learning which makes it valuable to examine how to acquire vocabulary most effectively. ...
Computer-Based Versus Pen-Based Testing. An Experimental Study of Reading Comprehension and Essay Writing in Swedish Lower Secondary School
(2024-05-06)
The Swedish government has made significant efforts to introduce digitalization in schools, including national tests. However, research has highlighted negative effects of digital testing on reading comprehension and ...