Essays about: "linguistic confidence"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words linguistic confidence.

  1. 1. Willingness to Communicate in EFL Classrooms: A Qualitative Study on the Perspectives of Upper Secondary Students in Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Jasmine Mohamed; [2023-10-17]
    Keywords : English; Willingness to Communicate; WTC; Student; Learner; EFL;

    Abstract : This qualitative research paper aims to investigate the EFL learner perspective on WTC and which factors influence their WTC. Additionally, another aim is to investigate if there is a difference in WTC between English and Swedish for the learners and what causes it. READ MORE

  3. 2. "I immediately think about philosophy" : A study of learners' attitudes toward English poetry in the EFL classroom

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

    Author : Anna Larsson; [2023]
    Keywords : second language learning; English foreign language; literature; poetry; attitudes; motivation; learner perspective; Swedish upper secondary school; Sweden;

    Abstract : Poetry has great potential benefits for second language (L2) classrooms as a source for increasing language awareness and linguistic structures different from the rules learners may be taught in class. This potential of poetry and methods for teaching poetry is relatively well researched, while the learner perspective has received comparatively little attention. READ MORE

  4. 3. Detection of insurance fraud using NLP and ML

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Rasmus Bäcklund; Hampus Öhman; [2023]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Machine-Learning can sometimes see things we as humans can not. In this thesis we evaluated three different Natural Language Procces-techniques: BERT, word2vec and linguistic analysis (UDPipe), on their performance in detecting insurance fraud based on transcribed audio from phone calls (referred to as audio data) and written text (referred to as text-form data), related to insurance claims. READ MORE

  5. 4. Multilingual Upbringing : Sociolinguistic factors affecting English language acquisition

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Henry Kolari; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : English has become more of an inevitability than a possibility within our globalised world. Many of today’s youth experience a multilingual upbringing as they are exposed to English in addition to other languages through their potentially multinational and multilingual family and other factors. READ MORE

  6. 5. We might aways use hedges and boosters in text : The English-Swedish translation of hedges and boosters in an academic literature textbook

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Olivia Lagerqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This paper discusses the translation of hedges and boosters from English to Swedish in an academic textbook. In a statement, hedges express uncertainty and carefulness, while boosters are used to express certainty and confidence. READ MORE