Essays about: "Speaking"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 702 essays containing the word Speaking.

1. 16. Proficient speakers : A literature review on what it means to be orally proficient as a speaker of English

   University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Kim Fahlström; [2023]
   Keywords : Fluency; speech; oral proficiency; assessment;

   Abstract : An increasing amount of people use the English language, even those with other first languages. Therefore, there is an interest in investigating various aspects of the English language. The present study aims to investigate what it means to be orally proficient as a speaker of English. READ MORE

3. 17. Subject-Verb Agreement Errors in Swedish 9th and 11th Grade Students’ English Written Production

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Maiko Tsukanaka; [2023]
   Keywords : Second Language Acquisition SLA ; Swedish Learner English Corpus SLEC ; Swedish-speaking learners of English; Error analysis; Subject-verb agreement; Transfer; Overgeneralization;

   Abstract : This study aims to investigate possible factors contributing to subject-verb agreement errors in Swedish junior and senior high school students' English written production. The sample data is collected from the Swedish Learner English Corpus (SLEC), which comprises student texts produced in a classroom setting. READ MORE

4. 18. Is it enough to be understood? A study of teacher attitudes towards accent in the EFL classroom

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

   Author : Martin Silva; [2023]
   Keywords : accents; teacher attitudes; pronunciation; English as a lingua franca; World Englishes; nativelikeness; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This study investigates teacher attitudes towards accent in the EFL classroom. The central theoretical base for this study is English as a lingua franca (ELF), which proposes that intelligibility is the key to communication in English between people from different backgrounds. READ MORE

5. 19. Flodnära utveckling i en social kontex : hur städer kan skapa gröna rekreationsområden på före detta trafikinfrastruktur vid floder

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Olivia Espinosa; [2023]
   Keywords : trafikinfrastruktur; grönyta; flodnära utveckling; rekreation; stadsutveckling; kulturell hållbarhet; friyta;

   Abstract : I denna uppsats har flodnära platsers utvecklingspotential för rekreationsvärde undersökts för att få en större förståelse för flodens roll i staden, hur projekt som främjar rekreation kan se ut och vilka rekreationsvärden som ingår, och hur erfarenheter från internationella projekt och vägledande dokument skulle kunna appliceras i en svensk kontext med en tillämpning i Göteborg. Syftet med uppsatsen är att ge ett underlag som planerare kan använda sig av när de undersöker olika möjligheter i städer som har en låg andel parkmiljöer, men som har tillgång till flodnära mark med potential att utvecklas till urbana parker. READ MORE

6. 20. Analysis of speaking time and content of the various debates of the presidential campaign : Automated AI analysis of speech time and content of presidential debates based on the audio using speaker detection and topic detection

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Axel Valentin Maza; [2023]
   Keywords : Artificial Intelligence; Speaker detection; Speaker recognition; Speaker diarization; Speaker identification; Debate; Politics; Deep Learning; Artificiell intelligens; talardetektion; talarigenkänning; talardiarisering; talaridentifiering; debatt; politik; djupinlärning;

   Abstract : The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has grown rapidly in recent years and its applications are becoming more widespread in various fields, including politics. In particular, presidential debates have become a crucial aspect of election campaigns and it is important to analyze the information exchanged in these debates in an objective way to let voters choose without being influenced by biased data. READ MORE