Essays about: "English variety"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 147 essays containing the words English variety.

1. 1. Teaching pronunciation effectively in an EFL classroom; a literature review

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kultur, språk och medier (KSM)

   Author : My Olsson; Alice Osborne; [2024]
   Keywords : effective teaching; English as a Foreign Language; intelligibility; secondary education; pronunciation;

   Abstract : This study provides a literature review of the most effective ways to teach pronunciation to EFL secondary school students in Sweden. There is limited time allocated to pronunciation leading to a scarcity of available effective methods. This impacts the important role which intelligibility holds in pronunciation. READ MORE

3. 2. Swedish Upper Secondary School Students’ attitudes toward intramural and extramural English

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för hälsa, lärande och teknik

   Author : Tomas Lundh; [2024]
   Keywords : Attitudes; EFL learners; extramural English; Swedish upper secondary school;

   Abstract : The aim of this study was to investigate Swedish upper secondary school students’ attitudes toward English in school as well as to identify in what ways and to what extent they interact with English outside of school. An online questionnaire was used to collect data. READ MORE

4. 3. Dare. Dream. Done. [Sparkles emoji] : Pragmatic functions and sentiment of emojis in tweets by American, English, Australian, Indian, and Nigerian users

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

   Author : Kristoffer Olsén; [2024]
   Keywords : ambiguity; computer-mediated communication; cyberpragmatics; emoji; emoji usage pattern; national variety; pragmatics; sentiment; tweets; användningsmönster för emojis; attityd; cyberpragmatik; datorförmedlad kommunikation; emoji; nationell variation; pragmatik; tvetydighet; tweets;

   Abstract : Emojis can be ambiguous, even when used within one and the same language and geographic region, but they are also a globally accessible language in computer-mediated communication. This paper aims to examine if emoji usage across five different national varieties of English (American, English, Australian, Indian, and Nigerian), geographically located on five different continents, exhibits similar pragmatic functionality and sentiment. READ MORE

5. 4. Our Bula Spirit Awaits You! The Usage of Interlingual Compound Words Consisting of English and the Fijian Greeting Bula in Fijian Tourism Advertisement Online

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Jonathan Ruus; [2023-03-17]
   Keywords : English; Fiji; Fiji-English; Global Englishes; Linguistics; Corpus Linguistics; Instagram; Tourism; Advertisement; Discourse Analysis;

   Abstract : This study investigates the Global English variety spoken in the South Pacific Island nation Fiji, often referred to as Fiji-English. Specifically, this paper examines how interlingual compound words consisting of the Fijian greeting bula + various English words are used in Fijian tourism advertisement on the social media platform Instagram. READ MORE

6. 5. Equally non-native? : Investigating the attitudes of Swedish students towards Swedish and Arabic L2 English speakers

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Alva Liljegren; [2023]
   Keywords : Language attitudes; Verbal guise; ELF; ELT; World Englishes; Sweden.;

   Abstract : The increasing use of English as a lingua franca has led to the emergence of many nonnative varieties, but research indicates that despite the efforts of disciplines such as World Englishes and ELF to elevate the status of these varieties, speakers of native varieties are still valued higher by listeners all over the world. However, few studies have attempted to compare non-native varieties to each other without the presence of a contrasting native variety. READ MORE