Essays about: "Comic Strips"

Found 5 essays containing the words Comic Strips.

  1. 1. Graphic novels: a way to broaden the repertoire of English teachers in the grades 4-6

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Camilla Torkkel; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to examine how graphic novels and comic strips can be used in English education for the grades 4-6. The results of the previous research presented in this study show a wide range of areas, and approaches, where graphic novels and comic strips can be used to further develop several aspects of pupils’ language development. READ MORE

  3. 2. Comics in Education; Can Comics Facilitate Reading Comprehension for ESL learners

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : David Jatta Kölin; [2021]
    Keywords : Reading comprehension; Comics; Comic books; Comic strips; ESL; English as a second langauge; Serietidningar; Serier; Seriestrippar; Andraspråksinlärning; Engelska som andraspråk; ESL; Läsförståelse;

    Abstract : Följande kunskapsöversikt ämnar att undersöka effekten serietidningsliknande läsmaterial har på läsförståelsen hos andraspråksinlärare av Engelska. För att undersöka detta formulerades följande forskningsfråga: I vilken mån kan serietidningsliknande material påverka läsförståelsen hon andraspråksinlärare av Engelska? En prototypisk definition av serietidningar (Mayer, 2007) användes för att tillåta denna kunskapsöversikt att använda både studier som använde serietidningar och studier som använde seriestrippar som läsmaterial. READ MORE

  4. 3. Was that funny? Multi-modal wordplay translation and audience types

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Nikolas Olof Winegarner; [2020]
    Keywords : Translation Studies; Wordplays; Humor; Comic Strips; Multimodality; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In this paper I will set out to show what effect the intended audience of a text has on how one approaches the translation of word play as it appears in comic strips, and how one should analyze those translation. I will do this by analyzing a set of comic strips, all featuring an instance of wordplay which combines the visual and textual elements of the text, which I translated according to metrics proposed by the literature and my own audience types. READ MORE

  5. 4. Thinking and seeing for speaking : The viewpoint preference in Swedish/Japanese monolinguals and bilinguals

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

    Author : Masako Hayakawa Thor; [2016]
    Keywords : Thinking for speaking; viewpoint preference; Linguistic relativity; Japanese; Swedish; bilinguals; monolinguals; subjective objective construal; cognition; verbal non-verbal task; perspektivpreferens; språkrelativitet; japanska; svenska; tvåspråkig; enspråkig; subjektiv objektiv tolkning; kognition; verbal icke-verbal uppgift;

    Abstract : “Linguistic relativity” has been studied for a long time. Many empirical studies have been conducted on cross-linguistic differences to find support for the influence of language on thought. READ MORE

  6. 5. Story telling engine based on agent interaction

    University essay from Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Juan Carlos Porcel; [2008]
    Keywords : comics; interactivity; artificial emotions; artificial inteligence; agent; software agent; ;

    Abstract : Comics have been used as a programming tool for agents, giving them instructions on how to act. In this thesis I do this in reverse, I use comics to describe the actions of agents already interacting with each other to create a storytelling engine that dynamically generate stories, based on the interaction of said agents. READ MORE