Essays about: "expanding circle"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words expanding circle.

1. 1. “What Else Can We Do?” An examination into sustained anti-authoritarian mobilization in Hong Kong’s Yellow Economic Circle

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Bonnie Tallberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Anti-authoritarianism; Contentious Politics; Democracy; Hong Kong; Mobilization; Yellow Economic Circle; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Civil liberties and freedoms have diminished globally due to the last decades’ deepened authoritarianism. Concurrently, mobilizations countering this development have decreased. READ MORE

3. 2. Beyond The Surface of Language Learning. An Analysis of EFL Textbooks and Their Representation of Inner, Outer, and Expanding Circle Cultures

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Lärarutbildningsnämnden

   Author : Juliette Lejonord; [2022-08-03]
   Keywords : EFL textbooks; representation; cultures; Kachru’s circles; CDA;

   Abstract : The aim of this study was to analyze EFL textbooks used in Swedish upper secondary schools to investigate the representation of Kachru’s three Circles of English – the Inner, Outer, and Expanding Circle – as well as their cultures. The study contained both a quantitative and a qualitative approach, collecting data from three EFL textbooks. READ MORE

4. 3. EFL Textbooks - Cultural Gateways?: The Depictions of Outer and Expanding Circle Cultures in Two Swedish EFL Textbooks Aimed at Upper Secondary School and the Correlation of the Depictions With the Steering Documents

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Sarah Liljeblad; [2022]
   Keywords : Culture; EFL; Textbooks; Sweden; Upper Secondary School; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This study examined how outer and expanding circle cultures were depicted in two English as a foreign language (EFL) textbooks aimed at English 5 in Swedish upper secondary school. Moreover, it was investigated to what extent these depictions aligned with the steering documents by helping students fulfil the aims related to intercultural competence (ICC). READ MORE

5. 4. APPLYING UAVS TO SUPPORT THE SAFETY IN AUTONOMOUS OPERATED OPEN SURFACE MINES

   University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för innovation, design och teknik

   Author : Rasmus Hamren; [2021]
   Keywords : Object Detection; You only look once YOLO ; Unmanned aerial vehicle UAV ; Situational Awareness; Critical situations; Autonomous vehicle; Critical Global Positioning System GPS mapping;

   Abstract : Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is an expanding interest in numerous industries for various applications. Increasing development of UAVs is happening worldwide, where various sensor attachments and functions are being added. The multi-function UAV can be used within areas where they have not been managed before. READ MORE

6. 5. Representation of English as an International Language in Swedish and German Textbooks : A Comparative Study of Textbooks in the Subject English used in Swedish and German Upper Secondary Schools

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Miriam Ratajczak; [2021]
   Keywords : English as International Language; EFL; Textbook Analysis; Teaching English;

   Abstract : This study is investigating how English as an international language is represented in textbooks of institutionalised second language learning at upper secondary high schools in Germany and Sweden, as well as if and how these representations differ. The method to be used in this essay is a textbook analysis, in which the frequency of references to Inner, Outer and Expanding Circle countries (see Kachru’s (1992) concentric model of World Englishes) is measured. READ MORE