Essays about: "importance of English language"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 178 essays containing the words importance of English language.

  1. 16. Monolingual and Cross-Lingual Survey Response Annotation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Yahui Zhao; [2023]
    Keywords : transfer learning; zero-shot cross-lingual transfer; model-based transfer; multilingual pre-trained language models; sequence labeling; open-ended questions; democracy;

    Abstract : Multilingual natural language processing (NLP) is increasingly recognized for its potential in processing diverse text-type data, including those from social media, reviews, and technical reports. Multilingual language models like mBERT and XLM-RoBERTa (XLM-R) play a pivotal role in multilingual NLP. READ MORE

  3. 17. Extramural English and its Impact on Swedish Learners’ Written Proficiency : An Analysis of Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency in Lower Secondary School Writing

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

    Author : Christiane Kluender; [2023]
    Keywords : SLA ; extramural English; written proficiency; complexity accuracy; fluency;

    Abstract : English holds a significant status as a lingua franca in Sweden, offering regular contact opportunities for learners through media consumption and entertainment, starting at a young age. Exposure to English outside the walls of the formal language classroom has been extensively studied especially in conjunction with students’ motivation, vocabulary acquisition, and oral proficiency (cf. READ MORE

  4. 18. Why read classic literature? : A mixed method study of English teachers’ and students’ attitudes toward classic literature in upper secondary school in Sweden

    University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Helin Levin; [2023]
    Keywords : English; classic literature; canon; teaching; attitude; upper secondary school; Sweden; questionnaire; interviews;

    Abstract : This study aims to investigate both teachers’ and students’ attitudes toward classic literature in English language classrooms. The importance of the canon in education is also examined in the study. READ MORE

  5. 19. Transcreation in Translation : A study of the use and importance of transcreation in the Swedish translations of English marketing slogans

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Tolk- och översättarinstitutet

    Author : Linnéa Nyberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Translation; translation studies; transcreation; English to Swedish; translation strategies; text functions; questionnaire; text analysis; Översättning; översättningsvetenskap; transkreation; engelska till svenska; översättningsstrategier; textfunktioner; enkät; textanalys;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the importance of transcreation in the translation of marketing slogans and how experience is pivotal when translating. The overall aim is to offer an insight into how professional and non-professional translators tackle translation problems in the form of rhetorical devices common to marketing language. READ MORE

  6. 20. Domain-specific knowledge graph construction from Swedish and English news articles

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Aleksandra Krupinska; [2023]
    Keywords : knowledge graph; information extraction; knowledge representation; Swedish; English;

    Abstract : In the current age of new textual information emerging constantly, there is a challenge related to processing and structuring it in some ways. Moreover, the information is often expressed in many different languages, but the discourse tends to be dominated by English, which may lead to overseeing important, specific knowledge in less well-resourced languages. READ MORE