Essays about: "The importance of the english language in the world"

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1. 16. Attitudes in Sweden towards four Different Varieties of the English Language: A Quantitative Study

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Sahar Armandi; [2016-08-12]
   Keywords : engelska; English; Sweden; Attitudes; Linguistic Attitudes; World Englishes; IndE; AmE; NigE; BrE; Written Questionnaire;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to explore the attitudes of Swedish people towards the following varieties of English: Indian English (IndE), American English (AmE), Nigerian English (NigE) and British English (BrE). The study was conducted via a written questionnaire which was answered by a total of 157 participants. READ MORE

3. 17. Alibaba Group’s Market Entry and Expansion in The United States

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Produktionsekonomi

   Author : He Caroline; [2015]
   Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Background: We are today doing business in a global and increasingly digitalized world where e-commerce has become a significant approach for companies to be successful and to reach a bigger market. Alibaba Group is today considered to be the world’s largest e-commerce company and was founded in 1999 by Jack Ma, a former English teacher from Hangzhou, China. READ MORE

4. 18. Multiilingualism and Language Learning in School

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

   Author : Tina Saunders Åhlén; [2015]
   Keywords : multilingualism; bilingualism; second language; language barriers; metalinguistic;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how students, aged 13-15, with a mother tongue other than Swedish, experience learning English in school. This is important since there is an increasing number of bilinguals and multilinguals learning English in schools in Sweden and around the world. READ MORE

5. 19. What's the problem with reading? : Thesis in language

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

   Author : Alun Hughes Hughes; [2015]
   Keywords : Reading; english; swedish; teaching; fiction; upper secondary education;

   Abstract : This project began with the basic preconception that there is a growing resistance towards reading among students and this has been partially proved correct. The research questions were: In upper secondary education, what is it that encourages or hinders the students’ incentives for reading? What effect does this have on the subsequent teaching of fictional texts? The aim of this investigation was to examine attitudes on reading among students in upper secondary education and how these attitudes affect the teaching of fictional texts. READ MORE

6. 20. Speaking about Newspeak - Teaching Democracy, Critical Thinking and Language through Nineteen Eighty-Four

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Tomas Wahlqvist; [2014-02-19]
   Keywords : engelska; George Orwell; Nineteen Eighty-Four; critical language study; education;

   Abstract : This essay presents how to use George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four as a literary intergrated project of teach democracy, critical thinking, English language skills and critical language study in the English 6 EFL classroom in upper secondary school in Sweden. This literary study is done through the lens of critical pedagogy with an emphasis on the way language influences power and helps dominant groups, in both the world of Nineteen Eighty-Four as well as contemporary society, remain in control. READ MORE