Essays about: "language and gender difference"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 66 essays containing the words language and gender difference.

  1. 21. Speech is silver and silence is golden? : An investigating study regarding a group of Swedish eighth-grade students´ perceived foreign language speaking anxiety.

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Johanna Löfvenius; [2020]
    Keywords : foreign language speaking anxiety; perceived anxiety; anxiety level;

    Abstract : This investigating and comparative study aimed to demonstrate the perceived foreign language speaking anxiety among a specific group of eight-grade compulsory school students, attending an International English school in the south of Sweden. The study also aimed to explore the potential relationship between the students´ perceived foreign language speaking anxiety and the students´ gender. READ MORE

  3. 22. Do extramural activities in English have an impact on students’ ability to correctly apply the rule of subject verb agreement?

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Ann-Chatrine Hedlund; [2020]
    Keywords : Extramural activities; subject verb agreement; second language learning;

    Abstract : Swedish learners of English have problems in managing the subject-verb agreement rule (Källqvist and Petersson 2006, Estling Vannestål 2015). Studies show that extramural activities in English improve language acquisition and language production (Sundqvist 2009). READ MORE

  4. 23. He or She or They : Generic pronoun use among Finnish and Swedish L2 speakers of English

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Oona Ahokas; [2020]
    Keywords : cross-linguistic transfer; epicene pronouns; non-native speakers; language attitudes;

    Abstract : The use of pronouns by native Finnish and Swedish L2 speakers of English was tested in order to discover a possible cross-linguistic transfer. The participants were tasked to refer to gender-ambiguous antecedents in both oral and written form as well as report their attitudes towards issues regarding gendered language and gender in society. READ MORE

  5. 24. Swedish adolescents' understanding of concrete and abstract English proverbs

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Heidi Meininger; [2020]
    Keywords : understanding of proverbs; later language development; second language acquisition; gender and language development; language acquisition and language development;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to find out how well Swedish adolescents understand concrete and abstract English proverbs, if concrete proverbs are easier to understand than abstracts ones, if there are differences between boys’ and girls’ and between monolinguals’ and bilinguals’ understanding of these. In a multiple-choice questionnaire, Swedish 7th to 9th graders read 15 short stories followed by three choices. READ MORE

  6. 25. Motivation in School : A Study of Female and Male Students’ Motivation Towards the English Subject

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Alexandra Sabra; [2020]
    Keywords : English; motivation; gender; motivational factors; unmotivated;

    Abstract : This essay aims to examine students’ motivation towards the English subject in the upper secondary school and find out the difference between male and female students’ motivation in relation to different motivational factors. The study is based on a mixed – method approach and a questionnaire was used as an instrument in order to collect the data. READ MORE