Sökning: "English variation"

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  1. 1. Dare. Dream. Done. [Sparkles emoji] : Pragmatic functions and sentiment of emojis in tweets by American, English, Australian, Indian, and Nigerian users

    Kandidat-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Författare :Kristoffer Olsén; [2024]
    Nyckelord :ambiguity; computer-mediated communication; cyberpragmatics; emoji; emoji usage pattern; national variety; pragmatics; sentiment; tweets; användningsmönster för emojis; attityd; cyberpragmatik; datorförmedlad kommunikation; emoji; nationell variation; pragmatik; tvetydighet; tweets;

    Sammanfattning : Emojis can be ambiguous, even when used within one and the same language and geographic region, but they are also a globally accessible language in computer-mediated communication. This paper aims to examine if emoji usage across five different national varieties of English (American, English, Australian, Indian, and Nigerian), geographically located on five different continents, exhibits similar pragmatic functionality and sentiment. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Form-focused or meaning-focused? : Grammar tasks in EFL textbooks for English 5 in upper secondary school

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Karlstads universitet

    Författare :Angelica Eriksson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :form-focused; meaning-focused; instruction; grammar; tasks; CLT;

    Sammanfattning : This paper investigates what role grammar plays, what grammatical content is included, and whether focus on form or meaning dominates in six EFL (English as a Foreign Language) textbooks for English 5. Through the methodology content analysis, the grammatical content is calculated, categorized, and analyzed with coding frames in three parts: form-focused instruction and grammar tasks and meaning-focused instruction and grammar tasks, context, and grammatical categories. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Head-to-head Transfer Learning Comparisons made Possible : A Comparative Study of Transfer Learning Methods for Neural Machine Translation of the Baltic Languages

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Författare :Mathias Stenlund; [2023]
    Nyckelord :machine translation; transfer learning; Latvian; Lithuanian; low-resource languages; transformers; parent language; child language; comparative study;

    Sammanfattning : The struggle of training adequate MT models using data-hungry NMT frameworks for low-resource language pairs has created a need to alleviate the scarcity of sufficiently large parallel corpora. Different transfer learning methods have been introduced as possible solutions to this problem, where a new model for a target task is initialized using parameters learned from some other high-resource task. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Englishes och kulturell representation i en EFL-lärobok

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Författare :Leila Chaar; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Content Analysis; Critical Discourse Analysis CDA ; Cultural Representation; Discourse Analysis; EFL; ELF; English language; Englishes; ESL; Mixed Methodology; Qualitative analysis; Quantitative analysis; Textbook Analysis; Diskursanalys; EFL; ELF; Engelska språket; Englishes; ESL; Innehållsanalys; Kritisk diskursanalys CDA ; Kvalitativ metod; Kvantitativ metod; Kulturell representation; Läromedelsanalys; Mixad metod;

    Sammanfattning : I syfte att undersöka föreställningar om det engelska språket och kulturer i läroboken Solid Gold 1 genomfördes en innehållsanalys med mixad metod bestående av kvantitativ och kvalitativ analys. Teorier och begrepp ur diskursanalys och kritisk diskursanalys (CDA) användes som tolkningsverktyg i den kvalitativa analysen. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Differentiation in Practice? A Study on what Challenges English Teachers Face in Applying Differentiation

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på grundnivå, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kultur, språk och medier (KSM)

    Författare :Sandy Ny; Laila Amouri; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Challenges; differentiation; heterogeneous classrooms; inclusion; IDs individual difference; language acquisition; motivation; special needs learner; self regulation;

    Sammanfattning : Differentiation concerns teachers’ strategies and methods to design teaching in response to the natural variation in heterogeneous classrooms. In this study, it is looked upon as a method of inclusion in English teaching to enhance the students’ learning regardless of their levels. LÄS MER