Essays about: "american english in sweden"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 49 essays containing the words american english in sweden.

  1. 16. Teaching and Assessing Student's Accents : The Challenge of Working with the Multitude of Accents in the English-Speaking World

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Emma Klevskog; [2019]
    Keywords : World English; Teaching; Oral assessment; Swedish learners; Teachers; Accents; Upper secondary school;

    Abstract : Today, English is a world language and more English accents have appeared. Today it is more difficult to teach English in Sweden due to the fact that we do not know when, where or how we are going to use English in the future. READ MORE

  3. 17. English pronunciation in Swedish Upper Secondary School Students : A qualitative study of Swedish students’ pronunciation tendencies

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Julia Flisberg; [2018]
    Keywords : pronunciation; swedish students; English; degree project; production; SLA; language learning;

    Abstract : Geographically, Sweden is significantly closer to England as opposed to America, two English speaking countries with two rather different varieties of the language. With regard to Britain’s history of colonization it could be assumed that British English (RP-variety) would be most frequently used globally. READ MORE

  4. 18. World Englishes in Lower Secondary School Textbooks : A comparative study between a Polish and a Swedish Textbook

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

    Author : Ella Binder; [2018]
    Keywords : American English; British English; local varieties; major varieties; textbook; World Englishes;

    Abstract : The aim of this study has been to find out whether the authors of English textbooks in two EU countries, Poland and Sweden, view diversity and promote World Englishes in the same way or whether there are any differences. The attempt has been made to analyse reading texts in the two textbooks for teaching English as a foreign language, a Polish and a Swedish one, in order to see what different Englishes have been promoted there, and to which extent they are represented in both textbooks. READ MORE

  5. 19. English Speaking Cultures in Middle School Reading Material

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Rasmus Dalquist; [2018]
    Keywords : Culture; English as an international language; interculturality; exonormative; endonormative;

    Abstract : This study is an attempt to discuss and reflect over which cultures that are present in the reading material in the English language education in the years four to six at in a school outside of Malmö. The concept of culture is discussed from an educational perspective. READ MORE

  6. 20. “It is not important whether one speaks British English or American English” : A Questionnaire-Based Study of English Teachers’ Attitudes in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Leila Amdaouech; [2018]
    Keywords : American English; British English; language attitudes; teaching; variety;

    Abstract : Although there have been some studies conducted in Sweden about the language attitudes towards different varieties of English, most of these studies have focused on the language attitudes found amongst students. There have not, however, been many studies conducted that examines teachers’ language attitudes. READ MORE