Essays about: "english speech"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 164 essays containing the words english speech.

1. 6. 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. 7. Speech Classification using Acoustic embedding and Large Language Models Applied on Alzheimer’s Disease Prediction Task

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

   Author : Maryam Kheirkhahzadeh; [2023]
   Keywords : Speech classification; Alzheimer’s disease detection; GPT-3; BERT; Text embedding; Dementia; wav2vec2.0; Klassificering av tal; detektion av Alzheimer’s sjukdom; GPT-3; BERT; textinbäddning; demens; wav2vec2.0;

   Abstract : Alzheimer’s sjukdom är en neurodegenerativ sjukdom som leder till demens. Den kan börja tyst i de tidiga stadierna och fortsätta under åren till en allvarlig och obotlig fas. Språkstörningar uppstår ofta som ett av de tidiga symptomen och kan till slut leda till fullständig mutism i de avancerade stadierna av sjukdomen. READ MORE

4. 8. Losing personality : Exploring with a focus on formal speech how the register of Nakata Satoru in Murakami Haruki’s Umibe no Kafuka is affected when translated into English and Swedish

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Author : Anna-Klara Josefsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Japanese; Murakami Haruki; Kafka on the Shore; formality; translation; Nakata Satoru; Equivalence;

   Abstract : When reading a translated book or a dubbed movie, one might come to wonder if the translation conveys the characters’ personality traits identically to that of the original, and while ‘identical’ may not be achievable, ‘equivalent’ rather may be within the scope of a translator’s capability. Translation between languages as vastly different as Swedish and Japanese, or English and Japanese are bound to face greater difficulties than for example Swedish and English. READ MORE

5. 9. Punctuation Restoration as Post-processing Step for Swedish Language Automatic Speech Recognition

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik

   Author : Ishika Gupta; [2023]
   Keywords : Transformer; BERT; KB-BERT; NLP; punctuation restoration; deep learning; neural networks;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on the Swedish language, where punctuation restoration, especially as a postprocessing step for the output of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) applications, needs furtherresearch. I have collaborated with NewsMachine AB, a company that provides large-scale mediamonitoring services for its clients, for which it employs ASR technology to convert spoken contentinto text. READ MORE

6. 10. Sentence Stress in Songs: The Potential of Using Authentic Songs for Teaching English Sentence Stress to EFL Learners in Swedish Lower-Secondary School

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

   Author : Teo Mattiasson; [2023]
   Keywords : sentence stress; pronunciation teaching; musical instruction; English as a foreign language; English songs; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Using music as a tool for teaching a foreign language has been shown to positively affect the language learning process (Balčytytė-Kurtinienė, 2018; Cañete García et al., 2022; Heidari- Shahreza & Moinzadeh, 2012), and this essay suggests that authentic English songs can be used in the teaching of EFL in lower-secondary school in Sweden to efficiently meet many aspects of the syllabus. READ MORE