Essays about: "importance of english studies"

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  1. 1. THE ADAPTATION CYCLE OF COMIC BOOKS AND CINEMA: Authorship, Intermediality and Fidelity in Batman Adaptations

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Nicola Camoglio; [2023-09-20]
    Keywords : English; Batman; The dark knight; Tim Burton; Joel Schumacher; Bruce Timm; Christopher Nolan; Adam West; authorship; adaptation; intermediality; adaptive revision; dialogism; geneticism; fidelity;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the adaptation process from comic books to cinema, by leveraging theoretical frameworks found in the modern field of adaptation studies. The focus lies primarily on film adaptations of Batman, one of the most famous and well-regarded characters from the comic book medium. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Influence of Physical Activities on Mental Health among Athletes during COVID-19 Pandemics : A Systematic Literature

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

    Author : Attia Rasheed; [2023]
    Keywords : Athletes; Mental Health; Physical activities; Psychological Distress; Idrottare; Psykisk hälsa; Fysiska aktiviteter; Psykologiskt lidande;

    Abstract : Background: During 2020-2022, the SARS-COVID-19-2 (COVID-19) pandemic contributed to a global health crisis that affected society and individuals. One particularly vulnerable group was athletes, with limited personal health and physical exercise opportunities. READ MORE

  4. 3. Swedish Upper Secondary English Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices Regarding CLIL

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Tina Erlvik; Alexander Rau; [2023]
    Keywords : Content and Language Integrated Learning; CLIL; Teacher beliefs; Teacher practices; Foreign language instructions;

    Abstract : English has been on the rise on the global stage for the last half century, and is now the most studied second language, being used regularly in international academia, social and mainstream media and international relations. In Sweden, the increase in the use of English is particularly noticeable in the country’s higher education system, with recent studies reporting a significant increase in English as the language of instruction. READ MORE

  5. 4. “But as a deeper dive, I want to focus on this” : Discourse reflexivity in TED talks

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

    Author : Eidvilė Poškė; [2023]
    Keywords : metadiscourse; reflexivity; TED talks; discourse functions; monologic discourse;

    Abstract : Metadiscourse, or discourse about discourse, manifests itself in both spoken and written genres. However, the focus of existing studies of spoken metadiscourse remains mainly on academic speaking (Hyland, 2017), whereas research on metadiscourse in spoken non-academic genres is much less common. READ MORE

  6. 5. 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