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Wichmann, Laura. "An neue Sprachufer übersetzen: Zur Didaktik der Literarizität und dem Potential eines erweiterten Übersetzungskonzeptes im Kontext von Deutsch als Fremdsprache." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96946.
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Novia, Daniela. "Mehrsprachendidaktische Ansätze im Tertiärsprachenunterricht. : Eine Analyse dreier schwedischer DaF-Lehrwerke." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för slaviska och baltiska språk, finska, nederländska och tyska, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-194941.
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The development of plurilingual competence has been increasingly seen as an important aspect of foreign language teaching. Since textbooks usually play a central role in language classrooms, they are supposed to contribute to the development of plurilingual teaching. This paper focuses on three textbooks for German as a foreign language used in the Swedish upper-secondary school with the purpose of finding out the extent to which they include components that encourage the pupils' development of both language awareness and language learning awareness in order to enhance the acquisition of German as a third language in accordance with the concept of plurilingualism didactics. The analysis of the results shows that the basic guidelines of the didactics of plurilingualism are taken into consideration only to a very limited extent in the Swedish textbooks.
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Oliveira, Guiomar Marins Justino de. "POLI-FOS: uma experiência de ensino-aprendizagem do francês com fins específicos na Escola Politécnica da USP." Universidade de São Paulo, 2009. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8146/tde-23112009-122427/.
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Esta dissertação de mestrado tem por objetivo apresentar, analisar e discutir a experiência de ensino de Francês Língua Estrangeira para estudantes da Escola Politécnica da USP, por meio do Programa CFI (Curso de Francês para Iniciantes). Tal formação, iniciada em 2001, foi concebida pelo Centro de Línguas da Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo a pedido da Comissão de Relações Internacionais da Escola Politécnica, e tinha por finalidade preparar os alunos que fossem fazer dois anos de curso em faculdades de engenharia francesas (Ecoles Polytechniques, Ecoles Centrales, Ponts et Chaussés, etc), no âmbito do Programa Duplo Diploma em Engenharia promovida pela Poli-USP. Nosso estudo corresponde ao período em que se decidiu discutir a progressão e o equilíbrio entre as duas modalidades de ensino trabalhadas - o Francês, Língua Estrangeira (FLE) geral e o Francês com Objetivos Específicos (FOS) - na formação dos estudantes, que passara de 2 para 3 anos, incluindo um módulo específico (Módulo France) e cujo número de inscritos havia chegado a quinhentos por semestre letivo. Nesse período, coube à equipe pedagógica a concepção geral do curso e a preparação do material didático de cada um dos seis módulos de ensino oferecidos, o que trouxe resultados bastante positivos, como mostram os questionários respondidos por alunos do Duplo Diploma que participaram de tal formação.<br>The objective of this undergraduate thesis is to present, analyze and discuss the experience of teaching French as a foreign language for students at the Polytechnic School at University of São Paulo through the FCB Program (French Course for Beginners). This course, started in 2001, was designed by the Language Center at the College of Philosophy, Languages and Human Sciences of the University of São Paulo by request of the International Relations Commission of the Polytechnic School to prepare students who had been selected for the Dual Diploma Program in Engineering sponsored by Poli-USP, that is, a program in which students would spend two years of their undergraduate program at a French College of Engineering (Ecoles Polytechniques, Ecoles Centrales, Ponts et Chaussés, etc). Our study corresponds to the period in which we decided to reevaluate the progress and the balance between the two approaches used during the course general French as a Foreign Language (FFL) and French with Specific Objectives (FSO) a course which had increased from 2 to 3 years and which included a specific module (France module) and whose number of enrolled participants had reached 500 per semester. During this period, the pedagogical team (coordinators and teachers) were responsible for the general conception of the new course and for the textbooks of each one of the 6 teaching modules offered. The results obtained were extremely satisfactory as shown in the questionnaires answered by the Dual Diploma students who took this course.
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Moberg, Dennis. "Inclusiveness in texts in the EFL classroom : A study of English teachers’ inclusion of different parts of the world in texts used in the lower grades." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för humaniora, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-35975.
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This essay investigates if texts featuring different parts of the world are present in the English as a Foreign Language classroom for grades 1-3 of Swedish primary school. The focus in the essay is to investigate what texts teachers use in the English classroom and what content the texts feature related to different parts of the world. The data was collected by a combined method of a quantitative and a qualitative study with the field of English as an International Language as an area of focus. The quantitative study consisted of an online survey which received 72 replies from primary school teachers and a case study was conducted at one school with two teachers which featured both interviews and an analysis of teaching material. The online survey shows that content featuring different parts of the world is common, even if there is a bias towards the so called Inner Circle of English speaking countries of Great Britain, USA, Australia and Canada while the rest of the world is not as commonly represented. However, this depends on the material used, as the case study did not share this clear bias towards the Inner Circle and the difference was not as clear.
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Söderlund, Victoria. "Using texts in the EFL classroom : A study of English teachers' use of text types in the lower grades." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Engelska, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-32450.
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This essay investigates the usage of text types in the younger English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom among preschool class and grade 1-3 teachers in Sweden. The essay focuses on identifying what type of texts teachers use, why they use them and how they are used. A combined quantitative and qualitative method was used to collect data. 121 teachers responded to the online-survey that was sent out and a virtual ethnography was conducted by observing two different teaching forums to investigate how teachers use different text types. The findings of the survey showed that the two most commonly used text types are song texts and texts from textbooks. In general, developing the students’ vocabulary was the most common reason why several of the text types were used. Additionally, multiple worksheets which showed how teachers worked with different text types were collected from the virtual ethnography. In this essay, they may be used as inspiration for other teachers who want to expand their use of text types.
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Moberg, Emilia. "Swedish Versus English : A Survey Study of Swedish Upper Secondary Students’ and Teachers’ Attitudes Toward L1 Use in the EFL Classroom." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Engelska, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-35878.
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Whether there is a place for L1 use in the EFL classroom or not is a debated topic. Lately, a slight shift from an English-only approach toward a more accepting attitude toward L1 use can be seen. Additionally, teaching should “as far as possible” be conducted in English, according to the National Agency of Education, Skolverket (2011, p. 53). Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate upper secondary students’ and teachers’ attitudes toward L1 use in the EFL classroom in a Swedish context. Moreover, this study will aim to examine any potential connections between attitudes and societal and motivational factors. Via online questionnaires distributed to schools in Gävleborg county, 373 students and 15 teachers participated in the study. The findings in this study confirm the findings from the majority of previous attitudinal studies; there is a general consensus of a positive attitude toward L1 use among the students and teachers, but English should still be the main language used. Instead, a judicious use of L1 as a tool to facilitate comprehension is suggested. Finally, some factors such as motivation and L1 appear to affect the students’ and teachers’ preferences regarding L1 use in the EFL classroom as well.
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Rudberg, Josef. "„Sprecht Deutsch, bitte!“ : Die Fremdsprachenverwendung unter schwedischen SchülerInnen in Bezug auf ihre Fremdsprachenverwendungsangst und Fremdsprachenverwendungsfertigkeiten." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-74384.
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Previous studies that have utilized the Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety Scale (FLSAS) have performed their studies with the assumption that Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety is negatively correlated with oral skills, i.e. as anxiety increases, speaking skills decrease. In order to confirm this assumption, this study included a survey, the purpose of which is to measure three factors, in order to verify the possibility of other factors playing possibly bigger roles, among upper secondary school students in Sweden: the frequency of language use, their anxiety levels, and foreign language speaking skills. In order to be able to discuss the data thoroughly, this study includes theories regarding motivation, Self-Determination Theory, and Willingness to Communicate (WTC). The data showed that as the anxiety of the students increased, their language speaking skills decreased, i.e. a negative correlation was discovered. However, their frequency of foreign language use remained virtually the same, regardless of their anxiety levels, i.e. no strong correlation was discovered here. Lastly, the language skills of the students showed a weak positive correlation with their language use, i.e. the more they spoke, the higher their oral skills were. Therefore, the results of this study confirm previous studies claiming that foreign language speaking competence has a strong negative correlation with foreign language speaking anxiety.
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Eriksson, Daniel. "Teachers’ Perspectives on Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety : A Qualitative Study of Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety in a Swedish Upper Secondary School Context." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-78319.
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The aim of the present study was to find out about teachers’ awareness, experiences and specific strategies used when dealing with Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety in the subject of English in Swedish upper secondary schools. Five teachers were interviewed to find out about their awareness and experiences of what contributes to Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety, and what manifestations students show who suffer from it. Further, the interviews also intended to find out about the teachers’ specific strategies used in order to reduce Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety. The results demonstrated that the anxious students generally are those who put unrealistic demands on themselves and feel that anything less than an excellent outcome is a failure. All participants agreed that two contributing factors to Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety are the fear of being embarrassed in front of others, and the emotional aspect of low self-confidence or self-esteem. Students tend to fear speaking situations where others could evaluate them negatively, which probably has to do with low self-confidence or self-esteem. The most evident manifestation of Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety proved to be the strategy of avoidance, where students can refuse to speak, become silent, or do not even show up for speaking activities. The most extensively used strategy for reducing Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety turned out to be dividing students into smaller groups, in order to make each student feel more comfortable speaking English. However, the results also brought up some interesting strategies used not mentioned in previous research.<br>Syftet med denna studie var att ta reda på lärarnas medvetenhet, erfarenheter och specifika strategier som de använder sig av när det kommer till talängslan i främmande språk i en svensk gymnasieskolekontext. Fem lärare intervjuades för att få reda på deras medvetenhet och erfarenheter kring vad som bidrar till talängslan i främmande språk och hur det yttrar sig hos eleverna som lider av det. Vidare så var även syftet att ta reda på specifika strategier lärarna använder sig av i undervisningen för att reducera talängslan i främmande språk. Resultaten visade att oroliga studenter oftast är de som ställer orealistiska krav på sig själva och känner att allt utom ett utmärkt resultat är ett misslyckande. Alla deltagare var överens om att två bidragande orsaker till talängslan i främmande språk är rädslan för att bli generad framför andra, och den känslomässiga aspekten av lågt självförtroende eller självkänsla. Eleverna tenderar att vara oroliga i talsituationer där andra skulle kunna bedöma dem negativt, vilket antagligen har att göra med lågt självförtroende eller självkänsla. Det mest uppenbara yttrandet för talängslan i främmande språk visade sig vara undvikande, som till exempel, att eleverna vägrar att prata, blir tystlåtna, eller inte ens är närvarande under talaktiviteten. Den mest använda strategin för att reducera talängslan i främmande språk visade sig vara att dela upp eleverna i mindre grupper för att de skall känna sig mer bekväma med att tala engelska. Resultaten visade även på några intressanta strategier som inte nämnts i tidigare forskning.
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Arao, Hiroko. "Motivational development in learning foreign languages." Graduate School of International Development. Nagoya University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/6300.
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Dijkstra, Daniel. "Motivation and English as a foreign language : Motivation among Swedish upper secondary school students." Thesis, Karlstad University, Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Education, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-4271.
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<p>In order to be able to influence the motivation of second language learners one first has to understand what motivation is, what its preconditions are and how to detect it. The research for this essay was done with the help of one hundred and ten students from seven classes in two different upper secondary schools and most of these learners were first year students.</p><p>The aim was to find and measure the students' motivation to learn English and how this motivation can be influenced in a positive manner. The method used to collect the necessary data was a questionnaire which asked questions about the relevancy of the English course and how frequently the students used English and how interested they were in the language.</p><p>The results give a clear picture of the students' motivational levels as well as to which parts of the English course they respond and to which they do not. </p>
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Déprez, Sandrine. "Incidence d'une formation en intercompréhension sur l'acquisition de compétences en français et autres langues étrangères dans un contexte scolaire (lycée)." Thesis, Grenoble, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014GRENL007/document.
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Depuis une vingtaine d'années, les chercheurs travaillent sur l'intercompréhension mais il n'y a pas à ce jour de véritable bilan de l'apport de cette nouvelle approche méthodologique sur les compétences langagières en langues étrangères des apprenants qui suivent ces formations. Cette thèse se propose d'analyser les effets d'une formation plurilingue en ligne sur l'acquisition de compétences langagières et, en particulier, en langue cible (français) pour des apprenants de lycée, de Barcelone. Pour pouvoir répondre à l'hypothèse selon laquelle la formation développerait les compétences des apprenants d'une part dans les langues de la formation mais également en français, la méthodologie adoptée a été la réalisation d'un protocole (quasi-) expérimental auprès de lycéens d'un établissement de Barcelone. Ce protocole a consisté à faire participer un groupe d'élèves à une session sur la plate-forme Galanet, de façon intégrée à leurs enseignements scolaires, ainsi qu'à la réalisation de tests pré- et post-formation. Un profil langagier a été complété par les sujets en amont de la formation. Chacun des tests présente le même type d'exercices, portant sur les mêmes compétences, et pour chacune des situations (initiale ou finale), il y a un test dont les supports sont en français et un autre dont les supports sont dans d'autres langues romanes (italien, portugais, roumain et occitan vivarois). Les compétences ciblées par les tests sont la cohérence/cohésion textuelle, la compréhension globale et fine, l'identification du degré de perception de l'interculturalité, la traduction/transposition, la segmentation et la reconnaissance/application d'un modèle discursif. Les données recueillies lors des tests ont fait l'objet d'analyses quantitatives et qualitatives, suivies de traitement statistiques quand il s'est agi d'établir, en particulier, des corrélations. En parallèle, le degré d'interactivité intercompréhensif (prenant en compte l'alternance des langues dans ce contexte bi-plurilingue) des messages de forum déposés lors de la formation plurilingue a été déterminé par le traitement semi-automatique du corpus de messages par la plate-forme Calico. C'est cette double analyse, basée sur des données concrètes expérientielles qui a permis de réaliser une étude de cas et de définir par l'étude longitudinale de leurs différents résultats si le fait de suivre de manière satisfaisante, en terme de participation, une formation en intercompréhension a une incidence positive sur l'acquisition des compétences évaluées par les tests, sur quelles compétences particulières et de quelle manière<br>Investigators have been working on Intercomprehension for about twenty years. However, so far, there has not been any real assessment of the impact of this new methodological approach on the foreign language skills of students who have undergone such courses. This thesis aims to analyse the effects that a plurilingual course on line may have on the acquisition of language skills, especially the acquisition of a target language (French) by school students in Barcelona. In order to test the hypothesis that such a course may enhance students' skills both in the languages of the training course and in French, the chosen methodology implied the drafting of an (almost) experimental protocol designed for the students of a school in Barcelona. This protocol involved having a group of students participate in one of the training sessions set up on the Galanet platform, integrating it to their school teachings and including the drawing-up of different tests carried out before and after the course. Moreover, each student had to describe their language profile at the beginning of the training. Each test contains the same type of exercises, focusing on the same skills, and for each situation (either initial or final), there is one test on documents written in French and another on documents (written) in other romance languages (Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and Occitan - from the Vivarois region-). The skills' targets are as follows: textual coherence/cohesion, global and accurate comprehension, the identification of the degree of perception of interculturality, translation/reformulation, segmentation and the identification/ implementation of a speech model. All the data collected during the tests have been subject to both quantitative and qualitative analyses, and complemented by statistic processing, especially when correlations had to be made. At the same time the semi-automatic processing of the corpus of messages that was carried out using the Calico platform helped determine the degree of intercomprehensive interactivity (taking into account the code-switching in a bi/plurilingual context) of the messages posted on the forum during the plurilingual training course. This twofold analysis, based on concrete experiential data made it possible to conduct a case study and to determine, through the longitudinal study of their different results, if undergoing a training course in intercomprehension in a satisfactory way in terms of participation has a positive influence on the acquisition of the skills assessed by the tests, on which particular skill and how
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Ljungberg, Anna. "Compensation strategies in English as a foreign language : A study of strategy use in immediate receptive situations." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Avdelningen för utbildningsvetenskap, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-7528.
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This study maps compensation strategies in English as a foreign language used in immediate receptive situations by students of English and other modern languages. By mapping these strategies, language learners’ thinking processes are made visible, which in turn may assist teachers in modifying teaching methods. The study is comparative and highlights the difference in the use of strategies between learners who exclusively study English and learners who study at least one other modern language apart from English. The focus is on two major components of second language acquisition, viz. grammaticality and unknown words in context. Two major strategies have been used: (1) a quantitative analysis, and (2) a qualitative analysis, of sentences and words in context. Data have been collected from two surveys and two sets of recorded introspection with ten informants. This study proposes a classification of receptive compensation strategies including a division of achievement and avoidance strategies. The findings from the comparative study point out the major differences between learners of English only and learners of other modern languages. Finally, a discussion about what these results may imply for teaching is given.
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Collin, Mimmie. "L’interaction, le soutien contextuel et le soutien langagier : Aspects didactiques importants, mais sont-ils présents en classe ?" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-62842.
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The aim of this essay is to investigate the presence or non presence of a concept of teaching practice in high school classrooms. This concept which purpose is to improve the teaching practice in foreign language classrooms, is developed by researches in the Netherlands (Hajer & Meestringa, 2010). The main idea of the concept is to increase the interaction between the students and to ensure a high use of contextual and linguistic support from the teacher. The first research question is thereby whether this concept is present, and if so, to which extent, in five different foreign language classrooms. The second is to explore the coherence between the teachers’ and the students’ opinions concerning this eventual presence. To answer these questions, a quantitative method in the shape of a 10 steps questionnaire, has been distributed to five teachers and their groups of totally 109 students. The analysis shows a certain presence of the concept and a divergence between the teachers’ and the students’ answers. It seems that the teachers have a more positive view of their teaching practice than what is represented in the students’ answers.
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Lancho, Perea Luis Andres. "Spanish as a foreign language at university level : the role and use of language learning strategies by absolute beginners." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/61263.
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This research is logged in the field of language acquisition, focusing on Spanish as a foreign language learnt at university level. It investigates how learning strategies are used by students to develop proficiency in Spanish over a three-year period (from the first year to the third year). Adopting a cognitive lens that places special attention to how linguistic knowledge is constructed, deconstructed and reconstructed, this study focuses on the language learning process, specifically on what the students do to learn a language.
Taking into account that the learning of foreign language poses particular and distinctive challenges – as opposed to the learning of a second language – and using a multiphase design that combines sequential strands encompassing quantitative and qualitative techniques, this study finds that those who successfully complete all the Spanish courses are the ones who report significantly more use of metacognitive strategies in the first year.
The study concludes by proposing a framework that helps to classify the role that the use of strategies play in learning a foreign language from a student’s perspective. This framework adds a new dimension and provides valuable information to similar types of studies.
Considering the above-mentioned findings, the study recommends introducing first-year students to the potential value of using metacognitive strategies in foreign language learning, and suggests that lecturers should recommend more activities for students to engage in the language outside the classroom.<br>Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2017.<br>Modern European Languages<br>PhD<br>Unrestricted
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Harrison, Elizabeth Anne. "Instructional choices of Mississippi foreign language teachers." Diss., Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2006. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-11082006-165055.
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Gheitasi, Parvin. ""Say It Fast, Fluent and Flawless" : formulaicity in the oral language production of young foreign language learners." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för språkstudier, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-132249.
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This thesis reports on a study, which investigated the process of early foreign language learning in a classroom context and the functions of multi-word units of language known as formulaic sequences in the oral language production of young foreign language learners. A classroom with 11 students in the age range 9 to 11 years was observed and video recorded for 16 sessions (90 minutes per session). The observations were accompanied by two elicitation tasks. 10 sessions out of the 16 sessions of the collected speech samples were transcribed chronologically. In the next step, formulaic sequences were identified based on pre-established criteria, which were further developed during the analysis. The data was analyzed in order to identify the functions of formulaic sequences in learners’ oral language production in addition to the inter-learner variations in the application of formulaic sequences for different functions. The results revealed evidence of incidental learning of formulaic sequences from input; the language input provided instances for the learners to learn multi-word units. In addition, formulaic sequences played different roles in the language production of the learners. These sequences helped young language learners to overcome their lack of knowledge, to improve their fluency, and to enjoy some language play. Formulaic sequences were used as a strategy to economize effort on processing and also to buy time for processing. The findings of the study suggested that language users might introduce dis-fluency in the production of their sequences in order to buy time for further processing. Moreover, the data provided examples illustrating communicative functions of formulaic sequences where the use of formulaic sequences was affected by the relationship between the speaker and listener. The analysis revealed that although all the learners applied formulaic sequences in their language production, there was a great variation among individual learners in their intention and the extent of the application of formulaic sequences. Some learners used these sequences to be able to extend their utterances and produce more of the language, whereas other learners used them to avoid further language production. In sum, it seemed that individual learners' different personalities, needs or limitations served as explanation for the application of formulaic sequences in different contexts.
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Vick, Catharina. "Opening a Global Door : Methodologies in successful instruction of English as a second language for early learners." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för humaniora, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-21567.
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English is a widely used language, and its standing as a tool for communication among people who do not share a common first language is ever increasing. Young students all over the globe therefore learn English in school. This study aims to investigate what some recent research says regarding what methods to use when teaching young learners a second language. It then aims to compare the research findings to the methods English teachers of young learners in four elementary schools in the southern Norrland area of Sweden employ in their instruction. The study was conducted through observations and interviews with participating teachers. It was found that research advocates that teachers should use English frequently and in great quantities during lessons with young learners. Teachers should also vary their instruction and use different avenues to make the language accessible to students (for example through course-books and through active learning situations such as stories, songs, physical activities, and drama). The results of the study show that teachers attempt to employ the methods that research advocates, but that difficulties arise in regards to the teachers’ familiarity with the language, their self-confidence as teachers, and a lack of space, time, and material.
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Alsaghiar, Ahmed Ali. "IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGETEACHING ACROSS SIX FOREIGN LANGUAGES." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1523375642705076.
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Nicolon-Monjo, Patricia. "L’enseignement des langues vivantes à l’école primaire en Angleterre et en France de 1960 à 2010. Entre traditions nationales et harmonisation européenne." Thesis, Montpellier 3, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010MON30052/document.
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Ce travail a pour objet, dans un premier temps, de mettre en relation l’évolution de l’enseignement-apprentissage des langues à un jeune âge en Angleterre et en France depuis les années soixante jusqu’à aujourd’hui. Cette mise en relation s’inscrit elle-même dans la perspective ouverte par les travaux des instances européennes (en particulier le Conseil de l’Europe) dans le domaine des langues sur la même période. L’impact de la publication du Cadre Européen Commun de Référence pour les Langues sur les systèmes nationaux de part et d’autre de la Manche est ensuite examiné et situé sur les plans politique, idéologique et didactique, nous permettant de dégager un certain nombre de décalages dans les modes d’appropriation des recommandations européennes d’une part, et, d’autre part, dans la conception des ressources pédagogiques, notamment en ce qui concerne l’évaluation. Dans un troisième temps, une étude empirique conduite à l’aide d’entretiens et de questionnaires auprès des acteurs de terrain (étudiants, enseignants débutants, enseignants confirmés) nous permet de proposer des pistes d’interprétation sur le sens à donner aux orientations nationales anglaise et française dans le cadre d’une didactique du plurilinguisme<br>This research aims to draw a link between the evolution of early language teaching and learning in England and in France from the sixties up to the present time. This evolution is examined in the light of the work done by European organisations (the Council of Europe in particular) in the field of languages. The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages is scrutinised with regard to its impact on both the English and French systems of Education, allowing us to identify a few differences in the way the two countries interpret European recommendations and incorporate them into classroom resources, especially concerning assessment and self-assessment. In the third part, an empirical study based on interviews and questionnaires and conducted with student teachers and teacher trainers allows us to suggest a few keys to understanding the meaning of national orientations both in England and in France in the wider perspective of a didactics of plurilingualism
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Jago, Martine Ann. "Foreign languages in early schooling : policy, pupils and processes." Thesis, University of Kent, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.342149.
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This study explores the professional values which underpin choices made on behalf of young children (three to seven year olds) for learning a foreign language in English nursery, infant and primary schools. Since the Education Reform Act of 1988, young children in maintained early years settings have been excluded from the modern foreign languages curriculum in England. The aim of this inquiry is to expose the belief systems of individuals in institutions with the power to influence the quality of the early learning experience and notions of status and control with regard to the conceptualisation of both 'childhood' and 'foreign language education'. A value position is unavoidable: any interest on the part of the researcher has been set aside to eliminate traces of attachment and to ensure, as far as possible, an unbiased inquiry. The research questions which lead the investigation are as follows: • Why are modern foreign languages omitted from Government policies for nursery settings and from the National Curriculum at Key Stage 1? • To what extent, if at all, have local education authorities in England already established foreign language initiatives for young learners? • What are the challenges facing schools in the current context for the implementation of a national policy? • What is the underpinning structure that supports the policy making framework for this area of the early years curriculum? For the purpose of this study, the term 'policy maker' is used to encompass headteachers (micro level), local education authority advisers (meso level) and national authorities (macro level). Research methods include case study, postal questionnaire and indepth interviews. Outcomes are presented as an analysis of innovation in one English county, perceptions of early language learning in local education authorities and discussions with policy makers at the national level. A research study which links education policy making, constructions of childhood and theories about modern foreign language acquisition has not yet been conducted in England. It is anticipated that this investigation will contribute to the debate on curriculum and values at the turn of the millennium based on new paradigms for the sociology of childhood and the perceived needs of young children in an increasingly multicultural, multilingual society. The notion of 'bilingualism' will be deconstructed and reconstructed within an inclusive spectrum: the bilingual continuum. The outcomes of the study are likely to have implications for future education policy and practice.
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Hanna, Atheer H. "Students' Preferences for Mobile Technology to Learn Foreign Languages." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2020. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1707358/.
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The current study was conducted with foreign language students enrolled in the summer course at Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS), an intense foreign language program. The study measured and analyzed students' preferences toward mobile applications for learning a foreign language. Survey questionnaires were used to collect data on students' preferences of mobile delivery modes for learning a foreign language. The research design deployed was single-case design at two points-in-time, called repeated measures design in the t-test statistics, where effects-over-time of treatment (i.e., using a technological device) were tracked. The effects-over-time of using a mobile device for learning foreign language skills were significant and the magnitude of differences in students' attitudes between Weeks 2 and 8 was also significant. Students must have felt that their performance had changed at Week 8 and that using a smartphone could have been the difference. The structure and the research methodology of having null hypotheses that are tested statistically are both clear enough to provide a template for a replication of the study with a different sample. The statistical tests used by this study can be replicated with different research problems or a different audience.
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Pino, James Nicolás. "Student engagement in modern foreign languages : a pedagogical model." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2015. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/77850/.
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This study proposes a practitioner-oriented model for fostering student academic, social, emotional, and cognitive (ASEC) engagement in learning activities, and it assesses its potential to achieve such aims. The rationale underpinning this research is that the UK currently faces a social problem of negative attitudes towards foreign language learning. This is manifested by the steep decline in the number of schoolchildren that take up Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) in upper secondary education. In light of this, research has consistently demonstrated that attitudes towards learning languages can be transformed if we regularly provide students with engaging experiences in the classroom. Unfortunately, pedagogical solutions that guide secondary schoolteachers on how to engineer engaging classrooms on a daily basis are scarce in educational research. This study uses an action research approach to assess the potential of the proposed pedagogical model to stimulate student ASEC engagement in MFL contexts. This entails two consecutive implementations of the model among a group of 19 Year 9 (difficult and male-dominated) students of Spanish by means of two long-term learning activities. The results from both implementations seem to confirm that the proposed practitioner-oriented model can contribute to promoting student engagement in learning activities at academic, social, emotional, and cognitive levels when it is fully deployed. The study contributes to the field of MFL primarily by offering an assessed pedagogical model that can stimulate regular student ASEC engagement in the MFL classroom, which, in turn, may contribute to the positive transformation of student attitudes towards foreign language learning.
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Debicka-Dyer, Anna Michalina. "French and Spanish in Contact: Code-switching among Spanish Immigrants in France." MSSTATE, 2006. http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-11072006-174521/.
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This sociolinguistic study of the bilingual speech of Spanish immigrants in Toulouse, France focuses on the phenomenon of code-switching (CS). The analysis of the data showed that most CS was situational, rather than metaphorical. Three types of CS were found: insertion, alternation, and congruent lexicalization. Their examination revealed that the insertion of French words was more common than of Spanish items, the alternation was most frequent in repetitions, and the congruent lexicalization was present at the grammatical and structural level. The speech of the individual participants was also analyzed, and it was found that the sociological aspects greatly affected the use of CS. Finally, the analysis of the frequency effects was conducted revealing that the topic of the nouns influenced the language in which the nouns were used. The results proved that it is impossible to conduct a reliable grammatical analysis without including the sociolinguistic aspects.
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Westfall, Philip J. L. "Re-estimation of student ability in foreign languages using the Rasch model /." The Ohio State University, 1988. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487595712160434.
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Soubeyran, Mathilde. "The European Dimension in foreign language teaching in France : Foreign languages in elementary school and European programmes." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-393419.
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Brinson, Helen S. "Effective teaching strategies of foreign languages in secondary diverse classrooms." Master's thesis, Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2005. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-04212005-142302.
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Martin, Cynthia Margaret. "Burstall revisited : foreign languages at primary school; the encounter model." Thesis, University of Reading, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.299715.
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Dahlqvist, Hanna. "Exposure to English in the Primary School English Classroom : There Are Ways to Make a Foreign Language Comprehensible without Translating." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för humaniora, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-26954.
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This study regards the importance of exposure to English in English education. The study identifies factors of education proven to be effective when learning a language, such as exposure, the pupils’ lives as a platform, repetition, a calm and secure environment, learning connected to physical action and use of pictures and body language to aid verbal language. Lessons were designed in accordance with existing previous research and literature on exposure to the language. The lessons were carried out among first-graders to determine whether they were successful or not. The success was measured through results from a pre-test as well as a post-test which were both followed by interviews with the pupils. The differing results from the pre- and post-tests as well as the interviews with the pupils indicate the lessons are successful as the scores were higher in the post-test and the pupils could identify their own progress.
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Loan, Nguyen Kim, and n/a. "Listening comprehension tests for intermediate students at Hanoi Foreign Languages College." University of Canberra. Education, 1989. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060818.141820.
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In Vietnam today there is an urgent demand for well-designed tests
of listening comprehension. Little attention has been given to this
problem. This field study is intended to provide guidance on the
design of listening comprehension tests and in particular for
intermediate level students at the Hanoi Foreign Language College
(HFLC).
The Field Study Report consists of six chapters. Chapter One gives a
brief introduction which covers the problem, aims, subjects
(testees) and the background of the Field Study Report.
Chapter Two deals with the purposes of testing in some detail,
setting this in the framework of the teaching-testing link, teachers
and testing, and students and testing. Test characteristics are
considered and the problem of sampling for test content is addressed.
Chapter Three concerns test items for listening comprehension. The
chapter begins with a short description of listening comprehension
and is followed by a survey of theorists on listening comprehension
together with the test items for listening that they suggest. Some
commonly-used standardised tests and their listening items are
discussed.
The chapter ends with a checklist of selected listening items
suitable for students at HFLC in Vietnam.
Chapter Four discusses the designing and trialling of test items for
listening comprehension, such as multiple choice, completion of a
taped talk, matching pictures with statements etc. The chapter
presents the results of the trialling of sample items and also deals
with correlations between the sample tests used.
Chapter Five deals with test design and development in general. It
clarifies the bases for test design and provides a checklist of
steps in the development of tests. In addition, the chapter includes
a resources inventory for listening test items.
Chapter Six presents the conclusions of the Field Study Report.
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Taylor, Annelies. "Languages : computation of communication : gender issues in curricular foreign language acquisition." Thesis, Open University, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.526901.
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Barr, John Davidson. "An investigation into computer-based language-learning environments for foreign languages." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.274111.
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D'Almeida, Essi. "Modern foreign languages classroom : is inclusion of all exclusion in disguise?" Thesis, Aston University, 2015. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/27352/.
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The past decade has seen a drive to give all pupils the opportunity to study a Modern Foreign Language (MFL) in schools in England, making the teaching and learning of foreign languages part of the primary school curriculum. The Languages for All: Languages for Life (DfES, 2002) policy was introduced through the National Languages Strategy with an objective to increase the nation’s language capability. Raising the educational standard for all pupils is another government initiative with a strong emphasis on inclusion. As the Languages for All policy stresses the importance and benefits of language learning, and inclusion suggests equality and provision for all, this study examines the inclusion of all key stage 2 pupils in foreign language learning and describes perceptions and experiences of pupils, particularly those identified as having special educational needs (SEN) in their performances and negotiations in learning French. As a small scale, qualitative and ethnographically informed, this research is based on participant observation and semi-structured interviews with pupils, teachers of French, teaching assistants and parents. This study draws upon Nussbaum’s capabilities approach and Bourdieu’s concepts as theoretical foundations to analyse the ‘inclusive’ French classroom. As the capabilities approach takes people as ends not means, and goes beyond a focus on resources, it lends itself to critical thinking on issues around inclusion in education. In this context, this researcher investigates the experiences of pupils who struggle with foreign language learning because of their abilities or disabilities, and frames the discussion around the capabilities approach. The study also focuses on motivation and identity in foreign language learning, and draws upon Bourdieu’s concepts of capital, habitus and field to analyse how the participants make sense of and respond to their own circumstances in relation to their performances in the language learning process. This research thus considers Bourdieu’s concepts for a deeper understanding of issues of inequality in learning French and takes up Nussbaum’s insight that pupils may differ in what learning French means to them, and it is not how they differ, but the difference between their capability to choose and achieve what they value that should matter. The findings indicate that although, initially, the French classroom appears ‘inclusive’ due to the provision and practices of inclusion, a closer look shows it to be exclusionary. In addition, responses from the participants on the usefulness and benefits of foreign language learning are contradictory to the objectives of the Languages for All policy, illustrating the complexity of the ‘inclusive’ MFL classroom. This research concludes that structural and interpersonal practices of inclusion contribute to the disguising of exclusion in a classroom deemed ‘inclusive’. Implications are that an understanding and consideration of other aspect of life such as well-being, interests, needs and values should form a necessary part of the language policy.
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Onsrud, Ellen M. "Podcasting in the foreign language classroom improving communication /." Online version, 2009. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2009/2009onsrude.pdf.
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Yu, Yuanfang. "Foreign language learning : a comparative study of Australian and Chinese University students /." St. Lucia, Qld, 2002. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe16092.pdf.
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Westfall, Philip Jean-Louis. "Re-Estimation of Student Ability in Foreign Languages Using the Rasch Model." The Ohio State University, 1988. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1381757370.
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Service, Elisabet. "Phonological coding in working memory and foreign-language learning." Helsinki : Dept. of Psychology, University of Helsinki, 1989. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/24617470.html.
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Thuoc, Bui Duc, and n/a. "Teaching functional spoken English at the Hanoi Foreign Languages Teachers' Training College." University of Canberra. Education, 1988. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061109.133858.
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The English language occupied a specially
important status in the increasing development of science,
technology, culture and international relations in Vietnam,
which has resulted in a growing demand for English Language
Teaching (ELT) all over the country. The Hanoi Foreign
Languages Teachers' Training College in general and its
Department of English in particular plays a very important
role in this by producing as many teachers of English as
possible for high schools as well as for other Colleges and
Universities in Vietnam as a whole. Unfortunately, ELT in
Vietnam is still far from satisfactory. There exists a common
problem of communicative competence in Vietnamese students,
even in Vietnamese teachers of English. ELT at HFLTTC is
taken to illustrate the fact that even after five years'
training, graduates remain deficient in the ability of
language use as well as understanding its use in normal
communication. This being the case, how can they carry out
effectively the teaching of English to high school pupils or
students at other institutions?
In this situation, we need to take a serious look
at ELT in the Department of English at the HFLTTC so as to
suggest suitable materials and methods which will enable the
Institution to function more effectively.
This project makes an exploratory study of the
problem. To provide a context for the study, the background
to ELT in the Department of English is reviewed. This is
followed by a detailed description of different approaches
used in ELT with the reference to the actual activities of
teaching and learning in the Department of English. A special
emphasis is placed on the difference between conventional
approaches and the currently influential one - The Functional-
Notional-Approach to language teaching and learning. The
basic notions of this approach will be covered and also
different categories of functions and categories of
situations which the students of English often encounter in
using English. Different techniques of teaching functional
spoken English will be suggested with an aim to improving the
teaching of spoken English in the above-mentioned setting.
It is hoped that this project may become a
contribution to solving some of the existing problems of
inadequate communicative competence of Vietnamese students of
English and to teaching and learning English with effective
communication skills in the Department of English at the
HFLTTC.
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Foxall, Simon. "Testing methods in computer assisted learning programs in foreign languages and music." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.393143.
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Lindstedt, Kubik Anna-Karin. "Using literature in EFL education : the connection between theory and practice." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Akademin för utbildning och ekonomi, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-8299.
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Originating in a curiosity of how literature is used in the EFL classroom, the aim for this study has been to examine if four teachers‟ purpose for, and procedure in, using literature in the EFL classroom concur with what is a useful method on the subject as demonstrated by a methodological model constructed from current research. For this study, a model of beneficial methods of using literature in the EFL class was constructed from selected current research. Because there is a lot of research in this area, there is no claim that this study includes all theories regarding the use of literature in the EFL classroom. Still, it was possible to construct a useful model of common and constructive methods of literature use in EFL education. The conclusion of this study is that the teachers‟ purpose when using literature in the EFL class varies with the different teachers. However, they do concur with that of the national syllabi and to some extent also to written research on the subject. Further on, the teachers do work both in accordance with, and opposite to, procedures that the methodological model establishes to be productive.
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Loberg, Anne. "Differentiated instruction in the EFL Classroom : Accommodation for advanced students in Swedish Primary Education." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för humaniora, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-32449.
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Classrooms in Sweden are heterogeneous and this is acknowledged in the curriculum, stating that all students have an equal right to education at their own level. Teachers must, therefore, design their teaching plan taking this into account. Previous investigations have shown that the Swedish schools do not fulfill this completely for advanced students. The objective of this study was to examine how Swedish teachers differentiate their English as foreign language (EFL) lessons to reach the advanced English students in the lower grades, what challenges they experiences and how they assess the students’ learning outcomes. Information was obtained through a survey and semi-structured interviews with preschool class and grade 1-3 teachers. The survey and question about participation in an interview, was emailed to schools in 74 randomly chosen municipalities all across Sweden. A total of 156 answers to the survey and five interviews are included in the analyses. The results show that the majority of teachers with experience of advanced students differentiate instruction, by using several different strategies; they experience several challenges, the heterogeneous class room as the most common; and, they assess that differentiated instruction has a small positive effect on the advanced students’ learning outcomes in general.
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Van, der Colff Adri. "Zur Konzeption eines einsprachigen deutschen Lernerworterbuchs : Vorschlage fur die lexikographische Textgestaltung aus benutzerorientierter Perspektive." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1367.
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Thesis (DLitt (Modern Foreign Languages))--University of Stellenbosch, 1996.<br>Objective: This study presents a conception for compiling a monolingual German
learner's dictionary. It is a theoretical blueprint which formulates guidelines regarding the
choice and treatment ofinformation types suited for inclusion in such a dictionary. The
conception is ''user oriented". In other words, its main focus is on the target users: nonnative
speakers ofGerman who have reached an intermediate level of proficiency in their
active and passive usage ofthe language. The deciding factor when suggestions are made
regarding the selection, arrangement and typographical appearance of all lexicographical
information is its relevance for this target group. In order for it to be an aid to foreign
language learners while reading, writing and translating texts, information is presented in a
simple and an easily retrievable way. The conception also aspires to help learners
overcome their communicative problems and needs as well as to improve their linguistic
competence. However, the ultimate aim ofthis dissertation is not only to provide a
theoretical blueprint for a German learner's dictionary, but to have some practical
significance as well. It is hoped that these recommendations will go some way towards
stimulating the presently underdeveloped German pedagogical lexicographical practice.
Contents: The study is structured to include all the vital aspects that are ofsignificance
for the compilation of a learner's dictionary. It begins with a discussion of a number of
pedagogical-lexicographical issues, such as the role of a learner's dictionary as a means of
improving communicative proficiency in language teaching. The focus then moves on to
the main objective, namely concrete proposals for the dictionary blueprint. While these
proposals are based on up-to-date metalexicographical and linguistic theoretical
conclusions, the deciding factor is that they must be practically applicable. First, the draft
dictionary is typologically characterised by means of a precise and detailed description of
the target user profile and potential usage situation~. Secondly, a discussion of general
criteria, mainly aimed at improving the quick and easy retrieval of linguistic information,
follows. Then, the contents and form ofthose texts that are not within the central
alphabetical wordlist, such as the user's guide and grammar, as well as the internal
reference structure ofthe dictionary (mediostructure) are highlighted. Subsequently, the selection of information in the draft dictionary is examined. This includes both the choice
oflemmas (macrostructural selection) and the collection of linguistic information types
suited for inclusion (microstructural selection). Not only does the conception recommend
a relatively small number oflemmas (15 000), exclusively retrieved from the most
common and frequently used standardised High German, but the number of information
types is also restricted. This results is a low information density which in tum allows for a
low text density and a high degree of accessiblity. Although decisions regarding the
presentation ofvarious lexicographical information categories are linguistically motivated,
linguistic comprehensiveness must occasionally bow the knee before pragmatic
considerations. These improve the reception and retrievablitiy of data and enhance the
user's chances of a sound understanding. A favourable visual presentation, including a
low information density and transparent typographical layout, are also emphasised
throughout. Finally, suggestions for the organisation and presentation oflemmas on the
one hand and individual information types within the dictionary article on the other are
presented. Sample entries provide a clear demonstration of all suggestions. In conclusion,
the wider aspects ofhow the dictionary conceptualised in this thesis can be adapted to
compile specialist pedagogical dictionaries, such as a production dictionary and a bilingual
learner's dictionary which incorporates mother-tongue elements, are presented.
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Franklin, Carole E. M. "The use of the target language in the French language classroom : co-operative teaching as an aid to implementation." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.277030.
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Findings of empirical studies into the importance of input in foreign language learning suggest that, to provide sufficient communicative foreign language input in the context of school language classrooms, learners must be taught through the medium of the target language. Research shows that teachers who share a mother tongue with their learners often find it difficult to avoid breaking into the mother tongue to deal with classroom management but, when they do so, they not only restrict the amount of meaningful input to which the learners are exposed, but also risk slowing down the acquisition process New data (gathered by means of two postal surveys during session 1987-88) show that non-native secondary school teachers of French in the Strathclyde Region of Scotland identify a hierarchy of difficulty among classroom management tasks ranging from tasks which are moderately simple to conduct in the foreign language (such as classroom organisation) to tasks which are extremely difficult to perform in the target language (such as discussing grammar). Further analysis of the survey data reveals that teachers who have a positive attitude towards the use of the target language as the medium of instruction have certain defining characteristics, the most important of which relate to enthusiasm for the foreign language. In an attempt to find a way of helping teachers to teach through the medium of the target language, this thesis investigates claims made by practising teachers that teaching co-operatively with a second fluent target language speaker helps them maintain the use of French as the medium of instruction. Using survey and observational data, the thesis concludes that co-operative teaching can both increase the quantity, and improve the quality of foreign language input to which learners are exposed. Furthermore, co-operative teaching is a valuable tool in the organisation and implementation of communicative language teaching methodology. The thesis is in two parts Part one provides the theoretical basis of the thesis, and describes the research context and design. Part two analyses the findings of the mail administered surveys and of the small-scale observation study, and draws conclusions based on these findings NOTE: In this thesis, while it is recognised that learners and teachers are just as likely to be female as male, for ease of expression they are treated as "impersonal masculine" throughout.
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Berg, Kristofer K. "A comprehensive study of the teaching of foreign language at the elementary school level." Online version, 2003. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2003/2003bergk.pdf.
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Matsui, Shiro. "The relevance of the native language in foreign language acquisition : the critical period hypothesis for foreign language pronunciation /." Digital version accessible at:, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Robbie, Sheila. "Drama and writing in the 'English as a foreign language' classroom : an experimental study of the use of drama to promote writing in the foreign classroom." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1998. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10020299/.
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This thesis explores issues in the development of foreign language writing abilities in a Portuguese setting. The study is based on a research project carried out in 1993 in three University classrooms, where the author was teaching. It investigates what happens when educational drama is brought into the EFL classroom as part of a teaching programme with a view to improving writing abilities. Set in a Vygotskian framework, educational drama is used as a mediating device to attend to a whole set of factors not usually salient in L2 writing. The study covers all 108 students majoring in EFL at that time. The students were proficient in both oral work and grammar exercises but had difficulties writing in English. Two obligatory drama workshops were carried out in English with each group of students during their second term of study and all written work carried out during the term stemmed from the workshops. Large amounts of data were analysed by qualitative and quantitative methods. Writing assignments pre/post drama workshops were collected. Drama workshops were monitored via audio and video recording. Questionnaires were given to the students during the pre and post data collection periods to measure writing apprehension. Student writing was found to improve significantly in both content and grammatical fluency in a relatively short period of time. Drawing on linguistic and social semiotic analyses, the project examines the nature of the different written texts produced in this particular educational environment and the interaction between the use of drama and the writing process itself through the concept of transformation. In terms of a larger Vygotskian framework it looks at the role of thinking in learning, development and instruction in a way which bridges difficult conceptual phases in foreign language teaching. Key words: EFL, foreign languages, writing, Vygotsky, drama, Social Semiotics, transformation.
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Beukes, Vernita. "Die evaluering van 'n nuutgeskepte luisterprogram vir postbeginner studente." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1818.
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Thesis (MPhil (Afrikaans and Dutch))—University of Stellenbosch, 2007.<br>This study contributes to the growing field of CALL. The Authorware programme focus on postbeginner students’ listening skills in an attempt to increase the number of students that complete their studies at Stellenbosch University. The study investigates different types of listening, which forms the backbone for the accompanying programme.
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Lynch, Tony. "Grading foreign language listening comprehension materials : the use of naturally modified interaction." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/19064.
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Li-Fromaget, Yuanjing. "Les modalités du rapport au savoir et leurs incidences subjectives dans l'enseignement du français langue étrangère en contexte universitaire : pour une perspective comparative franco-chinoise." Thesis, Montpellier 3, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019MON30034.
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Avec le développement de l’économie et l’expansion de la mondialisation, certaines réformes de l’enseignement supérieur ont eu lieu, ont lieu, et auront lieu dans de nombreux pays, dont la France et la Chine, dans le but de converger vers le marché du travail. Du côté de l’Europe, le Parlement européen et le Conseil de l’Union européenne avaient proposé une notion du « socle commun de connaissance et de compétences » appuyé sur l’idée de « compétences clés pour l’éducation et l’apprentissage tout au long de la vie ». Dans le courant de ces réformes considérables, la didactique des langues a aussi été touchée. Des conceptions majoritairement développées autour des propositions du Conseil de l’Europe ont précisément mis en œuvre, depuis les années 1990, une instrumentalisation de la langue et ont présidé à la disparition du sujet en tant qu’élément constitutif de l’acte d’apprendre. En ce qui concerne la Chine, des réformes profondes de l’enseignement supérieur ont commencé tout au début du XXIe siècle. Elles concernent la transformation du concept d’éducation, l’adaptation des objectifs de la formation des apprenants aux évolutions économiques de la société et la rationalisation des cursus disciplinaires en milieu institutionnel spécialisé. Le monde éducatif, et peut-être surtout l’enseignement et apprentissage (ci-après E/A) des langues étrangères, ne peuvent plus rester coupés du monde professionnel. Au contraire, ils doivent, comme d’autres secteurs, se confronter à la concurrence et s’adapter à la demande sociale qui est en constante évolution. Sous l’ancien régime de planification, l’E/A des langues étrangères dans l'enseignement supérieur en Chine avait eu pour objectif principal de former des spécialistes de langue destinés à la littérature, à la linguistique, à la diplomatie ou aux échanges culturels. De nos jours, bon nombre d’universités de langues ont opté pour former des spécialistes de langue qui connaissent à la fois parfaitement une langue étrangère et une spécialité disciplinaire associée aux échanges internationaux comme l’économie, le commerce, la gestion d’entreprise ou encore le droit. Ces réformes sont saluées par certains comme un moyen de répondre aux défis de la mondialisation, dénoncé par d’autres comme un processus de marchandisation du savoir. Mon projet de recherche s’inspire d’un colloque « le sujet dans le contexte de la mondialisation : discours et pratique dans la didactique des langues et l’enseignement » organisé en janvier 2012, et il prend également appuie sur un projet de recherche intitulé « l’évolution - dans le contexte de la mondialisation – dans la relation au savoir dans l’enseignement supérieur : pour une perspective comparatiste franco-brésilienne ». L’objectif de ce projet est donc de s’interroger sur les conséquences de ces mutations sur la relation au savoir surtout en matière de la didactique des langues étrangères, entre autre l’E/A du français en Chine, ainsi que sur la conception du sujet qu’ils véhiculent. Comment les étudiants / les enseignants / les responsables institutionnels envisagent-ils le savoir ? Que signifie apprendre pour eux ? Qu’en est-il de la position de l’enseignant ? Qu’en est-il du sujet qui apprend ? Quel sujet vont-ils construire en appliquant la nouvelle réforme ? A partir de ces questions, j’étudierai les conséquences des évolutions du rapport au savoir sur le sujet apprenant<br>With the development of the economy and the expansion of globalization, certain educational reforms took place, take place, and will take place in many countries, of which France and China, with an aim of converging towards the job market. Side of Europe, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union had proposed a notion of the “common base of knowledge and competences” supported on the idea of “key competences for education and the training throughout the life”. During the course of these considerable reforms, the didactic of the languages was also touched. Designs mainly developed around the propositions of the Council of Europe precisely implemented, since the years 1990, a instrumentalisation of the language, and lead to a disappearance of the subject considered as a principle élément of the act to learn. With regard to China, deep reforms of higher education began all at the beginning of the 21st century. They relate to the transformation of the concept of education, to the adaptation of the objectives of the formation of learners to the economic evolutions of the society, and to the rationalization of the disciplinary courses in specialized institutional milieu. The educational world, and perhaps especially the teaching and learning (hereafter T/L) of the foreign languages, cannot keep aways from the world of profession any more. On the contrary, they must, like other sectors, to confront themselves with competition and to adapt to the social request which is in constant evolution. Under the former regime of planning, the T/L of the foreign languages in the superior academy in China had aimed main aim to train specialists in language intended for the literature, linguistics, the diplomacy or the cultural exchanges. Nowadays, a good amount of universities of languages chose to train specialists in language who know at the same time perfectly a foreign language and a disciplinary speciality associated with the international exchanges like the economy, the trade, business management or the right. These reforms are greeted by certain like tje answer of the challenges of globalization, denounced by others like a process of marketisation of the knowledge. My research project takes as a starting point a conference “the subject in the context of globalization: speech and practical in the didactic one of the languages and teaching” organized in January 2012, and it also takes supports on a research project entitled “the evolution - in the context of globalization – in the relation with the knowledge in higher education: for a comparative perspective french-Brazilian”. The objective of this project is to wonder about the consequences of these changes on the relation with the knowledge especially as regards the didactic of the foreign languages, amongst other things the T/L of French in China, and the conception of the subject which they convey. How the students/teachers/institutional persons in charge consider the knowledge? What means to learn for them? What is it position of the teacher? What is the subject who learns? Which subject will they educate by applying the new reform? From these questions, I will study the impacts of thses evolutions of the relation with the knowledge to the subject learner
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Santoro, Elisabetta. "Da indissociabilidade entre o ensino de língua e de literatura: uma proposta para o ensino do italiano como língua estrangeira em cursos de Letras." Universidade de São Paulo, 2007. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8139/tde-26022008-141241/.
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Muito se escreveu sobre a integração entre ensino de língua e ensino de literatura e entre estudos lingüísticos e estudos literários. Entretanto, observa-se que a separação entre língua e literatura persiste, embora a literatura não seja pensável fora dos quadros da língua e a língua desenvolva suas máximas potencialidades na literatura. Muitos métodos de ensino de língua estrangeira recomendam que se comece a aquisição/aprendizagem de uma língua estrangeira com textos que utilizam a linguagem em função utilitária e que, mais tarde, se introduzam textos que se valem da função poética. Ao contrário, esta tese parte da hipótese de que um curso de língua pode sempre estar baseado em textos com função poética. Os textos não foram usados pretextualmente como fonte de estruturas gramaticais, pois a idéia que guiava a preparação do material didático utilizado nas aulas é que o aumento da capacidade de interpretar textos ocorre simultaneamente à aquisição das estruturas lingüísticas. Visando a pôr a prova essa convicção, duas turmas de alunos brasileiros da habilitação em Língua e Literatura Italiana de um curso de bacharelado em Letras foram acompanhados ao longo de todo um programa experimental de ensino com uma duração de três anos, em que língua e literatura foram estudadas conjuntamente a partir de textos literários analisados com base nos princípios da semiótica francesa. No percurso didático os alunos construíam uma relação cada vez mais autônoma com os textos, observando e analisando as estruturas organizadoras do sentido e a funcionalidade discursiva dos fatos gramaticais. No final de cada ciclo de aulas os discentes produziam análises escritas dos textos poéticos utilizados em sala de aula. Essas análises foram examinadas para verificar, por um lado, por meio dos critérios de fluência, precisão, complexidade e variação lexical, a competência lingüística; e, por outro, a competência discursiva, isto é, a capacidade de os alunos perceberem as relações no interior do texto e os efeitos de sentido que produzem. Os resultados mostraram a eficácia de um ensino que se baseia na análise de textos literários. De fato, registrou-se um desenvolvimento da interlíngua dos discentes que se manifestou por meio do aumento de todos os valores e também um aprimoramento da capacidade de análise que os levou a ser leitores e produtores de textos cada vez mais competentes.<br>A lot has been written on the integration between language and literature teaching, and between linguistic and literary studies. Nevertheless, we can observe that the separation between language and literature persists, although literature cannot be thought outside the structures of language and language develops in literature its highest potentialities. Many methodologies for foreign language teaching suggest that the acquisition/learning should begin with texts that use language with utilitarian function and, only later, texts with poetic function. This thesis hypothesis is, on the contrary, that a language course can be always based upon texts with poetic function. Therefore, texts have not been used as pre-text and as source of grammatical structures, since the idea that guided the preparation of the pedagogical material used during the lessons is that the growing of the capacity of interpreting texts takes place simultaneously with the acquisition of linguistic structures. In order to test this conviction, two groups of Brazilian students of Italian Language and Literature of a university course of Letters were followed along a whole experimental program with a duration of three years. In this course Italian language and literature were studied in an integrated way on the basis of literary texts analyses, accomplished with the principles of French semiotics. During the course the students built a more and more autonomous relation with the texts, observing and analyzing the structures which organize the meaning and the discursive functionality of the grammatical facts and, at the same time, took possession of the foreign language. At the end of every cycle of lessons the students produced their own analyses of the poetic texts used in the classroom. These analyses were examined in order to verify, at one side, the linguistic competence through the measures of fluency, accuracy, complexity and lexical variation; and, at the other, the discursive competence, that is, the capacity of the learners to notice relations in the interior of the text and the meaning effects that they produce. The results have showed the effectiveness of this way of teaching that bases upon the analyses of literary texts. It was registered a development of the interlanguage of the students shown through the increase of all the measures results, besides an improvement of the capacity in the text analyses which brought them to reach a growing proficiency as text readers and producers.
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Huang, Dongqiu. "Indigenous languages and TEFL in a senior school in Taiwan." Thesis, University of Reading, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.250502.
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