Essays about: "English means of"

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  1. 16. On the Quest for Alternative Ways of Becoming : Multifaceted Means of Maturation in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Martin Ahlberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; The Green Knight; Failure; The Hero’s Journey; David Lowery; Christopher Vogler; Coming of Age;

    Abstract : Living in an era where success is embraced as a life style, raises concerns that the alternatives to become, to grow and mature have been limited to a single variety – one where only triumph matters. This is a view that is spread through contemporary popular culture, whether it be in social media, video games, tv-series, films or books. READ MORE

  3. 17. The Effect of Vocabulary Acquisition on L2 Student’s Communicative Competence Through Task-based Learning

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kultur, språk och medier (KSM)

    Author : Hussein Mohammad Ali; Marcus Fredriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : Task-based Learning TBL ; Vocabulary acquisition and development at upper secondary school; English as a Second Language ESL ; Vocabulary development; EFL English as a foreign language ; L2.;

    Abstract : Abstract Task-Based Language Teaching has long been a method for education in different subjects. This study investigates the use of Task-Based Language teaching regarding vocabulary acquisition in English upper secondary/high school students. READ MORE

  4. 18. It does not rain more in the UK : A corpus analysis comparing the optimism variable in Swedish and UK-based listed companies’ sustainability reports

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Lina de Neergaard; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Abstract This thesis sets out to compare the level of optimism, quantified as the optimism variable, in UK and Swedish-based corporate Environmental, social, and corporate governance (“ESG”) disclosures published in English. The comparison is conducted by creating two corpora, one UK-based and one Swedish-based. READ MORE

  5. 19. Do we even care about politeness anymore? : A mixed-methods study of societal perceptions on pragmatic competence in English

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Nellie Lindqvist; [2022]
    Keywords : Cross-cultural pragmatics; ELF; speech-act theory; politeness theory; sociopragmatic competence; sociolinguistics;

    Abstract : Politeness is viewed as an admirable trait by most people, yet what it means to be polite is arguably a controversial issue when it comes to using English, as people of different ages, education levels, and proficiency levels use English daily, and may have different views on politeness. These observations raise questions about whether there are certain universal pragmatic rules, or if pragmatic rules are primarily language- and/or culture-specific. READ MORE

  6. 20. Unsupervised multilingual distractor generation for fill-in-the-blank questions

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Zhe Han; [2022]
    Keywords : Multilingual; Distractor; BERT;

    Abstract : Fill-in-the-blank multiple choice questions (MCQs) play an important role in the educational field, but the manual generation of them is quite resource-consuming, so it has gradually turned into an attractive NLP task. Thereinto, question creation itself has become a mainstream NLP research topic, while distractor (wrong alternative) generation (DG) still remains out of the spotlight. READ MORE