Sökning: "language choice"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 156 avhandlingar innehållade orden language choice.

  1. 1. Nurturing a heritage language : Language-centered practices in mother-child interactions in multilingual families

    Författare :Olga Abreu Fernandes; Ann-Carita Evaldsson; Helen Melander Bowden; Mathew Burdelski; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; language-centered practices; language learning environments; multilingual children; family interaction; family language policy; heritage language maintenance; language socialization; bilingual literacy; multimodal interactional analysis; Russian; Pedagogik; Education; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

    Sammanfattning : Situated within research on language socialization and family language policy, this thesis explores how young children (2–4 years old) learn their heritage language in multilingual, transnational families, and how multilingualism becomes an integral part of family life. It draws on video-ethnographic fieldwork in three bi/multilingual families in Sweden with preschool-aged children where the mothers speak Russian and the parents aspire to raise children multilingually. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Immigration, security and the public debate on US language policy : A critical discourse analysis of language attitudes in the United States of America

    Författare :Soraya Tharani; Anna-Brita Stenström; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; national identity; societal security; language policy; ethnolinguistic conflict; human rights; language rights; ethnicity; multilingualism; immigration; critical discourse analysis; language attitudes; English language; Spanish language; United States;

    Sammanfattning : The narrative of the United States is of a "nation of immigrants" in which the language shift patterns of earlier ethnolinguistic groups have tended towards linguistic assimilation through English. In recent years, however, changes in the demographic landscape and language maintenance by non-English speaking immigrants, particularly Hispanics, have been perceived as threats and have led to calls for an official English language policy. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Ask and distract : Data-driven methods for the automatic generation of multiple-choice reading comprehension questions from Swedish texts

    Författare :Dmytro Kalpakchi; Johan Boye; Joakim Nivre; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; multiple choice questions; question generation; distractor generation; reading comprehension; second-language learners; L2 learning; Natural Language Generation; flervalsfrågor; frågegenerering; distraktorsgenerering; läsförståelse; andraspråkslärande; L2-inlärning; Natural Language Generation; Speech and Music Communication; Tal- och musikkommunikation;

    Sammanfattning : Multiple choice questions (MCQs) are widely used for summative assessment in many different subjects. The tasks in this format are particularly appealing because they can be graded swiftly and automatically. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Language Choice and Code-Switching in the Azerbaijani Community in Tehran : A conversation analytic approach to bilingual practices

    Författare :Helena Bani-Shoraka; Carina Jahani; Gisela Håkansson; Jens Normann Jørgensen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Iranian languages; Language maintenance; Language shift; Code-switching; Style-shifting; Conversation analysis; Bilingualism; Azerbaijani; Persian; Language policy; Iranska språk - allmänt; iranska språk; Iranian Languages;

    Sammanfattning : This study examines language choice and code-switching patterns found in the Azerbaijani speech community in Tehran, Iran. Two empirical studies have been combined. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Svenska i engelskspråkig skolmiljö : Ämnesrelaterat språkbruk i två gymnasieklasser

    Författare :Maria Lim Falk; Hans Strand; Olle Josepshon; Catharina Nyström Höög; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; CLIL content- and language-integrated learning ; subject-based communicative competence; language choice; code-switching; Swedish; upper secondary students; classroom interaction; communicative activities; activity types; text analysis; functional grammar; text activities; ethnography; Scandinavian languages; Nordiska språk; Scandinavian Languages; nordiska språk;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to determine how English-language teaching in Sweden influences the subject-based communicative competence and language development in Swedish of upper secondary students. The focus is thus on the students’ mother tongue, i.e. LÄS MER