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Teaching Methods and Learning Strategies For Writing in English Class : Which teaching methods and learning strategies are used by English teachers a…
2019
Master's thesis education EN502 - University of Agder 2019 English is a subject in Norwegian lower secondary schools where the students learn how to write in English. This L2 learning process can be complex,and those who teach English faceseveral challenges connected to developing successful L2 writers. For example challenges connectedto enhancing, facilitating and nurturing the learning process(Fenner & Skulstad, 2018, p.139). Because of the complexity of writing, it might be useful for teachers to know different writing strategies that are effective and useful for L2 learners. This research studies which teaching methods and learning strategies are used by English teachers at lower second…
Assessing bilingual language proficiency through self-ratings
2019
Master's thesis English EN501 - University of Agder 2019
Comics in the Classroom : How comics can aid in a pupil’s reading experience
2019
Master's thesis English EN501 - University of Agder 2019
Disrupted Lexical Access in the Context of Intact Syntactic Planning
2020
Communication Apprehension in EFL classrooms in Lower Secondary Schools : A case study of English teachers’ awareness of speech anxiety in their own …
2019
Master's thesis education EN502 - University of Agder 2019 This thesis studies educators’ awareness offoreign language anxiety (FLA), specifically communication apprehension,in Norwegian lower secondary schools. Communication is a key skillnecessary to masteringforeign languages, yet it is also the most anxiety inducing skill forforeign language learners(Horwitz et al., 1986).Despite the many challenges in learning a newlanguage, steps can be taken to ensure that students learn effectively. However, educators must first be aware of FLA and its effects on their students. Previous research shows that speech anxiety is the biggest impediment to the learning process (Arnold & Brown, 1999). FLA …
A Design-Oriented Analysis of Multimodality in English as a Foreign Language
2018
This empirical article investigates multimodality in English as a foreign language, both as seen in the use of multimodal texts as artefacts and pedagogical texts for learning, and through an analysis of the multimodal learning designs. We present observations from a year 10 classroom in Norway that worked with the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Alexie, 2007). We explore a four-week teaching sequence, asking how different modes were involved when the educator designed literacy events around the novel, and how multimodality is present in the students’ meaning making. Our aim is to make explicit and discuss some of the silent literacy practices in English teaching at l…