Sökning: "American standard English"

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1. 1. The Dawn of Euro-English : Student and Teacher’s Knowledge and Opinion on Euro-English and the English Standards in Swedish Upper-Secondary School

   Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Författare :Irmelie Sundfors; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Upper-secondary school; American standard English; British standard English; Euro-English; upper-secondary school teachers; English teaching; Sweden;

   Sammanfattning : Throughout the 1900s, the English subject has gone through massive change in the Swedish school system. The main focus has always been on the British standard, with the United Kingdom as the model for all who study English or educate students. LÄS MER

3. 2. It’s no laughing matter! The changing use of the semicolon and its application in various genres

   Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Författare :Magnus Boström; [2023]
   Nyckelord :punctuation; semicolon; linguistics; prescriptivism; grammar; syntax; prosody;

   Sammanfattning : The function of the semicolon has changed considerably since the 15th century, from primarily indicating the length of a pause, to providing syntactic information. According to prescriptive grammar, the semicolon is used to join independent clauses and to avoid complexity by separating items in a list. LÄS MER

4. 3. Beyond the Norm of Standard English : A Content Analysis of Standard and Non-Standard Varieties in EFL Textbooks

   Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Författare :Erik Molin; [2023]
   Nyckelord :EFL textbooks; Linguistic variation; Standard and non-standard varieties; Upper secondary school;

   Sammanfattning : To achieve the Swedish National Agency for Education’s (2022) aim of developing all-round communicative skills, knowledge of the vast diversity of English may be needed. Therefore, this study analyses the representation of standard and non-standard varieties in four EFL textbooks aimed for the English 5 course in Swedish upper secondary school. LÄS MER

5. 4. Including Varieties of English in Teaching: A Survey of Teachers’ Practices in Swedish Upper Secondary School

   Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Författare :Daniel Pettersson; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Varieties of English; English Language Teaching; Syllabus; English as a Global Language; Languages and Literatures;

   Sammanfattning : English teachers in Swedish upper secondary school often focus on Standard British and American English, although they agree with the syllabus that different varieties of English should be included in teaching. This study aimed to investigate to what extent English teachers include different varieties of English in the classroom. LÄS MER

7. 5. The Evaluations of Native English Speakers Toward Two Native and Two Non-native English Accents - A study of Language Attitudes Toward English Accents

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Författare :Mawj Ahmed Mahmood; [2022]
   Nyckelord :language attitudes; language attitudes toward English accents; stereotypes; native English speakers’ accent evaluations; social attractiveness; social status; social class; character roles; Languages and Literatures;

   Sammanfattning : This paper examined the language attitudes of native English speakers recruited from Reddit toward two native and two non-native English accents by applying the verbal-guise technique and using speech audio files from The Speech Accent Archive (Weinberger, 2017). The two native English accents are General American and Received Pronunciation. LÄS MER