Blar i Faculty of Arts and Education på emneord "EFL"
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A case study of the benefits and challenges of Readers Theatre in a 6th grade Norwegian EFL class
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-05-16)This thesis is based on a case study of using Readers Theatre (RT), a group reading aloud activity in which pupils rehearse and perform texts, in a 6th grade English as a foreign language (EFL) class in Norway. The class ... -
A qualitative study of pupils with higher learning potential in English as a foreign language (EFL) intermediate classes (grades 5-7) in Norwegian schools.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-05-10)This thesis has aimed at researching pupils with higher learning potential in English as a foreign language (EFL) intermediate classes (grades 5 to 7) in Norwegian schools. Since 2015, the term higher learning potential ... -
A study of the types, frequency and perceived benefits of extramural activities on Norwegian 10th graders’ development of English as a foreign language.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-05-10)This thesis is about extramural English activities among 10th graders in Norwegian lower secondary schools. The aim of the thesis was to map the 10th graders’ use and influence of extramural English activities, the types ... -
Approaches to English as a foreign language (EFL) reading instruction in Norwegian primary schools
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2016-06)This thesis is based on multi-perspective study of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) reading instructions in Norwegian fourth and fifth grades. The research focuses on the teaching of reading and investigates the use of ... -
Benefits and challenges of Short Video in the EFL classroom: A survey of teacher attitudes and a case study in using YouTube to teach race
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-05-12)This thesis investigates the use of short videos as pedagogical tools in lower secondary school in Norway. The thesis raises research questions regarding teachers’ use of short video in EFL, teacher and student attitudes ... -
Considering perspectives of others: A case study of intercultural learning among English language learners in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The concept of perspective is embedded within the studies of culture and language, especially with regard to an intercultural orientation within EFL teaching and learning. However, researchers have rarely explored how ... -
Critical Visual Literacy and Intercultural Learning in English Foreign Language Classrooms: An exploratory case study
(PhD thesis UiS;609, Doctoral thesis, 2021-11)This doctoral thesis revolves around two significant, ongoing, and in many ways interrelated developments in education, and in society at large: the increased use of multimodal and visual texts as a mode of communication, ... -
EFL Pragmatics Teaching in the Norwegian VG1 Programme for General Studies: Current Teacher Attitudes on the Development of Pupils’ Pragmatic Competence
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-12)This thesis investigates pragmatics’ current position in the first year of the Norwegian EFL programme for upper secondary general studies classes. The aim was to ascertain whether pragmatics is explicitly or implicitly ... -
EFL Teachers' Sources of Remote Teaching Anxiety: Insights and Implications for EFL Teacher Education
(Journal article, 2022-02)Introduction: This study aims to explore an under-researched issue; namely, remote teaching anxiety. Methods: This study employed a sequential mixed-methods exploratory design where participants initially reported their ... -
Factors that Predict Vocabulary and Self-assessment in English as a Foreign Language
(Master thesis, 2018-05)The current study (N=196) researches how students learn English as a foreign language (EFL). It aims to find out which factors influence English learning, and which are more influential than others. The factors included ... -
From Act to Action: (Meta)pragmatic instruction with young EFL learners in Norway
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2021-12)This doctoral research project is a case study of the impact of teaching English pragmatics to Norwegian primary school learners in 7th grade (aged 12-13). The importance and the impact of teaching second/foreign language ... -
The impact of translanguaging-driven training on in-service EFL teachers: Complexity theory prism
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-07)This study examines the impact of a translanguaging-driven in-service training on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ professional identity re-construction. Grounded in complexity theory, the study is based on ... -
In pursuit of intercultural competence: Exploring self-awareness of EFL pupils in a lower-secondary school in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-12)This paper focuses on self-awareness as an integral component of intercultural competence (IC) in the English as a foreign language (EFL) context. For the purposes of this study, an EPortfolio of Intercultural Competence ... -
Intercultural learning and images in ELT: Exploring cultural imaginaries through photographs
(Chapter, 2022)This chapter presents an argument for the relevance of using photographs for intercultural learning in English Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms. More specifically, we suggest that by activating, expanding, and challenging ... -
PhD revisited: Approaches to English as a foreign language (EFL) reading instruction in Norwegian primary schools
(Chapter, 2019-06)This chapter reports a doctoral study (Charboneau, 2016) that investigated the use of four approaches to EFL reading instruction in Norwegian 4th–5th grades. The study used a mixed-methods approach comprising a questionnaire ... -
Promoting EFL literacy through shared and individual classroom reading experiences of literature.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)I denna artikel undersöks hur gemensam och individuell litteraturupplevelse i klassrumet kan hjälpa elever i låg-, mellan- och högstadiet att utveckla sin engelska literacy, det vill säga sin förmåga att läsa och skriva ... -
Scientific concepts as meaning-making resources for young EFL learners in the learning of pragmatics
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08)This article reports on a study investigating the role of scientific concepts in the metapragmatic awareness of Norwegian primary EFL learners’ following a four-week instructional intervention on requesting informed by ... -
Taking action through redesign: Norwegian EFL learners engaging in critical visual literacy practices
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11)This article presents results from a case study which investigated how Norwegian English foreign language (EFL) learners, roughly aged 16–17, take action through redesigning a multimodal advertisement. Data was collected ... -
‘You could win Masterchef with this soup. Can I get some more?’ Request production and the impact of instruction on young EFL learners
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-04)This paper presents a study exploring the impact of concept-based instruction of requests with two intact classes of young learners of English (aged 12–13) in a Norwegian primary school. Based on sociocultural theory, the ...