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1. 1. The Effects of Different Assessment Methods on EFL-Students’ Speaking Performance. A Literature Review

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Lärarutbildningsnämnden

   Author : Alicia N Rådeström; Wilma Åkesson; [2022-11-30]
   Keywords : oral proficiency; speaking performance; EFL; assessment; dynamic assessment; peer-assessment; holistic assessment; analytic assessment;

   Abstract : Nowadays, it can be argued that it is becoming increasingly more important to be proficient in speaking the English language due to globalization. Examining teaching and assessment of oral proficiency is therefore important for establishing how EFL-learners’ speaking skills are most effectively taught and assessed. READ MORE

3. 2. "We are increasingly western rather than Soviet" : A qualitative study on attitudes to English in Lithuania

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Eva Svenborn Johansson; [2022]
   Keywords : English language; language attitudes; language ideologies; linguistic imperialism; Lithuania; Russification.;

   Abstract : The English language holds a status of a global Lingua Franca that is geographically and historically unique, and English dominance and the language ideologies surrounding it have been the subject of extensive research and discussions. Two contrasting viewpoints significant for these discussions are the idea of the global spread of English as a form of linguistic imperialism, and the idea of the global spread of English as a natural, and mostly positive, consequence of globalisation. READ MORE

4. 3. Presidential Manifestation of Verbal Dominance : A discourse analysis of conversational dominance strategies employed by Joe Biden and Donald Trump

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

   Author : Markus Alafifi; [2021]
   Keywords : Joe Biden; Donald Trump; conversational dominance; interruptions; amount of talk; questions; masculinity; discourse analysis.;

   Abstract : This study aims to observe linguistic disparities in the distribution of the conversational dominance strategies interruptions, amount of talk, and questions in the first U.S. 2020 presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. READ MORE

5. 4. The language of vision in four Aslian speech communities : an introductory investigation of basic vision verbs

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för lingvistik och kognitiv semiotik; Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Sonja Holmer; [2021]
   Keywords : language of vision; hierarchy of the senses; sensory linguistics; universal perception; language of perception; Aslian languages; Jahai; Ceq Wong; Semelai; Semaq Beri; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Vision is often considered to top the hierarchy of the senses, reflected for example in the high relative frequency of vision verbs, in comparison to other perception verbs. Results from some previous studies, however, have shown that there is greater cross-linguistic variation concerning perception language than previously thought, emphasising other sense modalities than vision. READ MORE

6. 5. Profanity and Women : A Linguistic Analysis of Language and Gender - Based on HBO's True Blood

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Lärarutbildningen

   Author : Navneet Kaur Sapra; [2021]
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   Abstract : Like many other social issues concerning gender, language also comes with gendered stereotypes and limitations which results in difference and inequality in speech, based on gender. According to folk-linguistic beliefs and a variety of linguists, women are believed to speak in a specific way in which using swear words is not considered ideal. READ MORE