Essays about: "sentence stress"

Found 5 essays containing the words sentence stress.

  1. 1. Sentence Stress in Songs: The Potential of Using Authentic Songs for Teaching English Sentence Stress to EFL Learners in Swedish Lower-Secondary School

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska; Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Teo Mattiasson; [2023]
    Keywords : sentence stress; pronunciation teaching; musical instruction; English as a foreign language; English songs; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Using music as a tool for teaching a foreign language has been shown to positively affect the language learning process (Balčytytė-Kurtinienė, 2018; Cañete García et al., 2022; Heidari- Shahreza & Moinzadeh, 2012), and this essay suggests that authentic English songs can be used in the teaching of EFL in lower-secondary school in Sweden to efficiently meet many aspects of the syllabus. READ MORE

  3. 2. A phonetic and multimodal exploration of the BA construction of the Chinese imperative

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

    Author : Guohua Hu; [2021]
    Keywords : Chinese imperative; 把 bǎ ‘Ba’ construction; syntax; prosody; gesture; multimodality; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Previous studies of the Chinese imperative have treated syntax and prosody separately, have not considered gestures, and have looked at sentences in isolation and not in discourse. This study therefore investigated how the relationship between grammatical components, intonation (perceived stress), and gesture are co-organized and interact in the 把 bǎ ‘Ba’ construction (i. READ MORE

  4. 3. Översättning och pilotstudie av CMPS-F : utvärdering av akut postoperativ smärta hos katter som genomgår ovariehysterektomi

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Joanna Kulle; Cornelia Nylander; [2018]
    Keywords : katt; smärta; instrument; utvärdering; poäng;

    Abstract : Att utvärdera smärta hos katt kan vara en stor utmaning, men med hjälp av ett validerat smärtutvärderingsinstrument kan det underlättas. Inom djursjukvården är det av betydelse att djuren är adekvat smärtlindrade för att inte utsättas för onödigt lidande. READ MORE

  5. 4. Present but not perfect : A study of problems Brazilian students encounter when learning the English present perfect tense

    University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten; Karlstads universitet; Avdelningen för språk

    Author : Fabiana Andrioli Sklar; [2011]
    Keywords : English present perfect; Brazilian Portuguese present perfect; EFL textbooks; EFL teaching; simple past; corpus; corpora; COMPARA; translation.;

    Abstract : Most Brazilian students learning English face difficulty when studying thepresent perfect. It is one of the most challenging aspects of the Englishlanguage for Portuguese speakers due to the similar form with a divergentsemantic value. READ MORE

  6. 5. Intonation and sentence type interpretation in Greek : A production and perception approach

    University essay from Institutionen för kommunikation och information

    Author : Dimitrios Kotsifas; [2009]
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    Abstract : This thesis examines the intonation patterns of Modern Greek with regard to different interpretations of the sentence types (declarative, interrogative, imperative). 14 utterances are produced by Greek native speakers (2 men and 2 women) so as to express various speech acts: STATEMENT, QUESTION, COMMAND and REQUEST. READ MORE