Essays about: "5 Foreign literature study"
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1. “It doesn’t usually turn out well when you’re stuck with a book you don’t like.” A Study on Swedish Upper Secondary School Students’ Experiences of Reading English Fiction
University essay from Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : This research project investigates Swedish upper secondary school students’ experiences of engaging with English fiction, both within and outside of the context of their English language classroom. Three focus group interviews were conducted with 18 upper secondary school students from the southern parts of Sweden. READ MORE
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2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to Irony
University essay from Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : 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. READ MORE
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3. Follow the Money : Determinants of Cap Rates in the Stockholm Office Market
University essay from KTH/Fastighetsföretagande och finansiella systemAbstract : Purpose – In recent decades the inflation- and interest rates have followed a long-termdeclining trend. Followed by central banks starting to use unconventional monetary policiesto cope with financial crises have led to increased amounts of liquidity in the financialsystems and available and looking for investment alternatives on the capital markets. READ MORE
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4. The curious case of the Russo-Georgian war: economic implications of a post-Soviet conflict
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : The purpose of this paper was to fill a gap in the literature on the consequences of the Russo-Georgian war of 2008. I asked: how did Russia's invasion of Georgia affect Georgian per capita GDP? I hypothesised that the effect was negative but negligible and used the synthetic control method to answer the research question. READ MORE
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5. "One goal is to understand the world better" : A Thematic Analysis of Upper-Secondary School Teachers' Choice and Use of Literary Texts in EFL
University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikationAbstract : The aims of the present study were to explore how teachers in upper-secondary school choose and use literary texts and genres in their teaching of English as a foreign language (EFL), what their attitudes are towards the role of literature in reaching the learning objectives and what implications their textual choices have for literature teaching in general. Six people participated in the study, three male and three female upper-secondary school teachers in Sweden with English as one of their main subjects. READ MORE
