Essays about: "multilingual learning environment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words multilingual learning environment.

1. 1. "We live in Sweden; We use Swedish to understand" : A study on L1 functions and students' attitudes toward L1 use in a Swedish L2 English learning environment

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

   Author : Johanna Pettersson; [2024]
   Keywords : Sweden; L1 use; L1 functions; English; L2 learning environment; student attitudes; codeswitching; translanguaging; monolingual learning environment; multilingual learning environment; bilingualism;

   Abstract : This study aims to explore Swedish upper secondary students’ attitudes toward first language (L1) use in a second language (L2) English learning environment. In addition, it aims to explore the functions of L1 use. Through a qualitative approach with both observations and interviews, a pattern of L1 use was noticed. READ MORE

3. 2. Generative Adversarial Networks for Cross-Lingual Voice Conversion

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Fredrik Ankaräng; [2021]
   Keywords : Generative Adversarial Network; CycleGAN; Cross-Lingual Voice Conversion; Speech Synthesis; Machine Learning;

   Abstract : Speech synthesis is a technology that increasingly influences our daily lives, in the form of smart assistants, advanced translation systems and similar applications. In this thesis, the phenomenon of making one’s voice sound like the voice of someone else is explored. READ MORE

4. 3. Multilingual Students’ Attitudes Towards Teachers’ Use of First Language in Second Language Teaching

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Ann Vuille-dit-Bille; [2020]
   Keywords : Second language acquisition; first language; multilingual students;

   Abstract : The purpose of this essay was to identify multilingual students’ attitudes towards teachers’ use of a first language in the second-language classroom. For the last decades, the number of children growing up in a multilingual environment has been increasing. READ MORE

5. 4. The Goal of Literacy Teaching - to Complete School or to Make a Change? A Critical Analysis of Literacy Teaching in Multilingual Classrooms in South Africa

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

   Author : Nicole Krstic; Nikki Nilsson; [2018]
   Keywords : Access; bilingualism; critical literacy; design; diversity; education; English; language; literacy; literacy teaching; meaning-making; multilingualism; power; South Africa; teaching; engelska; flerspråkighet; kritisk litteracitet; kritiskt textarbete; läs- och skrivförmåga; läs- och skrivundervisning; makt; meningsskapande; mångfald; språk; språkundervisning; Sydafrika; tillgång; tvåspråkighet; undervisning; utbildning;

   Abstract : This qualitative minor field study is conducted in a multilingual public secondary school in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The aim is to analyse the literacy teaching from a critical literacy point of view and to gain new perspectives on how to work with literacy in multilingual classrooms in Sweden. READ MORE

6. 5. Multilingualism and Translanguaging in Swedish Upper Secondary school : An exploration of English teacher candidates’ attitudes

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Linda Rosén; [2017]
   Keywords : Multilingualism; English as a foreign language EFL ; translanguaging; attitudes; linguistic capital; National Agency of Education NAE ;

   Abstract : This ethnographically informed, qualitative study aims to investigate English teacher candidates’ attitudes towards multilingualism and translanguaging in English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms and in the school environment. More specifically, the study intends to identify potential contributing factors to the formation of said attitudes, such as the influence of policy documents and of the teacher training program on the perception of the future working environment. READ MORE