Att inte hämmas när språkkunskaperna brister : En undersökning om lärares och elevers medvetenhet om, och användning av, strategier i muntlig produktion av engelska

• Main Author: Öhman, Elin
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Södertörns högskola, Lärarutbildningen 2016
• Subjects: language learning strategies; language learning; communicative competence; interaction; ESL; EFL.; språkinlärningsstrategier; språkliga strategier; språkinlärning; kommunikativ förmåga; interaktion
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-31594

The purpose of this study is to examine pupils’ and teachers’ perspectives and use of language strategies when speaking English. Questions that will try to be answered are: What are the teachers’ thoughts about language strategies? In the subject English, which strategies do the pupils in 6th grade use? Which strategies to communicate are used most frequently by 6th graders when speaking English unprepared? To answer these questions, interviews with teachers were held. The pupils answered a survey and were observed while talking English. Earlier studies have showed that language learning strategies are an efficient tool for people learning a second language while overcoming their language skills shortcomings that might arise while communicating in a second language. This study concludes that language learning strategies have a significant part to play in the development of a communicative competence. The teachers emphasized the importance of a good learning environment, interaction and pupils’ awareness about the language learning process. The pupils reported that they used strategies such as paraphrasing and body language, which the observation later confirmed.