Popular and useful learning strategies in language acquisition amongst teenagers

This thesis examines which learning techniques and strategies teenagers in Iceland prefer to use when it comes to vocabulary acquisition in English and Icelandic both at home and in school, and if any of these strategies seem to work better than others and why. It also looks at the benefits that tea...

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Main Author: Erla Edvardsdóttir
Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Grunnskólakennarafræði
Enskukennsla
Námsðaferðir
Kannanir
Orðaforði
Enska
Unglingar
Iceland
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1946/6538
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spelling ftskemman:oai:skemman.is:1946/6538 2023-05-15T16:48:55+02:00 Popular and useful learning strategies in language acquisition amongst teenagers Erla Edvardsdóttir Háskóli Íslands 2010-04 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1946/6538 en eng http://hdl.handle.net/1946/6538 Grunnskólakennarafræði Enskukennsla Námsðaferðir Kannanir Orðaforði Enska Unglingar Thesis Bachelor's 2010 ftskemman 2022-12-11T06:57:28Z This thesis examines which learning techniques and strategies teenagers in Iceland prefer to use when it comes to vocabulary acquisition in English and Icelandic both at home and in school, and if any of these strategies seem to work better than others and why. It also looks at the benefits that teaching and training learners in learning strategies bring to both students and teachers and how such training might be best conducted at compulsory school level. A pilot study was undertaken in one local school during October 2009 and after minor changes to the questionnaire it was put to students in 9th and 10th grade at two schools in the capital area during February 2010. Thesis Iceland Skemman (Iceland)
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topic Grunnskólakennarafræði
Enskukennsla
Námsðaferðir
Kannanir
Orðaforði
Enska
Unglingar
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Enskukennsla
Námsðaferðir
Kannanir
Orðaforði
Enska
Unglingar
Erla Edvardsdóttir
Popular and useful learning strategies in language acquisition amongst teenagers
topic_facet Grunnskólakennarafræði
Enskukennsla
Námsðaferðir
Kannanir
Orðaforði
Enska
Unglingar
description This thesis examines which learning techniques and strategies teenagers in Iceland prefer to use when it comes to vocabulary acquisition in English and Icelandic both at home and in school, and if any of these strategies seem to work better than others and why. It also looks at the benefits that teaching and training learners in learning strategies bring to both students and teachers and how such training might be best conducted at compulsory school level. A pilot study was undertaken in one local school during October 2009 and after minor changes to the questionnaire it was put to students in 9th and 10th grade at two schools in the capital area during February 2010.
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title Popular and useful learning strategies in language acquisition amongst teenagers
title_short Popular and useful learning strategies in language acquisition amongst teenagers
title_full Popular and useful learning strategies in language acquisition amongst teenagers
title_fullStr Popular and useful learning strategies in language acquisition amongst teenagers
title_full_unstemmed Popular and useful learning strategies in language acquisition amongst teenagers
title_sort popular and useful learning strategies in language acquisition amongst teenagers
publishDate 2010
url http://hdl.handle.net/1946/6538
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