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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 26 avhandlingar innehållade orden L2 learning english.

  1. 11. Learning Idiomaticity : A Corpus-Based Study of Idiomatic Expressions in Learners' Written Production

    Författare :Maria Wiktorsson; Engelska; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; corpus linguistics; idiom principle; open choice principle; construction grammar; compositionality; conventionalisation; idiom; formulae; collocation; prefab; Swedish learners of English; L2; Idiomaticity; L1; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to investigate how Swedish learners of English (at different levels of proficiency) master idiomaticity in their target language. I argue that idiomaticity can be related to the storage and use of multi-word expressions that are preferred by native speakers. LÄS MER

  3. 12. The dynamics of second language learning : a longitudinal and qualitative study of an adult's learning of Swedish

    Författare :Nils Granberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; second language learning; second language acquisition; individual differences; attitude; motivation; learning strategies; communication strategies; identity; liminality; case study; Grounded Theory; hermeneutic; qualitative; holistic; longitudinal; Swedish;

    Sammanfattning : An often discussed issue in the field of second language learning is the influence and importance of individual differences, IDs, such as motivation, personality, previous learning experiences and learning strategies. It has been claimed that IDs form a complex system in the learner, but little consensus has been reached as regards definitions of constructs or their relative importance. LÄS MER

  4. 13. ”Completely Headless”. Modification of adjectives in Swedish advanced learners' English

    Författare :Viktoria Börjesson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Swedish advanced learners; written English; spoken English; degree modification; adjectives; modifiers; reinforcers; attenuators; collocation; learner corpora; learner English; formal register; informal speech; genre awareness; academic writing; comparative study; contrastive interlanguage analysis;

    Sammanfattning : This is a corpus-based, empirical study, which investigates Swedish advanced learners’ written and spoken English with regard to modification of adjectives, both reinforcing (e.g. totally different, very nice) and attenuating (e.g. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Testing English Collocations : Developing Receptive Tests for Use with Advanced Swedish Learners

    Författare :Henrik Gyllstad; Engelska; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; foreign languages teaching; Applied linguistics; Språkinlärning; Language learning; vocabulary size; learning level; Swedish advanced learners of English; validity; second language vocabulary acquisition; test development; reliability; collocation; language testing; sociolinguistics; Tillämpad lingvistik; undervisning i främmande språk; sociolingvistik; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ;

    Sammanfattning : The research reported in this thesis has two main aims. The first aim is to develop tests capable of yielding reliable and valid scores of receptive knowledge of English collocations as a single construct, for use with advanced L2 learners of English. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Peer Review Practices of L2 Doctoral Students in the Natural Sciences

    Författare :Karyn Sandström; Eva Lindgren; Isa Janke; Christiane Donahue; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; peer review; second language writing; genre; research articles; discourse communities; natural sciences; doctoral students; mediation; language teaching and learning; språkdidaktik; engelska; English;

    Sammanfattning : Writing research articles in English is a common requirement in doctoral studies in the natural sciences; however, learning to write the research article genre is challenging, particularly in a foreign language (L2). A potential resource for learning the RA genre is giving and receiving peer review. LÄS MER