Essays about: "Vocabulary Level"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 86 essays containing the words Vocabulary Level.

  1. 1. A quantitative study of Swedish high school L2 learners' receptive knowledge of English lexical collocations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Louise Frifelt; [2024]
    Keywords : Collocations; Multi-word units; Formulaic language; Second language acquisition; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This paper investigates receptive knowledge of English lexical collocations among Swedish high school students. The study tests the claim that L2 (second language) learners of English have a low level of collocational competence and tend to recognise high-frequent collocations more than low-frequent since the former have been encountered more. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. Is the Echo English series relevant for advanced learners? : -A study on lexical character and recycling in two Swedish EFL textbooks for upper secondary school

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Magnus Ejnarsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Incidental learning; textbook analysis; recycling; pedagogy;

    Abstract : This study aims to provide additional research into how Swedish EFL textbooks support incidental vocabulary learning through reading texts, specifically for textbooks aimed at upper secondary school, expecting a greater emphasis on recycling mid- and low-frequency words. The study has investigated the lexical character of two textbooks, Echo English 5 and Echo English 7, as well as how they recycle lemmas and how well they recycle lemmas from the mid- and low-frequency bands. READ MORE

  5. 4. Conceptualizations of the temporal organization of music : An interview study of double bassists from two different musical traditions

    University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för musik, pedagogik och samhälle

    Author : Ida-Maria Risfelt; Ludvig Gawell; [2023]
    Keywords : temporal organization of music; pulse; double bass; musical traditions; jazz; western classical music; pedagogy;

    Abstract : This study delves into the temporal organization of music and investigates how double bassists from different musical traditions perceive various components within it, specifically focusing on jazz music and Western classical music. The aim was to explore potential disparities and ascertain the factors influencing their emergence. READ MORE

  6. 5. Affective language processing. Modulations of event-related potentials amplitude by induced mood in a valence judgment task

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Ekaterina Kopaeva; [2023]
    Keywords : affective processing; emotion; ERP; lexico-semantic processing; mood; valence; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Emotional vocabulary enjoys a processing advantage, with the emotional salience of a word detected at 200 ms post-presentation or earlier, signalling selective attention to its affective properties. An individual’s affective state also impacts attention and, by extension, affects processing. READ MORE