USING DRAMA AS AN ENRICHMENT FOR THE GIFTED AND STUDENTS OF HIGH POTENTIAL: WHAT DOES IT ENTAIL?
by Azzolin Isabelle
This thesis intends to take interest in and analyse how teaching gifted and highly talented students may provide new insights to teachers working in teenage education. To understand the concept of giftedness I need to analyse various aspects in terms of definitions and types of giftedness, difficulties as well as benefits to students and their teachers. Furthermore, I will analyse which criteria a school needs to accommodate classes for students with high potential. The first part of my...
FLIPPED CLASS PRESENTATIONS Fostering EFL students' English speaking skills through video presentations in a flipped presentation context
by Heusbourg Michèle
The aim of this travail de candidature (TC dissertation) was to evaluate the practice of video presentations in a flipped classroom context in various classes from the students' as well as the teachers' perspective. Objectives • Explore whether and in which form the video presentation tasks can easily be implemented without major changes into the teaching routine. • Determine whether video presentations can be used to foster speaking skills at any (especially early) stage...
Inclusion at high school level: between theory and practice.
Kayser Anne
This thesis addresses the feasibility of inclusion and inclusive practice in
ES/EST education. It aims to find out whether sensory impaired students can
successfully be included in regular schools and become part of a school
community through emotional belonging.
This thesis consists of three different parts. In the first part, the theoretical
framework of inclusion and inclusive practice is elaborated. Here, distinctions
between the different education systems are...
The Flipped Classroom - A viable path to a more differentiated learning process and more autonomous learning in Luxemburgish classrooms?
by Roch Jennifer
The present piece of research aims to look into the ways in which the concept of the flipped classroom can be implemented in the ELT classroom in Luxembourg, not only at beginners’ level, but also at upper-intermediate and advanced levels.
The flipped classroom is a model that was pioneered by Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams, both chemistry teachers, who gradually came to the realization that the time when their students needed them most and could really profit from their presence...
Deep learning. Maximizing the learning experience through Demand-High Teaching.
by Siebenmorgen Timo
1. Research aims
This research paper sets out to examine and put on show how deep learning can be implemented within a heterogeneous English foreign language (EFL) classroom. It will discuss how the concept of scaffolding, i.e. the balancing of challenge and support, can provide English language learners (ELL) with the necessary learning techniques (skills and ultimately strategies) that allow them to become autonomous learners in the process of lifelong learning....
'Dear teacher, have I told you...' Fostering writing skills through the use of dialogue journals in the EFL classroom.
Ronny van de Berg
1 Research aims
Nowadays, a big percentage of the writing which teenagers and young adults produce in
their everyday lives is interactive. They send each other text messages, discuss all kinds
of things on internet forums and chat on social networks. This stands in stark contrast to
the writing done in the EFL classroom, which focuses mainly on individual and separate
writing. In fact, the end goal of most EFL courses is essay writing, a planned and formal
piece of writing...