Essays about: "English essay in Britain"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words English essay in Britain.

  1. 1. Hybrid identities in The Lonely Londoners by Samuel Selvon : A character analysis of the two characters Moses and Galahad.

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Sofia Backlund; [2022]
    Keywords : Hybridity; Racism; Identity; Language;

    Abstract : This essay reads and analyses the novel The Lonely Londoners by Samuel Selvon through the lens of postcolonial theory. It examines the West Indian migrants who migrated to Britain in the 1950s, searching for a better life. They had been indoctrinated by the colonizers for decades of the prosperous life awaiting them in the Motherland. READ MORE

  3. 2. Inclusiveness in texts in the EFL classroom : A study of English teachers’ inclusion of different parts of the world in texts used in the lower grades

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Dennis Moberg; [2021]
    Keywords : English as a foreign language; English as an international language; teaching material; text type; teacher usage;

    Abstract : This essay investigates if texts featuring different parts of the world are present in the English as a Foreign Language classroom for grades 1-3 of Swedish primary school. The focus in the essay is to investigate what texts teachers use in the English classroom and what content the texts feature related to different parts of the world. READ MORE

  4. 3. Back to the Future of a ‘Global Britain’

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies

    Author : Menelaos Lampis; [2020]
    Keywords : British nationalism; Industrialisation; Euroscepticism; Brexit; Global Britain; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the evolution of British nationalism regarding two major historical segments - industrialisation and imperialism - considering Brexit. The essay aims to reveal the true colours of Global Britain, and it is based on two dominant sections, the origins of British nationalism, as they are described by Ernest Gellner, Liah Greenfeld and Krishan Kumar, and its development into a hard Eurosceptic, right-wing populist phenomenon. READ MORE

  5. 4. Film, Critical Language Awareness and the English Subject : An Example of Promoting CLA by Using Film as Teaching Material.

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Phillip Molin-Wilkinson; [2018]
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    Abstract : This essay argues that an effective means of promoting critical language awareness (CLA) in the English subject in Swedish upper-secondary schools is to use socially critical, realistic film about contemporary social issues as a teaching material. To demonstrate this, the essay conducts a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of scenes from the selected materials drawn from the film This Is England and the TV series Little Britain. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Barns Were Laiking near the Beck : A Study of Old Norse Origins in Colloquial English

    University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

    Author : Ida Gustafsson; [2013]
    Keywords : Language History; Colloquial English; Old Norse; Old English; Philology; Vikings;

    Abstract : This is a small quantitative study with focus on colloquial English words with an Old Norse origin. The essay aims to study the history of the Viking invasion and its impact on the English language and to answer the question to what extent Old Norse has influenced modern English vocabulary. READ MORE