Sökning: "the usage of english"

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1. 1. Spelling in the Digital Age: Spell- checkers’ Impact on Writing : A quantitative study on the effects of spell- checkers on English grammar

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Författare :Naba Hussein; [2024]
   Nyckelord :Language acquisition; spell-checkers; technology; spelling; misspelling; transposition; substitution; omission; insertion;

   Sammanfattning : Due to the increased usage of technology and its indicated aid in writing acquisition, it is important to investigate the effects of spell-checkers on the English language. Thus, this essay has conducted a quantitative study to ascertain if there has been an improvement or regression in English spelling with the aim of gathering an indication of if and how spelling has evolved and changed with the development of spell-checkers. LÄS MER

3. 2. Literature in EFL : A qualitative study of how EFL upper secondary school teachers in Sweden reflect on the uses of literature in EFL

   Kandidat-uppsats, Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för hälsa, lärande och teknik

   Författare :Maja Näslund; [2024]
   Nyckelord :second language learning; Swedish upper secondary school; English as a foreign language; Swedish National Curriculum; literature teaching;

   Sammanfattning : Research shows that there are several benefits that can be extracted from the usage of literature in EFL. The question is which benefits teachers tend to make use of in their classrooms. LÄS MER

4. 3. 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

5. 4. Our Bula Spirit Awaits You! The Usage of Interlingual Compound Words Consisting of English and the Fijian Greeting Bula in Fijian Tourism Advertisement Online

   Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Författare :Jonathan Ruus; [2023-03-17]
   Nyckelord :English; Fiji; Fiji-English; Global Englishes; Linguistics; Corpus Linguistics; Instagram; Tourism; Advertisement; Discourse Analysis;

   Sammanfattning : This study investigates the Global English variety spoken in the South Pacific Island nation Fiji, often referred to as Fiji-English. Specifically, this paper examines how interlingual compound words consisting of the Fijian greeting bula + various English words are used in Fijian tourism advertisement on the social media platform Instagram. LÄS MER

7. 5. An Errors Analysis of Grammatical Errors in The Written Productions of Swedish Students in a Vocational High School

   Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet / / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap

   Författare :Maryam Nezamabadi; [2023-02-01]
   Nyckelord :Error analysis; Verb errors; Common grammatical errors; English written productions; Grammar teaching; Second language learning; Errors based on word class categories;

   Sammanfattning : As an approach to spotting and analyzing students' errors, error analysis provides information that gives us a better understanding of students' knowledge of second language grammar, so we can offer them more effective teaching. This study is an error analysis that investigates the most common grammatical errors focusing on verbs, prepositions, articles, and pronouns in English writings produced by first-year high-school students at a vocational school in southern Sweden. LÄS MER