Sökning: "second language acquisition in sweden"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 23 avhandlingar innehållade orden second language acquisition in sweden.

  1. 1. 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

  2. 2. Samiska skolbarns samiska : en undersökning av minoritetsspråksbehärskning i en språkbyteskontext

    Författare :Mikael Svonni; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Saami language; language attrition; first language acquisition; second language acquisition; minority language; language proficiency; language development;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation presents an investigation of the proficiency in Saami of Swedish Saami schoolchildren. Several different aspects of language proficiency were examined with different methods of elicitation. The investigation had the form of a longitudinal study and mainly concerned language structure, i.e. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Second language discourse in and out of classrooms : studies of learner discourse in the acquisition of Swedish as a second language in educational contexts

    Författare :Inger Lindberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Andraspråk Svenska; Språkinlärning; Andraspråk Svenska;

    Sammanfattning : A common theme for the papers in this thesis is a discourse perspective and an interactionist view on second language acquisition/learning and teaching. The results point at substantial differences between instructional activities as far as opportunities for meaningful interaction is concerned with important implications for language teaching. LÄS MER

  4. 4. 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

  5. 5. Learning aspect in Italian as a third language : Transfer patterns among multilingual learners in the Swedish context

    Författare :Francesco Vallerossa; Camilla Bardel; Anna Bergström; Anna Gudmundson; Llorenç Comajoan-Colomé; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conceptual linguistic transfer; L3 Italian; non- prototypical associations; Romance; tense-aspect; third language acquisition; språkdidaktik; Language Education;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the impact of previously acquired or learned background languages (BL) on the learning of Italian as a third language (L3) among undergraduate students in the Swedish context. Focusing on the learning of past tense-aspect (TA) inflectional categories in Italian, the thesis investigates the influence of Swedish, English and Romance languages, French or Spanish, in light of four factors. LÄS MER