Essays about: "Native speaker NS"
Found 3 essays containing the words Native speaker NS.
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1. Pronunciation Teaching in the Swedish EFL Classroom
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)Abstract : This essay aims to explore how Swedish teachers of English view the shift from a Native Speaker ideal to English as a Global Language in connection to pronunciation teaching. The essay also aims to explore how the teachers teach this in practice. READ MORE
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2. ‘Neutral, native-like or authentic’ : Investigating attitudes and beliefs of expanding circle speakers of English
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : The status of English as the language of international communication is by now well-established. However, in the past 16 years, research has tried to emphasize the fact that the English spoken in international contact situations and between people with other first languages than English has different needs than the English spoken locally amongst native speakers, resulting in the emergence of English as a lingua franca (ELF) as a scholarly field. READ MORE
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3. Effects of conventionality and proficiency in metaphor processing : A response time study
University essay from Engelska institutionenAbstract : Some researchers that work with metaphor theory claim that metaphors and figurative language are understood and processed just as easily as literal language. However, as this thesis will explore in detail, other research indicates that such is not always the case. READ MORE