Essays about: "language aptitude"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words language aptitude.

1. 1. Generative Language Models for Automated Programming Feedback

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap

   Author : Lea Hedberg Segeholm; Erik Gustafsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Education; Code feedback; Pre-trained language models PTMs ; GPT-3; GPT-3.5; Generative language models;

   Abstract : In recent years, Generative Language Models have exploded into the mainstream with household names like BERT and ChatGPT, proving that text generation could have the potential to solve a variety of tasks. As the number of students enrolled into programming classes has increased significantly, providing adequate feedback for everyone has become a pressing logistical issue. READ MORE

3. 2. The Influence of Working Memory, Language Learning Experience and Language Background on LLAMA_F Test Performance

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Maria Tomm; [2022]
   Keywords : language aptitude; grammatical inferencing; LLAMA_F; working memory; language learning experience; language background; agglutinative languages; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This experimental study investigates how individual variation in cognitive functioning, specifically working memory, previous experience with language learning but also language background, influence language aptitude, in particular grammatical inferencing - the capacity to spot patterns in grammar - as measured by the LLAMA_F test. Firstly, the study explores individual factors hypothesised to influence grammatical inferencing performance. READ MORE

4. 3. Migrating Abroad : Factors and Experiences of Bangladeshi Students in Umeå, Sweden

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

   Author : Md Lutful Bin Faruq; [2021]
   Keywords : Higher Education; Bangladeshi Students; Sweden; Push and Pull factors;

   Abstract : The predominance of International Higher Education has switched from the USA, Canada, England and Australia, the pioneers of internationalization of higher education, to Europe and other countries. European countries have become the higher study destination for many students from all over the world. READ MORE

5. 4. Effects of Foreign Language Training on Word Perception

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Agnes Wiberg; [2020]
   Keywords : fMRI; word perception; pseudowords; VWFA; perceptual learning; repetition enhancement; repetition suppression; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This paper reports the results of a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study that tested predictions on changes in visual word perception. The neural correlates of visual word perception were examined twice over the course of three months. READ MORE

6. 5. Naïve listeners’ perceptual learning of Chinese tones: The influence of L1 background in prosody and the effect of an auditory-image (AI) training paradigm

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Lili Wen; [2019]
   Keywords : Tone perception; Tone acquisition; Mandarin 声调感知; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The present perceptual learning study was conducted in an attempt to investigate to which extent naïve listeners’ L1 prosodic background affected their learning performance of a lexical tone language and whether an auditory-image (AI) training paradigm curtailed the online-learning process of lexical tones. Thirty-three Mandarin-naïve Swedish-native listeners (NS listeners) and 33 Mandarin-naïve English-native listeners (NE listeners) participated in a behaviour experiment designed to answer the question of whether native listeners of a pitch accent language (NS listeners) had an advantage over native listeners of a non-tonal non-pitch-accent language (NE listeners) in learning to perceive tones in Mandarin Chinese (MC). READ MORE