Essays about: "Gustav Ek"

Found 5 essays containing the words Gustav Ek.

  1. 1. Measuring possible indicators of successful academic writing among EFL teaching undergraduate students

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

    Author : Gustav Wibell-Kähr; Filip Nilsson Ek; [2022]
    Keywords : academic writing; information literacy; source criticism; reporting verbs; academic vocabulary; EFL;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to investigate several potential indicators of successful academic writing and their connection to assignment grades as a possible path toward better teaching of academic writing at the upper secondary level in Sweden. These indicators are referencing (REF), academic vocabulary (AV), and reporting verbs (RV). READ MORE

  2. 2. Analyzing the benefits of reading strategy instruction for reading comprehension in L2 English learners

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

    Author : Gustav Wibell-Kähr; Filip Nilsson Ek; [2021]
    Keywords : Reading strategies; L2; metacognitive strategies; active reading; top-down strategies; bottom-up strategies;

    Abstract : This study investigates the potential benefits of reading strategy instruction in the English classroom in an L2 learner context. We examined the effects of reading strategy instruction on reading comprehension for L2 learners and investigated howreading strategies should be taught in the context of Swedish upper secondary school. READ MORE

  3. 3. Blue Eyes, Lacanian Real : A psychoanalytic reading of Gustav Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för musikvetenskap

    Author : Marco Rep; [2019]
    Keywords : Gustav Mahler; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Psychoanalysis; Lacan; Žižek; three Orders; Repetition compulsion;

    Abstract : Gustav Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (first published 1887) feature as their only character a miserable wayfarer who laments his unrequited love for someone and who, in spite of all his beautiful pastoral surroundings, cannot help but feel deep unhappiness. Using Lacan’s three orders (Imaginary, Symbolic and Real) and further developments of his theory by Slavoj Žižek in The Sublime Object of Ideology, I argue that the eyes of the wayfarer’s beloved are the Lacanian Real that disrupts his symbolic network and thus are the origin of his traumatic existence. READ MORE

  4. 4. A study of poly(vinyl alcohol) as a solid polymer electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Strukturkemi

    Author : Gustav Ek; [2016]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The use of solid polymer electrolytes in lithium-ion batteries has the advantage in terms of safety and processability, however they often lack in terms of performance. This is of major concern in applications where high current densities or rapidly changing currents are important. READ MORE

  5. 5. Quartzene – A promising thermal insulator : Studies of thermal conductivity’s dependence of density and compression of Quartzene® in the form of powder.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för teknikvetenskaper

    Author : Erik Bamford; Gustav Ek; Daniel Hedbom; Johan Nyman; Victor Petterson; Josefin Sjöberg; Ida Styffe; Olivier Vizuete; [2014]
    Keywords : aerogel; insulation; conductivity; compression; Knudsen; Quartzene;

    Abstract : The purpose of this project was to study Svenska Aerogel AB’s product Quartzene®, and develop its capacity as a thermal insulator. Quartzene® is a silica based mesoporous material developed by Svenska Aerogel AB, with properties similar to aerogels produced by the sol-gel process. READ MORE