Essays about: "English present perfect"

Found 5 essays containing the words English present perfect.

  1. 1. The Textbook - Servant or Master? : A Study of the Role of Textbooks in English Second Language Learning in Swedish High Schools

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : André Simu; [2019]
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    Abstract : Textbooks are considered an integral part of language teaching-learning. The aim of the present study is to investigate the relationship between textbooks and teachers as well as students. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Role of Transfer in Italian High School Students' Written Production in English

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Sara Frigerio; [2018]
    Keywords : Second language acquisition L1 transfer Italian mother tongue Error analysis Writing production;

    Abstract : This study aims at exploring to what extent transfer plays a role for young Italian learners of English. The informants consisted of a group of Italian high school students whose English written compositions are investigated. READ MORE

  4. 3. Processing of tense and aspect manipulations on-line in the first and second language: a self-paced reading study with Russian advanced learners of English.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Elena Eriksson; [2016]
    Keywords : tense-aspect agreement violations; self-paced reading; L1 processing; L2 processing; present perfect; tense; Aspect; telicity; L1 interference; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The present study investigates how native speakers of British English (n=12) and advanced Russian learners of English (n=24) handle two types of tense-aspect mismatches: present perfect mismatches, where the present perfect form does not match the preceding adverbial (e.g. READ MORE

  5. 4. Present but not perfect : A study of problems Brazilian students encounter when learning the English present perfect tense

    University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten; Karlstads universitet; Avdelningen för språk

    Author : Fabiana Andrioli Sklar; [2011]
    Keywords : English present perfect; Brazilian Portuguese present perfect; EFL textbooks; EFL teaching; simple past; corpus; corpora; COMPARA; translation.;

    Abstract : Most Brazilian students learning English face difficulty when studying thepresent perfect. It is one of the most challenging aspects of the Englishlanguage for Portuguese speakers due to the similar form with a divergentsemantic value. READ MORE

  6. 5. “Översätt den här sidan” : The advancement of Google Translate and how it performs in the online translation of compound and proper nouns from Swedish into English

    University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Ida Stefansson; [2011]
    Keywords : Machine translation; Google Translate; mistranslations; compound nouns; proper nouns; general information articles; patent texts;

    Abstract : The English translation of the Swedish compound fönsterbräda into windowsill, or the proper noun Danmark into Denmark makes perfect sense. But how about the compound fossilbränslefri as simply fossil fuel or the name Mälaren as Lake?  All four of these translations have been produced with the help of automatic machine translation. READ MORE