<p>English is one of three core subjects in upper secondary school and it is essential that students</p><p>receive a good education in this subject. Since writing and speaking are such prominent parts</p><p>of the English language, the teacher is obliged to possess knowledge of how to improve</p><p>students’ proficiencies in an efficient way. The question is how to use this knowledge when</p><p>the teacher is supposed to compose different methods for lessons, evaluate the exercises and</p><p>give proper feedback to the students.</p><p>This investigation is based on various literary sources, interviews with teachers and</p><p>questionnaires with students and the background information is the basis for the interview</p><p>questions and the questionnaire.</p><p>There are endless possibilities for appropriate exercises to improve writing and speaking and it</p><p>is impossible to investigate every single one there is in a relatively short essay. I have,</p><p>however, found a fair number of methods, which will be described in this paper. In order to</p><p>evaluate exercises, the teacher needs to be prepared and know what to focus on in the exercise</p><p>as it is in progress, but also listen to the students’ opinions since they know if they have</p><p>learned anything or not. Correction of spoken errors should be handled cautiously by the</p><p>teacher but the students should be made aware of the written mistakes they make.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:hj-1192 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Elftorp, Fredrik |
| Publisher | Jönköping University, |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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