Essays about: "language instructed"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words language instructed.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. Dynamic Shadows of Symmetric Shapes in a 2D Environment A case study in the field of Computer Graphics

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Jesper Glas; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : With modern computer graphics it is easy to think that the computer has some inherent understanding of the 3D world around it. How else could a game let you experience a dynamic world so close to reality in real time. READ MORE

  4. 3. Investigating Validity of Semantic Measures vs Rating Scales in Assessing Personality

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Sofie Gustavsson; Henrietta Plate; [2023]
    Keywords : Rating scales; semantic measures; Five Factor Model of personality; The Big Five; IPIP-NEO 30; Natural Language Processing; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Within personality research, self-report questionnaires are a common approach. This study takes aim at investigating whether self-report questionnaires are enough, or if semantic measures, through Natural Language Processing, could be a substitute or complementary method, in assessing personality. READ MORE

  5. 4. L2 word accent production in Swedish: An experimental study on adult learners of Swedish with non-tonal L1 background

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

    Author : Ana Ramírez Maraver; [2021]
    Keywords : Second Language Acquisition; perception; production; prosody; fundamental frequency; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Previous research has shown that intermediate-advanced L2 learners of Swedish with a non-tonal L1 can use word accents to predict the upcoming suffix as L1 Swedish speakers do. This was also the case of low-intermediate L2 learners who produced word accents after being instructed on the Swedish prosodic system. READ MORE

  6. 5. Latvian Language Policy : Unifying or Polarizing? Reconstructing the Political Debate on Language Reform in the Latvian Education System

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

    Author : Samuel Holm; [2020]
    Keywords : Latvia; language policy; nationalism; imagined community; national unity;

    Abstract : Languages are not just systems for communication, they are also often a marker of ethnic and/or national identity and sometimes a politically contentious issue. A country where this is the case is Latvia, which has a large Russian-speaking population. During the Soviet occupation of Latvia, Russian became the dominant language in public life. READ MORE