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1. 1. Teaching Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day : A Theoretical Essay Towards Cross-Curricular, DualCoded Historical Knowledge

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

   Author : Helena Salii; [2019]
   Keywords : Action Research Plan; English; British; Cross-Curricular Teaching; Dual-Coding Theory DCT ; Education; English as a Second Language ESL ; Language; Teaching; Historical Knowledge; History; Jigsaw; Learning; Novel; Second Language Acquisition SLA ; Swedish; Vocabulary; WWI; WWII; Understanding; Upper Secondary School.;

   Abstract : In a suggestion to build upon students’ historical knowledge through reading The Remains of the Day, this essay delves into cross-curricular teaching, dual-coded theory aspects and revision of suggested plans to improve learner’s understanding of historical novels, characters, events, and descriptions to grasp and reflect upon such historical knowledge. Several methods for enhancing students’ knowledge and to improve vocabulary knowledge are provided. READ MORE

3. 2. Challenging the dual coding theory : Does Affective Information Play a Greater Role in Abstract Compared to Concrete Word Processing?

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

   Author : Ingrid Almgren; [2018]
   Keywords : abstract word-processing; DCT; ERP; semantic representation; concreteness effect; imageability; recognition task; categorization; emotional valence;

   Abstract : It has long been held that concrete material has a processing advantage over abstract material, as predicted by Dual Coding Theory (Paivio,1991), although this has been challenged. For example, based on evidence for behavioural and neuroscientific studies, Kousta,, Vigliocco, Vinson, & Del Campo, (2011) proposed that emotional valance had a greater influence in the processing of abstract words, and that under some circumstances there may be no concreteness effect and might even be an abstractness effect. READ MORE