Essays about: "English Global Language"

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  1. 6. Including Varieties of English in Teaching: A Survey of Teachers’ Practices in Swedish Upper Secondary School

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Daniel Pettersson; [2022]
    Keywords : Varieties of English; English Language Teaching; Syllabus; English as a Global Language; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : English teachers in Swedish upper secondary school often focus on Standard British and American English, although they agree with the syllabus that different varieties of English should be included in teaching. This study aimed to investigate to what extent English teachers include different varieties of English in the classroom. READ MORE

  3. 7. Youtubing Sápmi : Sámi multisemiotic repertoires, decolonial mobilization and interdiscursivity in the wired age

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

    Author : Tom Rudberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Sámi languages; multisemiotic repertoires; interdiscursivity; sociolinguistic scales; revitalization; coloniality; decolonial mobilization; youtube;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the practice of “youtubing Sápmi”, which entails Sámi decolonial mobilization, multisemiotic and multilingual language use on YouTube. The aim is to understand how YouTube videos can function as a tool for discursive mobilization and as a complement or alternative to linguistic and cultural revitalization. READ MORE

  4. 8. Students’ perceptions of speaking anxiety, collaborative learningand the use of different strategies to cope with speaking anxiety : Aquantitative study

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Emilia Andersson; [2022]
    Keywords : Speaking anxiety; collaborative learning; self-management;

    Abstract : English speaking skills and the ability to collaborate with others are essential in our global society. Students need to be provided with the knowledge to actively participate in society and develop the ability to use different strategies to support their communication. READ MORE

  5. 9. Analysis of Syntactic Behaviour of Neural Network Models by Using Gradient-Based Saliency Method : Comparative Study of Chinese and English BERT, Multilingual BERT and RoBERTa

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Jiayi Zhang; [2022]
    Keywords : neural network models; gradient-based saliency; BERT; mBERT; RoBERTa;

    Abstract : Neural network models such as Transformer-based BERT, mBERT and RoBERTa are achieving impressive performance (Devlin et al., 2019; Lewis et al., 2020; Liu et al., 2019; Raffel et al. READ MORE

  6. 10. Antagonistic Narrative Strategies with Chinese Characteristics : A study of Chinese media narratives during 2021

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Lorenzo Westling; [2022]
    Keywords : Narrative strategies; Antagonistic narration; Strategic narratives; China; Political Science; Global Times;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the usage of antagonistic narrative strategies in Chinese state media narratives about the European Union, thus gaining a greater understanding of the usage of narratives by authoritarian states. Articles published during March 2021 and November 2021 by the English-language Chinese state media organisation Global Times are analysed using a novel framework developed by Wagnsson & Barzanje (2021). READ MORE