Sökning: "adult language learning"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 36 avhandlingar innehållade orden adult language learning.

  1. 1. The effects of extramural language : Relationships between engagement in Japanese language activities and general Japanese language proficiency

    Författare :Andreas Bengtsson; Gunnar Jinmei Linder; Mitsuyo Kuwano Lidén; Pia Sundqvist; Carmen Muñoz; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Extramural Ln; Extramural Japanese; Second Language Acquisition; Language Learning; Extramural; Out-of-class; Asiens språk och kulturer; Asian Languages and Cultures;

    Sammanfattning : Many L2 learners believe they learn their target language by using it extramurally, i.e. outside the classroom. This topic, language learning as a result of engagement in L2 use, has garnered increased attention in the last decade. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Engagement, directed motivational currents, and second language learning : adult immigrant perspectives

    Författare :Manar Halwani; Kirk P. H. Sullivan; Eva Lindgren; Andrea Schalley; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Second language learning; motivation; engagement; Directed motivational currents DMCs ; engagement with language EWL ; adult learners; immigrant; refugee; professionals; language teaching and learning; språkdidaktik; Psychology; psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : The dissertation answers calls for the integration of motivation and engagement theory and research among highly educated adult-migrant language learners. Specifically, the purpose of this dissertation is to propose a model to describe the interactions between the motivation construct Directed Motivational Currents (DMCs) and the engagement construct Engagement with Language (EWL). LÄS MER

  4. 3. Engagement, directed motivational currents, and second language learning : adult immigrant perspectives

    Författare :Manar Halwani; Kirk P. H. Sullivan; Eva Lindgren; Marte Monsen; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Second language learning; motivation; engagement; directed motivational currents DMCs ; engagement with language EWL ; adult learners; immigrant; refugee; professionals; language teaching and learning; språkdidaktik;

    Sammanfattning : The dissertation answers calls for the integration of motivation and engagement theory and research among highly educated adult-migrant language learners. Specifically, the purpose of this dissertation is to propose a model to describe the interactions between the motivation constructDirected Motivational Currents (DMCs) and the engagement construct Engagement with language (EWL). LÄS MER

  5. 4. Constructions of Language Competence : Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Assessing Second Language Interactions in Basic Adult Education

    Författare :Maria Rydell; Catrin Norrby; Gunlög Sundberg; Caroline Kerfoot; Tim McNamara; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; constructions of language competence; language ideologies; migration; language testing and assessment; Swedish as a second language; embodied interaction; lived experience of language; adult education; sociolinguistics; linguistic anthropology; Scandinavian Languages; nordiska språk;

    Sammanfattning : The current thesis is concerned with constructions and perceptions of what it means to be ‘a competent language user’ in the context of a language programme in basic Swedish called Swedish for Immigrants (SFI). A particular focus is given to the testing and assessment of oral interaction. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Age and Constraints on Language Learning : First Language Retention and Second Language Acquisition in International Adoptees

    Författare :Gunnar Norrman; Emanuel Bylund Spångberg; Guillaume Thierry; Janet Werker; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; bilingualism; critical period; electroencephalography; event-related potentials; first language retention; international adoption; phonology; second language acquisition; Bilingualism; tvåspråkighet;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the influence of age of acquisition on the long-term second language development of international adoptees. Because age of acquisition typically coincides with the onset of bilingualism, the study of maturational age effects in second language acquisition has been empirically and conceptually entangled with changes in language input and use. LÄS MER