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Bao, Charlene. "Foreign language teacher accultration (FLTA) : the critical factors of popular foreign language teaching /." Digital version accessible at:, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
Full textBattirola, Angela Cristina. "Reading in english as a foreign language." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 2013. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/handle/123456789/103556.
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Jo, Phill. "Strategic reading for English as a foreign language." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1999. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1725.
Full textLiao, Chu Hsiu. "First language use in EFL (English as a foreign language) writing processes." Thesis, online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium, 2005. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3171170.
Full textNakata, Yoshiyuki. "Motivation and experience in foreign language learning /." Oxford ; Bern Berlin Bruxelles Frankfurt am Main New York Wien : Lang, 2006. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=015442386&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
Full textPekkarinen, A. M. (Anne-Maria). "Basic English and a young foreign language learner." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2013. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201306061555.
Full textTutkielman aiheena on englannin kielen sanaston opettaminen suomalaisen peruskoulun ala-asteella kolmen opiskeluvuoden jälkeen. Tutkimuksen kohderyhmänä on 77 11-vuotiasta ei-syntyperäistä englannin kielen oppijaa. Aineistona ovat sanastotehtävät, joihin oppilaat vastasivat kirjallisesti. Tutkimusongelma on ottaa selville, ovatko sanalistat soveltuvia opetustarkoituksiin ja tutkia kokeellisesti nuoren, ei-syntyperäisen oppijan sanaston osaaminen. Teoriaosa koostuu Charles Kay Ogdenin Basic English sanalistasta ja kielen opettamiseen liittyvistä kysymyksistä. Empiirisessä osassa käytetty tutkimusmenetelmä oli laskea sanatiheyksiä oppijoiden vastauksista ja verrata niitä Basic English sanalistaan. Keskeiset tutkimusmenetelmät ilmoitettiin sanalöydöksinä jaettuna sanaluokkiin ja selitettiin sanallisesti ja taulukoiden muodossa Tutkielman tarkoituksena oli selvittää, onko oppijoiden käyttämä kieli perusenglantia vai ei
Kremer, Marcelo Martins. "Oral development in english as a foreign language." Florianópolis, 2012. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/96166.
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In 2009/2, the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) establishes a new program entitled Curso de Licenciatura em Letras - Inglês, via distance learning (DL), having as objective the education of future English teachers. The present research aims at investigating how students of the program, taking the courses Compreensão e Produção Oral em Língua Inglesa IV and Compreensão e Produção Oral em Língua Inglesa V perceive the use of the resources and activities aiming at the development of their linguistic skills in English. The data were collected from 25 students of those courses who answered an online questionnaire, which was composed by closed questions and, mostly, by closed questions with justification. Among those 25 participants, 5 were chosen to participate in a second data collection process, a semi-structured interview. The data analysis consisted of careful reflection and interpretation of that data. That analysis reveals that the participants perceive both main resources, and the activities developed with them, to be adequate for developing their oral production skill in different aspects. The participants perceived the Final Projects as an opportunity for them to focus on matters related to accuracy, such as the opportunity of working on grammar and pronunciation. On the other hand, the Skype Chats, were perceived by the participants as positive as they give them the opportunity to formulate sentences quickly and spontaneously in the target language.
No segundo semestre de 2009, o Departamento de Língua e Literatura Estrangeira da UFSC abre um novo programa chamado "Curso de Licenciatura em Letras - Inglês", na modalidade a distância, tendo como objetivo a formação de futuros professores de inglês. Essa pesquisa busca investigar como alunos do curso, matriculados nas disciplinas Compreensão e Produção Oral em Língua Inglesa IV e Compreensão e Produção Oral em Língua Inglesa V percebem o uso dos recursos e das atividades que objetivam desenvolver suas habilidades linguísticas em Inglês. Os dados foram coletados com 25 alunos dessas disciplinas que responderam um questionário online composto por questões fechadas e, na sua maioria, questões fechadas com espaço para justificativas. Desses 25 participantes, 5 foram escolhidos para participar de uma segunda coleta de dados em forma de entrevista semi-estruturada. A análise dos dados consiste em uma reflexão e interpretação cuidadosa dos dados. A análise revelou que os participantes percebem os dois recursos principais, e as atividades desenvolvidas com eles, como adequadas para o desenvolvimento da habilidade de produção oral em diferentes aspectos. Os participantes perceberam os Final Projects como uma oportunidade para focar em aspectos relacionados a precisão, como a oportunidade de trabalhar gramática e pronúncia. Por outro lado, com os Skype Chats, foi percebido como positivo pelos participantes a oportunidade que o recurso trás de formular frases rapidamente e espontaneamente na língua alvo.
Tumolo, Celso Henrique Soufen. "Assessment of reading in english as foreign language." Florianópolis, SC, 2005. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/handle/123456789/101915.
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In the present study, the defensibility of test items is investigated in three different testing situations: proficiency tests, classroom tests, and university entrance examinations. The defensibility is judged using the concept of validity as put forth by Messick (1989) for educational testing and by Bachman (1990) for language testing, i.e., in terms of validity of the interpretations and actions based on test item responses, considering the justifications coming from evidential basis and consequential basis. For the investigation, in terms of evidential basis, for construct-related evidence, constructs of language ability and reading ability are used, and for criterion-related evidence, the criterion defined for university studies by Weir, Huizhong, and Yan (2000) and the framework proposed by Bachman (1990) for the assessment of authenticity of test tasks in relation to the criterion tasks are used. In terms of consequential basis, an appraisal of the consequences is based on Bachman's (1990) notion of fairness and Shohamy's (2001) critical perspective of the use of tests. The method used for the investigation is based on recent notion of validity as argument-based proposed by many scholars in the area of testing. It is also based on the validity table proposed by Chapelle (1994) for considerations of the forces of the arguments, both in favor, or against the validity of the interpretation of ability based on the items, with the additional feature of a third column, with the refutation of the argument against, as suggested by Davidson (personal communication, 2004). Considering the arguments provided for each item, it is possible to conclude that some items are defensible and some are not. Some defensible items focus on skills such as identification of syntax and cohesion, in particular lexical cohesion, inference of word meaning, elementary and propositional inferences, and identification of functional value. Some non-defensible items have the construct-irrelevant aspects of assessing constructs other than reading ability, such as vocabulary knowledge, background knowledge, writing ability, illustration comprehension, and the criterion-irrelevant aspect of assessing tasks not present in the criterion, such as the tasks specific for reading non-academic texts as poems, narratives, advertisements, and technical problems impeding test takers to perform at their level of ability. Other non-defensible items have the consequence of being biased once specific background knowledge is presupposed for their answers. The political and pedagogical implications of the conclusions claim for the choice or development of items incorporating features of validity, in all the facets, considering both evidential basis and consequential basis, so as to make them more defensible.
Carvalho, Lina Rosa Lira Ribeiro Gonçalves de. "Reading strategies in english as a foreign language." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 2013. https://repositorio.ufsc.br/handle/123456789/106233.
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Pouke, S. (Saara). "Learning English through Finnish as a foreign language." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2019. http://jultika.oulu.fi/Record/nbnfioulu-201905302269.
Full textOliveira, Cleiton Constantino. "English as a foreign language students' tales of their language learning." Florianópolis, SC, 2011. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/94795.
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Bearing in mind the recent research concern with individual lives, this study reports a biographical investigation of sixteen tertiary English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students from the state of Rio Grande do Norte/Brazil. The research study aims at capturing the specificities and complexities in the developmental processes of two groups eight undergraduates and eight graduates of EFL students. language learning approaches, in an attempt to understand (a) how they conceive their own English learning as well as (b) how they view themselves as English students. Both groups voiced their past English learning experiences in different settings through semi-structured interviews. Students. biographical accounts were organized into learning stories and analyzed through a narrative approach. Their accounts revealed that students. adopted learning approaches are particularly influenced by the impact of the different learning settings to which they have been exposed throughout their educational process. The research results indicate that the two sets of learning approaches seem to be highly concerned with (a) teacher-as-a-transmitter; (b) job-orientedness; (c) self-reliance; and (d) English-course-orientedness in the undergraduate group; and (e) book-centeredness; (f) self-effort; (g) teacher-reliance; and (h) reticence in the graduate group. The results also suggest that these approaches are flexible, fluid and subject to constant shifts, thus being capable to interweave among themselves
Considerando pesquisas recentes que se preocupam com o estudo do indivíduo, este estudo relata uma investigação biográfica de dezesseis alunos universitários de Inglês do estado do Rio Grande do Norte/Brasil. O estudo objetiva capturar as especificidades e complexidades nos processos desenvolvimentais de dois grupos de alunos de Inglês como língua estrangeira: oito alunos de graduação e oito de especialização. Assim, a pesquisa tem o intuito de compreender (a) como esses alunos concebem suas próprias aprendizagens de Inglês e (b) como eles vêem a si próprios enquanto alunos de Inglês. Os dois grupos de alunos verbalizaram, por meio de entrevistas semi-estruturadas, suas experiências passadas com a aprendizagem de Inglês em diferentes contextos. A biografia dos alunos foi organizada em estórias de aprendizagem e analisadas sob uma abordagem narrativa. Essas biografias revelaram que as abordagens de aprendizagem adotadas pelos alunos são particularmente influenciadas pelo impacto dos diferentes contextos de aprendizagem sob os quais eles estiveram expostos durante o processo educacional. Os resultados da pesquisa indicam que os dois grupos de abordagens parecem estar altamente vinculados ao (a) professor-transmissor; (b) orientação para o trabalho; (c) auto-dependência; e (d) orientação para cursos de Inglês no grupo da graduação; e (e) centralização no livro; (f) auto-esforço; (g) dependência no professor; e (h) passividade no grupo da especialização. Os resultados também sugerem que essas abordagens são flexíveis, fluidas e sujeitas a mudanças constantes, e que, portanto, são capazes de se entrelaçarem uma com as outras
Miranda, Plaza Denise. "Chilean language learners' beliefs about learning English as a foreign language." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2018. http://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/171017.
Full textIn the area of language teaching and second language acquisition, there has recently been an increasing emphasis on learners’ beliefs, since they impose a great potential in the learning process. Hence, learners’ beliefs have become an important part of research in the field. Consequently, research on this matter has been conducted in several countries but not in ours, leaving our perspective as educators with no additional and valuable information to support pedagogical practices when planning lessons and working with students. The present study focuses its attention on Chilean learners’ beliefs about learning English as a foreign language from a contextual perspective according to the themes selected from the BALLI--Beliefs about Language Learning Inventory by Horwitz. This study employed the semi-structured interview method to investigate the nature of learners’ beliefs. Consistent with previous findings, this study revealed that learners’ beliefs were born out of their previous learning experiences. Learners’ beliefs were context specific, related to social background, and individual differences; however, they were not immutable.
Huang, Jing. "Autonomy, agency and identity in foreign language learning and teaching." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B41757981.
Full textService, 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.
Full textChen, Yih-Lan. "Motivation and language learning strategies in learning English as a foreign language /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7593.
Full textShi, Yongping. "Learning and instructional experiences of English as a foreign language in contemporary China : a perspective study conducted in the foreign languages department of a Chinese University /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0002/MQ42444.pdf.
Full textKrohn, Matilda, and Christopher Kindbom. "Oral Communication Strategies in English as a Foreign Language." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-147655.
Full textRuschmann, Cecília Mendes Franco. "Simplification strategies in learners of English as foreign language." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFPR, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1884/22515.
Full textAlthewini, Abdulaziz M. Johnson Karen E. "Professional development workshop for Saudi English foreign language teachers." [University Park, Pa.] : Pennsylvania State University, 2009. http://honors.libraries.psu.edu/theses/approved/WorldWideIndex/EHT-22/index.html.
Full textTurkan, Sultan. "Content Representations in Teaching English as a Foreign Language." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194993.
Full textKuerten, Anna Belavina. "Assessing speech production in english as a foreign language." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 2012. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/93736.
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Este estudo investigou os componentes da habilidade oral que são tratados nas escalas orais de dois testes de proficiência em inglês como lingual estrangeira (TOEFL e IELTS) e duas diretrizes para orientações em ensino, aprendizagem e testagem (ACTFL e CEFR). Para alcançar o objetivo do estudo, primeiramente, cada escala de produção oral foi analisada através da lista de verificação e instrumento de avaliação da habilidade comunicativa de linguagem proposta por Bachman (1995). Esta análise revelou o grau de envolvimento de cada componente da habilidade omunicativa de linguagem em todas as escalas de produção oral. As escalas de produção oral foram analisadas pelo framework para descrição do construto oral proposto por Fulcher (2003). As análises demonstraram que os componentes da habilidade das escalas do TOEFL e do IELTS são similares enquanto aquelas do ACTFL e CEFR são também muito comparáveis. Além disso, a escala oral do IELTS é mais comparável às escalas orais do ACTFL e CEFR do que à escala oral do TOEFL. Os principais resultados deste estudo podem contribuir para o melhor entendimento, por professores e estudantes, dos componentes da habilidade oral que estão presente em exames internacionais de proficiência em inglês e em diretrizes internacionais para orientações em ensino, aprendizagem e testagem.
Huang, Hsiao-Juo. "Enunciative identity in elementary English as a foreign language." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/40.
Full textYu, Hsien-Yu. "Computer-assisted English as a foreign language curriculum design." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1997. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1311.
Full textYu, 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.
Full textAl-Saraj, Taghreed Mohammed. "Exploring foreign language anxiety in Saudi Arabia : a study of female English as foreign language college students." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2011. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10020618/.
Full textСкирда, Тетяна Сергіївна. "Simultaneous learning of two foreign languages: English, Spanish." Thesis, Національний авіаційний університет, 2020. https://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/44810.
Full textУ нашому дослідженні розглянуто дефеніцію двомовності, сутність якої полягає у співіснуванні і взаємодії двох мов у межах одного мовного середовища, здійснено аналіз вивчення іспанської мови, як другої іноземної мови, яка посідає друге у діловому середовище місце після англійської мови. Сьогодні студенти закладів вищої освіти найчастіше вибирають вивчення іспанської мови як другої іноземної мови. Отже, володіння двома іноземними мовами дають можливість швидко вийти на міжнародний рівень професійної діяльності та оволодіти міжкультурною комунікацією багатьох країн.
Liando, Nihta V. F. "Foreign language learning in primary schools with special reference to Indonesia, Thailand and Australia /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1999. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ARM/09arml693.pdf.
Full textZeng, Zhen. "The language learning experiences and beliefs of Chinese teachers of English as a foreign language." online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium, 2006. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?MR19409.
Full textIrvine-Niakaris, Christine. "Teaching reading in English as a foreign language : a language teacher cognition study." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.681501.
Full textLai, Chung-ju. "Staff development for whole-language teacher in Taiwan English as a foreign language." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2571.
Full textWold, James B. "Difficulties in learning English as a second or foreign language." [Denver, Colo.] : Regis University, 2006. http://165.236.235.140/lib/JWold2006.pdf.
Full textYen, Alvin Charles. "The intelligences of creative English-as-a-foreign-language learning." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2737.
Full textLi, Yim-wah Janet. "An investigation into conversational negotiation and repair in the foreign language classroom." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31958163.
Full textDooey, Patricia. "Issues of English language proficiency for international students." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2005. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/628.
Full textKepol, Napisah. "Investigating English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher knowledge bases." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.552755.
Full textKhaldi, Kamel. "Learning strategies of learners of English as a foreign language." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1990. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/298/.
Full textLuis, Renata Gomes. "English undergraduate students' representations about culture in foreign language classrooms." Florianópolis, 2012. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/100883.
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Many scholars in different areas (Byram, 1989; Hall, 1997; Kramsch, 1998) have already emphasized how language and culture are intimately related. The main issue in Applied Linguistics seems to be the understanding of how these concepts - language and culture - should be connected in the language classroom (Kramsch, 1998; Risager, 2006). Therefore, this study tries to understand the role of culture inside foreign language classrooms through English undergraduate students' representations about culture and culture learning in their English classes at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). The data collection consisted of an open-ended questionnaire, private semi-structured interviews and email correspondences. A thematic analysis of the data showed that students represented culture in mainly two ways - as formal and valued knowledge or as sociocultural practices. Similarly, they regarded culture learning as learning about contents from English-speaking countries or as learning how to perform pragmatic functions of language in appropriate ways, depending on the context of situation. The role of culture in EFL classrooms was perceived by students either as the topic of the lesson, at times dissociated from language or as the pragmatics of learning a language that reflects specific world views, in which language and culture were intrinsically connected. Thus, two main pedagogical implications seem to arise from these findings. The first one regards the construction, in the language classroom, of meanings of culture that allow students to see the fluid and changeable nature of culture. The second one regards the importance of making our students aware of the social construction of meanings so they can perceive the intrinsic relationship between language and culture.
Diversos pesquisadores em diferentes áreas (Byram, 1989; Hall, 1997; Kramsch, 1998) já enfatizaram a relação intrínseca existente entre língua e cultura. Neste aspecto, a principal discussão no campo da linguística aplicada parece ser a identificação de como esses conceitos - língua e cultura - deveriam estar conectados na sala de aula de língua (Kramsch, 1998; Risager, 2006). Dessa forma, este estudo tenta entender o papel da cultura na sala de aula de língua estrangeira (LE) através das representações sobre cultura e aprendizado de cultura na sala de aula de LE de estudantes da graduação em língua inglesa da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). A coleta de dados consistiu-se de um questionário aberto, entrevistas semi-estruturadas e troca de emails entre os participantes e a pesquisadora. Uma análise temática dos dados demonstrou que os participantes representavam cultura principalmente de duas formas - como conhecimento formal valorizado ou como práticas socioculturais. Da mesma forma, eles consideravam aprendizado de cultura como aprendizado sobre conteúdos dos países falantes de inglês ou como aprendizado em relação à como usar funções pragmáticas da língua de forma apropriada, dependendo do contexto. O papel da cultura da sala de aula de LE foi percebido pelos alunos tanto como conteúdo da aula, por vezes dissociado da língua ou como pragmática de se aprender uma língua que reflete visões de mundo específicas, onde língua e cultura foram conectadas intrinsicamente. Sendo assim, duas principais implicações pedagógicas parecem surgir desses resultados. A primeira diz respeito à construção, na sala de aula de língua, de sentidos de cultura que permitam aos alunos perceberem a natureza fluída e mutável da mesma. A segunda se refere à importância de conscientizar nossos alunos sobre a construção social dos sentidos para que eles possam perceber, dessa forma, a relação intrínsica entre língua e cultura.
Mohammed-Ali, Ahmed Shakir. "Attitudes and motivation of Arabic-speaking students of science and technology in Wales towards English and their relationship to proficiency in English." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.260168.
Full textHoang, Cong Thuy, and n/a. "Teaching reading to E.F.L. (English as a foreign language) Vietnamese students at the Hanoi Foreign Language Teachers College (HNFLTC)." University of Canberra. Information Sciences, 1985. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061109.144404.
Full textApelgren, Britt Marie. "Foreign language teachers' voices : personal theories and experiences of change in teaching English as a foreign language in Sweden." Thesis, University of Reading, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.323900.
Full textLeung, Yau-keung. "Lexical networks and foreign language vocabulary acquisition." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B18810664.
Full textWallis, Leonard James Michael. "Teachers of English as a foreign language : male native English speakers in Saudi Arabia." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.273531.
Full textLehtonen, Tuula Hannele. "Consciousness raising in foreign language vocabulary learning and reading." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1998. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/520/.
Full textDaniel, Mayra C. Rhodes Dent. "Theory and practice of writing instruction in the secondary foreign language classroom teachers' views vs. theory /." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p3064490.
Full textTitle from title page screen, viewed March 28, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Dent Rhodes (chair), Susan Davis Lenski, Valeri Farmer-Dougan, Deborah Mounts. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 237-247) and abstract. Also available in print.
Blomberg, S. (Sallamari). "The usefulness of games in foreign language learning:using games as an aid and motivation in language lessons." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2014. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201405081362.
Full textPelien hyödyllisyys vieraan kielen oppimisessa voi olla suuri, kun peli ja pelitilanne on loppuun asti hyvin suunniteltu. Sisällyttämällä pelit kielten oppitunteihin opettaja voi luoda motivoivan ja hauskan ympäristön, jossa kaikenikäiset lapset oppivat innoissaan uusia taitoja. Näin ollen tutkielman tarkoitus on kerätä todisteita pelien käytännöllisyydestä kielten oppimisessa. Opettavaisten pelien suosio on kasvanut vuosien saatossa ja tutkimalla aiempia tutkimuksia pelien yhdistämisestä opetustilanteeseen voimme huomata niiden monikäyttöisyyden. Pelitilanteissa oppilaat keskittyvätkin enemmän itse peliin eikä niinkään oppimisprosessiin. Muun muassa Hakkarainen, Westwood ja Hyvönen ovat tutkineet tarkoituksellista ja satunnaista oppimista, ja heidän mielestään vieraan kielen oppimisessa satunnainen oppiminen voi olla hyödyllisempää, sillä silloin uudet tiedot varastoituvat proseduraaliseen muistiin (Hakkarainen, 2002; Westwood, 2004; Hyvönen, 2007). Pelaamalla pelejä oppilaat kehittävät sanastoa, kielioppia, ääntämistä ja suullisia taitoja ajattelematta, sillä mielenkiintoiset ja motivoivat toimintatavat vievät heidän ajatuksensa muualle. Kuten Piaget ja Vygotsky ovat kirjoittaneet, aktiivinen osallistuminen parantaa oppimista. Pelkkä istuminen ja kieliopin sääntöjen ulkoa opettelu ei ole tarpeeksi antoisaa, joten Piaget ja Vygotsky ovat tulleet siihen tulokseen, että joko fyysinen tekeminen tai sosiaalinen kanssakäyminen ihmisten kanssa voi auttaa ihmistä oppimaan tehokkaammin (Burman, 2010; Harré, 2006; Sinnemäki, 1998). Gee on samaa mieltä, sillä hänen mukaansa pelien arkinen kieli lähentää pelaajia motivoiden heitä oppimaan yhteisessä ympäristössä (Gee & Hayes, 2011). Huomioimalla nämä opit opettajat voivat kehittää itseään ja luokkahuonettaan monipuolisemmaksi ja aktiivisemmaksi. Lauta- ja videopelit kerättiin aiemmista tutkimuksista ja niiden arvioinnit SWOT-analyysin mukaan näyttävät, kuinka ja miksi pelejä pitäisi sisällyttää kielten oppitunneille. Vaikka lautapelit näyttävät pelien tyypillisimmät ominaisuudet, digitaalinen maailma saa koko ajan enemmän jalansijaa kehittyessään monipuolisemmaksi, joten nuoret oppilaat suosivat niitä. Osa peleistä on tarkoituksella kehitetty kielten oppitunteja varten, mutta joitakin pelejä voi ja pitääkin muokata toimivammiksi kokemuksiksi. Jokainen esimerkkipeli kuitenkin muuttaa tavallisen ilmapiirin luokkahuoneessa ja näin onnistuu opettamaan vierasta kieltä unohtumattomammin ja realistisemmin tavalla, joka mahdollisesti inspiroi oppilaita oppimaan myös tulevaisuudessa
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Full textLi, Lei. "Mediational English-as-a-foreign-language teaching that supports independent reading." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2659.
Full textSklar, Fabiana. "English as a Foreign language in Brazil and Sweden : A comparative study." Thesis, Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Education, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-6353.
Full textIn Brazil, English is studied from first grade of elementary school. For some reason after eleven years of study, students in general have problems communicating orally and in writing. Swedish students, on the other hand, seem to be able to communicate quite proficiently in English, even though it is also considered to be foreign language learning. The purpose of this comparative study is to discover what differs in the Brazilian and Swedish learning and teaching that makes the Swedish results superior. The purpose was to compare English learning as a foreign language in Sweden and in Brazil, and questionnaires were distributed to teacher and students. Of the many possibilities raised as hypotheses for the effective English learning in Sweden, teacher’s educational background, working hours per week, number of students per teacher, were found to be more problematic in Brazil, according to the teachers’ questionnaire. When it comes to students, it appears that Brazilian students show a lack of commitment to their learning tasks and awareness of the importance of learning English. In addition, several social aspects have to be taken into account when judging the educational situation of a country, but the importance of a good education can never be overlooked.
Pen, Ibrahem Rotha. "Integrating technology into the English as a second language curriculum: Computer-assisted English language learning." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2136.
Full textRandolph, Gerda Ann Packard. "Building written language: A program for second language literacy in English." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1866.
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