Essays about: "grammaticality"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word grammaticality.

1. 1. The effectiveness of oral corrective feedback in experimental and quasi-experimental studies : A systematic literature review

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Attila Czaholi; [2021]
   Keywords : Additional language education in ESL EFL context; effectiveness of oral corrective feedback; experimental quasi-experimental studies; learners; prompts; recasts; teachers.;

   Abstract : By exploring previous research, this systematic literature review aims to shed light on the effectiveness of oral corrective feedback practices by teachers to students on oral proficiency with the focus on recasts and prompts. This systematic literature review also intends to shed light on the effectiveness of recasts and prompts compared with each other. READ MORE

3. 2. Attitudes toward English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) and its position in contemporary English language curricula in Sweden

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Victor Emanuel Chiorean; [2016]
   Keywords : English as a Lingua Franca ELF ; teaching attitudes; linguistic rights and representation; nativespeakerist norms; English Language Teaching ELT ; International Baccalaureate; English 7.;

   Abstract : As a result of various historical, political, economic and sociocultural factors, English today witnesses a unique situation as its non-native speakers represent a clear majority in the world. This has implications for the ownership of the English language as such, the linguistic rights of its speakers and the points of departure for English Language Teaching (ELT) worldwide. READ MORE

4. 3. On the distinction between raising and control

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Evelina Johansson; [2015-06-18]
   Keywords : engelska; Syntax; Raising; Principle and Parameters; MTC;

   Abstract : The purpose of the present study is to investigate the successfulness of the traditional tests used to distinguish between Raising and Control predicates. Moreover, the study also aims to examine how well these tests comply with the movement theory on Control. The study is based on the Principles and Parameters approach to grammar. READ MORE

5. 4. Online processing of syntactic constructions unique to the second language: An eye-movement study of subject–verb agreement with Swedish advanced learners of English

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Josine Greidanus; [2015]
   Keywords : L2 processing; syntactic constructions unique to the L2; complex subject–verb agreement; eye-tracking; reading research; Shallow Structure Hypothesis; structural distance; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : It is a hotly debated issue whether second language (L2) learners can achieve target-like online syntactic processing of relations not instantiated in their first language (L1). The Shallow Structure Hypothesis (SSH) predicts that L2 learners will not process configurations with structural distance in a target-like online fashion (Clahsen & Felser, 2006 a,b,c), whereas some studies find that target-like processing is possible (e. READ MORE

6. 5. "Last month, it was a snowstorm" - A Study of the Use of 'It' as a Dummy Subject by Swedish L2 Learners of English

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Johanna Rosenberg; [2013]
   Keywords : Anticipatory it ; Prop it ; Existential propositions; Swedish L2 learners of English; Second Language Acquisition SLA ; Dummy Subjects; Existential there ; Processability Theory PT .; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This study investigates whether Swedish students, at two different levels of study, are able to distinguish between ‘it’ and ‘there’ when using the two as dummy subjects. This particular feature was chosen since previous research (e.g. READ MORE