Essays about: "interference on English"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 15 essays containing the words interference on English.

1. 6. Native language interference in Bangladeshi students’ use of articles in English essays : A comparison of Bengali medium and English medium schools

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

   Author : Md Arifuzzaman; [2015]
   Keywords : Native language interference; language transfer; second language acquisition SLA ; English as a foreign language EFL ; modersmålsinterferens; transfer; andraspråkinlärning; främmandespråksinlärning;

   Abstract : The impact of the first language on the second language has long been a vibrant and controversial issue in terms of second language acquisition. The impact or influence happens when learners learn a new language and transfer features from their native language to the new language. READ MORE

3. 7. The Mind or the Mother Tongue? : A study of grammatical errors among L1 Swedish learners in Year 9

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Mikaela Englund; [2015]
   Keywords : L2 acusition; contrastive analysis hypothesis; errors; mistakes;

   Abstract : This study aims to analyse errors written by Year 9 and examine whether the errors derive from the pupils´ mother tongue (Swedish) or not. 20 essays collected from a school in southern Sweden were examined for this study. READ MORE

4. 8. Background speech : disparate impact on job performance, depending on the language?

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för bygg- energi- och miljöteknik

   Author : Mira Rutanen; [2015]
   Keywords : Background speech; language production; speech intelligibility; interference-by-process; distraction; working memory;

   Abstract : Background speech is annoying and distracting when working on tasks that require focus, and according to previous research, background speech is a common cause of reduced work performance. According to the interference-by-process theory, distraction is a function of the similarity between the processes involved in the involuntary analysis of the background speech and the voluntary processes involved in the task. READ MORE

5. 9. Cross-linguistic interference of intonation in regard to tag questions in native, second and third language use. Does Russian have an impact on Danish and English in terms of intonation in the tags?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Anna Knudsen; [2011]
   Keywords : Tag questions; Tag Word or Tag Phrase; Rising Intonation Pattern; Additive Bilingualism; Third Language Acquisition; Cross-linguistic interference L1↔L2↔L3; Russian; Danish; English; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This study investigates the cross-linguistic interference between speakers of Russian (as a first language or L1), Danish (as a second language, or L2) and English (as a third language, or L3) in terms of rising intonation patterns in tag questions in read speech. The subjects of the investigation are ten adults with an additive bilingualism between the ages of twenty to twenty-three, who immigrated to Denmark with their parents between the ages of four and fourteen. READ MORE

6. 10. The Unconscionability Doctrine in U.S. Contract Law

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Per Gustafsson; [2011]
   Keywords : avtalsrätt; civilrätt; förmögenhetsrätt; unconscionability; contract law; oskälighet; amerikansk rätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Unconscionability är en grund för jämkning eller ogiltigförklaring av avtal som typiskt sett används vid en kombination av oskäliga avtalsvillkor och brister i själva avtalssituationen. Regeln har sitt ursprung huvudsakligen i den engelska rättens equity och kan där spåras till åtminstone 1400-talet. READ MORE