Essays about: "learner corpus research"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words learner corpus research.

1. 1. Use of phrasal verbs among Swedish secondary school students : Do patterns and amount of phrasal verb usage correlate with the level of engagement in Extramural English activities?

   University essay from Karlstads universitet

   Author : Edith Olson; [2023]
   Keywords : phrasal verbs; extramural English; extramural activities; second language acquisition; constructional approach; Swedish learner corpus research; frasverb; extramural engelska; extramurala aktiviteter; andraspråksinlärning; konstruktionsmässigt tillvägagångssätt; svensk elevkorpus forskning;

   Abstract : Extramural English (EE) activities are activities in English that students spend time on outside of school. Previous studies have often concluded that EE activities have a positive effect on students’ English proficiency. The phrasal verb is a language feature which often causes problems for learners of English as a second language. READ MORE

3. 2. Is the Federal Reserve Causing Funds to Underperform? A causal machine learning analysis

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statistiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Willian Trindade Leite; Oliver Serenhov; [2022]
   Keywords : Causal inference; actively managed funds; passively managed funds; gradient boosting; double machine learning; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Macroeconomic conditions heavily influence financial markets, and the leading corpus of theory in the field lays out some general principles observed by investors and asset managers alike. However, while the theory is sound, it is hard to measure how much effect these conditions have. READ MORE

4. 3. A corpus-based analysis of phrasal verbs with the particle out in two contemporary English novels used in Swedish secondary schools

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Carola Henriksson; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency and the figurative meaning senses of out-PVs in two contemporary novels read in Swedish secondary schools. The study was delimited to PVs with the particle out. READ MORE

5. 4. English Errors in Swedish Upper Secondary School : A study of grammatical errors and errors as a result of transfer, produced by Swedish Upper secondary students

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Catarina Kulborg; [2020]
   Keywords : Error analysis; Swedish learners of English; Second Language Acquisition SLA ; Transfer; Language and Gender; English Language Teaching ELT ; Uppsala Learner English Corpus ULEC ;

   Abstract : This is a study that employs error analysis to investigate written production in English, by Swedish upper secondary learners of English, in order to determine which linguistic errors most commonly occur amongst this group, and to compare the results between first-year students and third-year students for a possible indication of which error types continue to occur throughout upper secondary school. The error categories included in this study are grammatical errors and errors as a result of transfer. READ MORE

6. 5. An Error Analysis of Subject-Verb Agreement by Swedish Learners of English : Corpus-Based Study of the Difficulties Surrounding Subject-Verb Agreement for Swedish Students

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Viktor Molin; [2020]
   Keywords : Error Analysis; SLA; Swedish; ELT; Subject-Verb Agreement;

   Abstract : This study investigates subject-verb agreement errors produced by students in upper secondary school in Sweden. The research was conducted in an attempt to understand why students acquiring English as their L2 struggle with learning subject-verb agreement, and to categorize the grammatical environments which cause students to produce errors related to subject-verb agreement. READ MORE