Sökning: "Reading in a second language"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 78 avhandlingar innehållade orden Reading in a second language.

1. 6. Advanced Second-Language Reading and Vocabulary Learning in the Parallel-Language University

   Författare :Špela Mežek; Philip Shaw; Diane Pecorari; Jim Coleman; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; advanced second-language reading; biliteracy; content courses; English textbooks; higher education; incidental vocabulary learning; parallel-language courses; reading to learn; Sweden; English; engelska;

   Sammanfattning : Due to the internationalisation of higher education, the use of English at higher education institutions has become widespread. Today an increasing number of students participate in courses with the local language as medium of instruction but with textbooks in English. LÄS MER

3. 7. Determinants and Consequences of Language-in-Education Policies : Essays in Economics of Education

   Författare :Christelle Garrouste; Holger Daun; Henry M. Levin; François Grin; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Language-in-education policies; decision-making analysis; non-cooperative game; language skills; HLM; human capital theory; rate of return analysis; post-colonial Africa; IALS; SACMEQ; International education; Internationell pedagogik; internationell pedagogik; International Education;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three empirical studies. The first study, Rationales to Language-in-Education Policies in Postcolonial Africa: Towards a Holistic Approach, considers two issues. First, it explores the factors affecting the choice of an LiE policy in 35 African countries. LÄS MER

4. 8. Med andra ord : Samspel och villkor för litteracitet bland nyanlända barn

   Författare :Susanne Duek; Christina Olin-Scheller; Åsa Wedin; Björn Bihl; Anna Slotte; Karlstads universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; New Literacy Studies; newly-arrived; children; family literacy; literacy practices; home and school literacy; multilingualism; ethnography; Swedish as second language; sociocultural incongruence; habitus; symbolic capital; short or no education parents; Pedagogiskt arbete; Educational Work; Swedish as a Second Language; Svenska som andraspråk;

   Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis centres on six children, aged four to nine, who relatively recently immigrated to Sweden. The children’s encounters with literacy are in focus. LÄS MER

5. 9. 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

7. 10. In the shoes of a soldier : Communication in Tim O'Brien's Vietnam narratives

   Författare :Mats Tegmark; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska;

   Sammanfattning : This is a study of the American writer Tim O'Brien's If I Die in a Combat Zone, Going After Cacciato, and The Things They Carried. Unlike previous O'Brien scholarship, which is either historical-biographical or formalistic, focusing on the contextual meaning or the literary merits of his narratives, this dissertation studies O'Brien's war narratives within a functional and communicative paradigm. LÄS MER