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Alternative Identities and Foreign Language Learning
My D-essay has the working title âAlternative Identities and Foreign Language Learningâ. I have chosen this area because I have noticed a certain reluctance among Swedish students to use the foreign language English in English classes. They often seem embarrassed to express themselves in a language which is not their mother tongue, but they seem less embarrassed when they are allowed to act somebody else. These two observations converge into a focus of discussion on the matter, which will be supported by a minor study of my own, by extracts from other peopleâs essays on the matter, and by an overview of current litterature on language, identity and drama.The aim of my essay is to compare Swedish studentsâ willingness to use the foreign language English when acting minor plays in school, as themselves and as a chosen character, and to investigate the possibility of improving studentsâ willingness to use a foreign language, when given the opportunity to do so through acting somebody else
Vad menar de egentligen? : En komparativ semantisk textanalys av nationella och lokala uppnÄendemÄl i moderna sprÄk i grundskolan
Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur den nationella kursplanen i moderna sprÄk Är nio kan tolkas i en lokal kursplan samt tolkningens konsekvenser för eleven i frÄga om kravnivÄ. Materialet bestod av en lokal kursplan samt den nationella kursplanen och det analyserades genom komparativ semantisk textanalys och encyklopedisk definition. Resultatet visade att den lokala tolkningen leder till förÀndring i betydelse och till förÀndrad kravnivÄ för eleven. Studiens resultat stödjer tidigare forskning som sÀger att lokala mÄlformuleringar Àr problematiska