Essays about: "fictional texts"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 27 essays containing the words fictional texts.
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11. The Representation of Culture : A Comparative Analysis of Cultural Representation in Swedish EFL Coursebooks
University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, ÄmnesforskningAbstract : The overall aim of this study is to analyse the cultural representation in fictional texts in three English as a Foreign Language (EFL) coursebooks written for the English 5 course in Swedish upper secondary school. The three coursebooks are Blueprint A 3.0, Pick & Mix 1, and Solid Gold 1. READ MORE
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12. More Than a Stepping-Stone? : A Study of the Uses of Comics and Graphic Novels as Multimodal Teaching Material in English Courses at Upper and Lower Secondary Schools in Sweden
University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikationAbstract : The aim of this study is to examine upper and lower secondary school teachers’ experiences of using graphic novels in the English subject in Swedish schools in order to discuss if, and how, multimodal texts can be used to increase students’ motivation to read and analyze fictional texts. This is done through qualitative semi-structured interviews with 12 participants currently working as English teachers from both upper and lower secondary schools in Sweden. READ MORE
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13. Fictional Texts in the EFL Classroom in Swedish Compulsory and Upper Secondary Schools : A Qualitative Study of Teachers’ Strategies and Experiences of Teaching and Selecting Fictional Texts to EFL Students in Sweden
University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikationAbstract : The aim of this study is to investigate the approaches to teaching fictional texts that are exercised by English teachers with the intention of gaining an insight to the purpose of fictional texts in the Swedish EFL classroom. The levels in focus are the lower and upper secondary schools. READ MORE
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14. What may or may not be certain : A Study of the Translation of Hedging Devices from English to Swedish in a Non-Fiction Text
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : Hedges, or hedging devices, are strategies that the writer or speaker can use in order to convey probability, impreciseness or vagueness. Hedges can appear in most parts of speech, for example as adjectives, adverbs or modal or lexical verbs. This study investigates the translation of hedging devices in a non-fiction text from English to Swedish. READ MORE
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15. Renewed Shall Be Blade That Was Broken: Tolkien, Modernity and Fascist Utopia
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : This thesis consists of a close reading and meta-analysis of themes and patterns in the works that comprise the fictional world of “Middle-Earth” created by J. R. R. Tolkien, in specific relation to the culturally prevalent views of the decadence of modernity and the ideological dynamics of fascism. READ MORE
