Essays about: "Linguistic proficiency"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 44 essays containing the words Linguistic proficiency.

  1. 1. Bilingualism and Event Conceptualisation Patterns: Conceptual Transfer in Swedish-English Bilinguals

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Emma Knudsen; [2024]
    Keywords : Linguistic relativity; Conceptual transfer; Grammatical aspect; Endpoint encoding; Event conceptualisation; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In this paper, the event conceptualisation patterns of Swedish-English bilinguals are examined. Swedish and English differ from each other with regard to the existence of grammatical aspect, which previous work has shown to affect how speakers conceptualise motion events. READ MORE

  3. 2. Intercultural (mis)communication in Swedish Workplaces from the Perspective of Brazilian Employees

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Ana Paula Viera de Carvalho; [2023-08-10]
    Keywords : Intercultural Communication; Politeness Strategies; Brazilian Employees; Swedish Workplaces; Power Distance; Masculinity Femininity.;

    Abstract : This study explores politeness and linguistic strategies in intercultural workplace communication in Sweden from the perspective of Brazilian white-collar employees. Employing Brown and Levinson's (1987) politeness framework and Hofstede's (2001; 2011) dimensions of Power Distance and Masculinity/Femininity. READ MORE

  4. 3. WHAT CHANGES WHEN YOU USE ENGLISH AT WORK? A STUDY OF ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA IN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS IN CHINA

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Huan Luo; [2023-02-17]
    Keywords : English; English as a lingua franca; ELF; intercultural communication; workplace; multinational corporations; MNCs; China;

    Abstract : This study investigated when Chinese business professionals use English as a lingua franca to communicate in the workplace, what changes, and why and how the changes happen. 14 respondents who had Chinese as L1 and English as at least one of their working languages participated in the open-ended questions survey. READ MORE

  5. 4. The cross-linguistic influence on L2 learners' ability to use morphosyntactic cues predictively. : A psycholinguistic study on German grammatical gender acquisition by Greek native speakers.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

    Author : Mavra Mylona; [2023]
    Keywords : Grammatical gender; Prediction; Second Language Acquisition; Gender Assignment; Picture Selection;

    Abstract : German and Greek are both Indo-European languages that realize grammatical gender and indeed they have similar grammatical gender systems, they both realize three genders (masculine, feminine, neuter). They pose some similarities concerning gender agreement as well. However, the lexical gender between these two languages differs a lot. READ MORE

  6. 5. Teachers' perspectives on translanguaging in EFL classrooms : Discourses around its use in Swedish upper secondary schools

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Marina-Bel Constantine; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This research focuses on teachers’ perceptions of the term translanguaging in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms in Swedish upper secondary schools. In Sweden, EFL classrooms are characterized by multilingual environments with a diverse set of learners with different backgrounds. READ MORE