Essays about: "Mother Tongue"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 96 essays containing the words Mother Tongue.

  1. 1. The Role of Language of Instruction: The Case of Morocco

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Emma Hamre; Yuki Kanayama; [2023]
    Keywords : Language of Instruction; Mother Tongue; Educational Attainment; Gender Gap; Intergenerational Transmission;

    Abstract : This paper explores the differential and intergenerational effects of Morocco's 1983 language policy that changed the language of instruction for most subjects in grades 6 to 12 from French to Classical Arabic. Although the policy has faced ongoing criticism over four decades, the plausible heterogeneous effects of the policy on marginalized groups and its intergenerational impact have yet to be investigated in the literature. READ MORE

  3. 2. Strategies for Teaching and Maintaining Chinese as Heritage Language for Chinese Children in Sweden : An investigation for identifying strategies that Chinese parents use helping their children learn and maintain their heritage language

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Bertil Wanner; [2023]
    Keywords : Heritage language maintenance; mother tongue education; children learning Chinese; language proficiency; language maintenance; 承袭语言传承 母语教育 儿童汉语学习 语言能力 语言传承;

    Abstract : Chinese as a heritage language is one of the fastest lost languages in the world. In fact, in most Chinese families that have left China, the heritage language is lost by the second generation. READ MORE

  4. 3. Mother Tongue Influence when Learning a Second Language : A Contrastive Analysis of Swedish Gymnasium Students

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

    Author : Ebba Müller; Stephanie Dahlquist; [2023]
    Keywords : Linguistics; contrastive analysis; mother tongue; influence; interference; errors;

    Abstract : The intended purpose of this essay was to examine student essays to find out if there are any first language interferences in Swedish students’ written English. First language interference has been researched before, which will be presented in the essay, amongst other terms such as translanguaging, acquisition and language transfer, all explained in the theoretical concepts section. READ MORE

  5. 4. Comparison between the SiP-test (Situated Phoneme test) and conventional Swedish SIN (TiB)-test (Speech in Noise Test). : An experimental comparison of two methods for speech perception in people with Arabic as mother tongue.

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper

    Author : Elpida Saridou; [2023]
    Keywords : Speech perception; speech recognition test; speech in noise test; speech test; Swedish speech perception test; situated phoneme test; non-native; bilingualism;

    Abstract : Background: The difficulties for people to understand and perceive speech in second languages in the presence of background noise is well documented in the literature. Similar difficulties have been reported in bilinguals. READ MORE

  6. 5. English Can Be Efficient within Swedish Business, Although Code Shifting Often Appears : A Study of English as a Lingua Franca in a Business Context at a Swedish Company

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

    Author : Sandra Verrone; [2023]
    Keywords : English as a lingua franca ELF ; business English as lingua franca BELF ; semi-structured interviews; code shifting; native languages; foreign languages; Sweden;

    Abstract : This study aims to explore how the application of Business English as a Lingua Franca (BELF) is perceived among the employees at a chosen company, exploring to what extent BELF is used, and identifying opportunities and challenges of BELF. Using a qualitative research methodology conducted through semi-structured interviews, consisting of six participants, the study delves into the usage of BELF in a bigger Swedish company, how the employees experience it, and what factors matter for its outcome. READ MORE