Sökning: "english as a third language"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 62 avhandlingar innehållade orden english as a third language.

1. 1. Writing in a third language : a study of upper secondary students’ texts, writing processes and metacognition

   Författare :Yvonne Knospe; Kirk Sullivan; Ingela Valfridsson; Anita Malmqvist; Åsa Wengelin; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; foreign language learning; second language acquisition; third language learning; writing in a foreign language; learning to write; metacognition; keystroke logging; text quality; German; upper secondary school; language teaching and learning; språkdidaktik; Linguistics; lingvistik;

   Sammanfattning : Learning an additional foreign language (usually referred to as a third language, L3) after English (L2) in formal settings seems to remain relatively unsuccessful in the European context (European Commission 2012), despite the reported advantages from extensive language learning experiences. Against this background the present thesis explores the potential benefits of a teaching approach focused on writing strategies and metacognitive reflections for L3 writing. LÄS MER

3. 2. Learning aspect in Italian as a third language : Transfer patterns among multilingual learners in the Swedish context

   Författare :Francesco Vallerossa; Camilla Bardel; Anna Bergström; Anna Gudmundson; Llorenç Comajoan-Colomé; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conceptual linguistic transfer; L3 Italian; non- prototypical associations; Romance; tense-aspect; third language acquisition; språkdidaktik; Language Education;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the impact of previously acquired or learned background languages (BL) on the learning of Italian as a third language (L3) among undergraduate students in the Swedish context. Focusing on the learning of past tense-aspect (TA) inflectional categories in Italian, the thesis investigates the influence of Swedish, English and Romance languages, French or Spanish, in light of four factors. LÄS MER

4. 3. Learning of definiteness in Belarusian students of Swedish as a foreign language

   Författare :Anders Agebjörn; Åsa Wengelin; Micheal Sharwood Smith; University of Gothenburg; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; second-language acquisition; third-language acquisition; Russian; English; Swedish; definiteness; noun phrase; implicit and explicit knowledge; cross-linguistic influence; language-learning aptitude; complexity; input frequency;

   Sammanfattning : Through a series of studies, this thesis investigates the learning of definiteness in Russian-speaking students of Swedish. A communicative oral-production task elicited modified and non-modified noun phrases in indefinite and definite contexts. LÄS MER

5. 4. Source Language of Lexical Transfer in Multilingual Learners : A Mixed Methods Approach

   Författare :Hannah Neuser; Maria Kuteeva; Philip Shaw; Camilla Bardel; Scott Jarvis; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; multilingualism; third language acquisition; lexical transfer; crosslinguistic influence; modal differences; proficiency; recency; exposure; psychotypology; L2 status; transferability; markedness; lexical organization; activation; lexical access; English; engelska;

   Sammanfattning : The study reported in this thesis investigates the source language of lexical transfer in multilingual learners using a mixed methods approach. Previous research has shown that the source language of crosslinguistic influence can be related to factors such as proficiency, recency/exposure, psychotypology, the L2 status, and item-specific transferability. LÄS MER

7. 5. The impact of macro socioeconomic trends on the future of the English language

   Författare :David Graddol; Philip Shaw; Kingsley Bolton; Alan Davies; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; World Englishes; ELT; English as a lingua franca; language policy; language and economy; language demographics; English; engelska;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis by compilation consists of four books and articles published between 1997 and 2006, each dealing with issues related to the increasing use of English as a global language, together with an introductory chapter which reviews the literature relating to world Englishes and the Sociology of Language, and discusses the methodology employed in the research. The publications included are: (i) Graddol, D. LÄS MER