Essays about: "L1 use"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 91 essays containing the words L1 use.

1. 1. "We live in Sweden; We use Swedish to understand" : A study on L1 functions and students' attitudes toward L1 use in a Swedish L2 English learning environment

   University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

   Author : Johanna Pettersson; [2024]
   Keywords : Sweden; L1 use; L1 functions; English; L2 learning environment; student attitudes; codeswitching; translanguaging; monolingual learning environment; multilingual learning environment; bilingualism;

   Abstract : This study aims to explore Swedish upper secondary students’ attitudes toward first language (L1) use in a second language (L2) English learning environment. In addition, it aims to explore the functions of L1 use. Through a qualitative approach with both observations and interviews, a pattern of L1 use was noticed. READ MORE

3. 2. Bilingualism and Event Conceptualisation Patterns: Conceptual Transfer in Swedish-English Bilinguals

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Emma Knudsen; [2024]
   Keywords : Linguistic relativity; Conceptual transfer; Grammatical aspect; Endpoint encoding; Event conceptualisation; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : In this paper, the event conceptualisation patterns of Swedish-English bilinguals are examined. Swedish and English differ from each other with regard to the existence of grammatical aspect, which previous work has shown to affect how speakers conceptualise motion events. READ MORE

4. 3. WHAT CHANGES WHEN YOU USE ENGLISH AT WORK? A STUDY OF ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA IN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS IN CHINA

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Huan Luo; [2023-02-17]
   Keywords : English; English as a lingua franca; ELF; intercultural communication; workplace; multinational corporations; MNCs; China;

   Abstract : This study investigated when Chinese business professionals use English as a lingua franca to communicate in the workplace, what changes, and why and how the changes happen. 14 respondents who had Chinese as L1 and English as at least one of their working languages participated in the open-ended questions survey. READ MORE

5. 4. Teacher Talk in the Swedish EFL Classroom for Grades 4-6 : Ways to promote pupils' development of communicative abilities

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Jonas Pettersson; [2023]
   Keywords : Teacher talk; young learners; Swedish EFL classrooms; Forman;

   Abstract : Given the explicit focus of compulsory schooling in Sweden on providing pupils with opportunities to develop their communicative abilities, all available resources should be utilised to their fullest potential - one of these resources being the way a teacher talks to and with their pupils, i.e., their teacher talk. READ MORE

6. 5. WSA-ENLIL + Cone ensemble modeling of an Earth-directed ICME : Comparison with in-situ observations by Solar Orbiter and WIND at L1

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för fysik och astronomi; Uppsala universitet/Institutet för rymdfysik, Uppsalaavdelningen

   Author : Alberto García Ribas; [2023]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are considered the most energetic phenomenon in the heliosphere. Originated in the solar corona, they are formed by ejected plasma driven by strong magnetic fields. READ MORE