Sökning: "English language and literature"
Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 386 avhandlingar innehållade orden English language and literature.
16. Traducción y creación : tres poetas traductores colombianos del siglo XX: Jaime Tello, José Manuel Arango y Harold Alvarado Tenorio
Sammanfattning : Este trabajo realiza un análisis crítico de las elecciones traductivas —elecciones del poeta traductor en su re-poetización— de tres poetas traductores colombianos de mediados del siglo XX. El objetivo de esta tesis es analizar las poéticas de la traducción de Jaime Tello, José Manuel Arango y Harold Alvarado Tenorio, con el fin de contribuir a la historiografía de la traducción de poesía en Colombia. LÄS MER
17. Apologising in British English
Sammanfattning : The thesis explores the form, function and sociolinguistic distribution of explicit apologies in the spoken part of the British National Corpus. The sub-corpus used for the study comprises a spoken text mass of about five million words and represents dialogue produced by more than 1700 speakers, acting in a number of different conversational settings. LÄS MER
18. Immigration, security and the public debate on US language policy : A critical discourse analysis of language attitudes in the United States of America
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
19. Writing in a third language : a study of upper secondary students’ texts, writing processes and metacognition
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
20. Contrasting language-in-education policy intentions, perceptions and practice : the use of English and Kreol Seselwa in the Seychelles
Sammanfattning : Many studies have shown that Second Language (L2) Medium of Instruction (MoI) policies in Africa are linked to educational inequity, substandard teaching practice, low literacy skills and poor overall academic performance. In the light of this background, this thesis aims to make a more thorough inquiry into questions related to language-in-education policies, L2 as MoI, and academic success in the Seychelles, a small island nation in the Indian Ocean. LÄS MER
