Essays about: "learners differences language acquisition"

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  1. 1. Use of phrasal verbs among Swedish secondary school students : Do patterns and amount of phrasal verb usage correlate with the level of engagement in Extramural English activities?

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Edith Olson; [2023]
    Keywords : phrasal verbs; extramural English; extramural activities; second language acquisition; constructional approach; Swedish learner corpus research; frasverb; extramural engelska; extramurala aktiviteter; andraspråksinlärning; konstruktionsmässigt tillvägagångssätt; svensk elevkorpus forskning;

    Abstract : Extramural English (EE) activities are activities in English that students spend time on outside of school. Previous studies have often concluded that EE activities have a positive effect on students’ English proficiency. The phrasal verb is a language feature which often causes problems for learners of English as a second language. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. Negative Transfer from Arabic as a Major Reason for the Errors Made by Arabic Learners in their Written Production in English as a Second Language

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

    Author : Bashar Khalil; [2022]
    Keywords : Second language acquisition; English; Arabic; language interference; negative transfer; error analysis; contrastive analysis;

    Abstract : The purpose of this research is to investigate the influence of negative transfer from Arabic as the most dominant influential factor among other possible factors that negatively affect Arabic learners resulting in them making errors in their written production in English as a second language. To perform this investigation, the author has collected and analysed 15 texts written by Arabic students enrolled in Grades 7, 8, and 9 of a lower secondary school. READ MORE

  5. 4. Learning Words by Translations or Explanations : A study with pupils within the ASD-Spectre at the Swedish Secondary School

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

    Author : Åke Strömberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Vocabulary acquisition; English; ASD-spectre; IM-program;

    Abstract : Abstract The acquisition of a sufficient vocabulary is crucial in order to learn a language. It is suggested that, to comprehend a text well, at least 95% of the words should be recognized and understood. Hence, it is of value to investigate different methods of learning new words. READ MORE

  6. 5. 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