Essays about: "Adam Simon Almqvist"

Found 2 essays containing the words Adam Simon Almqvist.

1. 1. Up to Standard? : A CEFR-related comparative study of Swedish and Norwegian model texts for assessing the national exam in written English for 9th graders

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för didaktik och lärares praktik (DLP)

   Author : Adam Simon Almqvist; [2019]
   Keywords : standardized testing; Sweden; Norway; model text; CEFR; write improve; language testing;

   Abstract : This study aims at exploring the quality of the Swedish and Norwegian national tests using their respective model texts for assessing. The study does so by relating them to the CEFR and the grading tool Write & Improve within the context of the two countries and the field of language testing. READ MORE

3. 2. An Englishman in Paris : A Study of Katherine Mansfield's Construction of Englishness in Je Ne Parle Pas Français

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Simon Adam Almqvist; [2016]
   Keywords : Englishness; Otherness; identity; Mansfield; empire;

   Abstract : The author discusses the construction of Englishness in Katherine Mansfield’s short story Je Ne Parle Pas Français using previous accounts for Englishness, Otherness and the context of modernism –primarily featuring imperialism. The author concludes that there is an English identity portrayed in Je Ne Parle Pas Français, but that it is to a greater extent associated with imperialism than other identifiable cultural traits. READ MORE