Essays about: "essay on english"

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1. 1. Spelling in the Digital Age: Spell- checkers’ Impact on Writing : A quantitative study on the effects of spell- checkers on English grammar

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Naba Hussein; [2024]
   Keywords : Language acquisition; spell-checkers; technology; spelling; misspelling; transposition; substitution; omission; insertion;

   Abstract : Due to the increased usage of technology and its indicated aid in writing acquisition, it is important to investigate the effects of spell-checkers on the English language. Thus, this essay has conducted a quantitative study to ascertain if there has been an improvement or regression in English spelling with the aim of gathering an indication of if and how spelling has evolved and changed with the development of spell-checkers. READ MORE

3. 2. A quantitative study of Swedish high school L2 learners' receptive knowledge of English lexical collocations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Louise Frifelt; [2024]
   Keywords : Collocations; Multi-word units; Formulaic language; Second language acquisition; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This paper investigates receptive knowledge of English lexical collocations among Swedish high school students. The study tests the claim that L2 (second language) learners of English have a low level of collocational competence and tend to recognise high-frequent collocations more than low-frequent since the former have been encountered more. READ MORE

4. 3. Gender Indeterminacy in English to French Translation: Case Study of Leslie Feinberg’s Stone Butch Blues

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Caroline Grand-Clement; [2023-03-17]
   Keywords : Leslie Feinberg; Stone Butch Blues; gender indeterminacy; English to French translation; queer literature; grammatical gender; gender agreement;

   Abstract : This essay explores how characters’ gender indeterminacy in English fiction texts can be translated into French, and which translation choices are available to achieve its preservation. The translation of Leslie Feinberg’s Stone Butch Blues by Hystériques & AssociéEs is made the focus of this essay, as the gendering in French of the main character, Jess, is examined. READ MORE

5. 4. INSERTIONS IN POPULAR HISTORY TEXTS - A contrastive study on translation from English to Swedish and from Swedish to English

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Gustav Landälv; [2023-02-27]
   Keywords : English; Swedish; readability; insertion; clause; phrase; syntactic position; popular history;

   Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to compare the frequency of insertions in an English popular history text and a Swedish popular history text. Moreover, the purpose is to compare the English text with its Swedish translation and the Swedish text with its English translation as regards the status of the insertions as clauses, phrases or (in the translation) something else than a clause or a phrase. READ MORE

6. 5. Parable of the Sower in the EFL Classroom : Ecofeminism, Empathy, and Environmental Narratives

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Olivia Semler; [2023]
   Keywords : EFL classroom; Ecofeminism; Ecopedagogy; empathy; hyperempathy; Upper Secondary School; climate change; Parable of the Sower; English 7;

   Abstract : In this essay, Parable of the Sower (1993) by Octavia E. Butler will be analyzed. The analysis investigates how the novel can enable discussions about empathy in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom. READ MORE