Sökning: "Simon Torffvit"

Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade orden Simon Torffvit.

  1. 1. The Class of Us: A Study Across Several Schools in Sweden Comparing the EFL Comprehension of Playing the Video Game The Last of Us Versus Viewing the Television Adaptation

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Författare :Robert Bång; Simon Torffvit; Anton Grandi; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Comparative; Comparative Study; Quantitative; English; EFL; English as a Foreign Language; SLA; Second Language Acquisition; Comprehension; Test; Video Games; Video Game; CALL; Computer assisted language learning; The Last of Us; TLoU; The Last of Us: Remastered; Naughty Dog; PlayStation; HBO; Home Box Office; Game; Games; Computer Games; Skolverket; Upper Secondary School; Gymnasiet; Gymnasieskolan; Sweden; Control Group; Immersion; Multimodality; Interactivity; Interactive; Television; Television series; Media; Audiovisual media; Audiovisual; Large-scale; Gender; Program; Video Game Literacy; Game Literacy; Narrative; Educational; Serious Games; Mature; Problem of Content; Attitudinal; Survey; Likert-scale; Likert; Interventionist; Narratology; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : Contemporary English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms in upper secondary schools in Sweden make frequent use of receptive media such as movies and television to facilitate language learning. The more interactive medium of video games is seldom used for the same purpose, despite previous research indicating that the added layer of interactivity can bring benefits such as improvements to vocabulary, written production and reading comprehension. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to Irony

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Författare :Simon Torffvit; [2022]
    Nyckelord :irony; humor; principle of relevance; literature teaching; English as a Foreign Language; EFL; maxims of conversation; close reading; The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : In this paper, I explore how Douglas Adams’ comedic 1979 science-fiction novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy could be used to improve English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ understanding of irony. Specifically, the study is based on criteria for the English 5 course in Swedish upper secondary school and is performed using a combined theoretical framework of Dan Sperber and Deidre Wilson’s principle of relevance and Paul Grice’s maxims of conversation. LÄS MER

  4. 3. En formell titt på informell svensk historia - en analys av populära internationella forums brukande av svensk historia genom internet memes

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Historia

    Författare :Simon Torffvit; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Sverige; Svensk; Historia; Sweden; Swedish; History; Popular; Populära; Populär; Meme; Memes; Internetfenomen; Internetmeme; Internetmemes; International; Forums; Sociala medier; Sociala; Medier; Bild; Bilder; Analys; Kvalitativ; Social media; Social; Media; Reddit; Facebook; Twitter; Instagram; Historiebruk; Bildanalys; Use of history; Picture; Image; Analysis; Vikingatiden; Vikings; Stormaktstiden; Sabaton; Karl XII; History and Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : Denna uppsats har som huvudsakliga frågeställning att besvara frågan om hur svensk historia gestaltas och brukas i populära memes på internationella forum, och varför den gestaltas och brukas på dessa sätt. Uppsatsen kommer fram till att den mest förekommande aspekten av svensk historia är vikingatiden, följt av 1900-talets utrikespolitik, stormaktstiden och kontemporär svensk kulturhistoria. LÄS MER