Essays about: "non-native students"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 26 essays containing the words non-native students.

1. 21. SFI...why not EFI? : A study of the teaching practices applied when teaching English to immigrants in Sweden

   University essay from HLK, Ämnesforskning

   Author : Elaine Draper; [2010]
   Keywords : Swedish for Immigrants; SFI; Second language acquisition; SLA; Cross Linguistic Influence; CLI; Teaching English; English as a second language; ESL.; Svenska för Invandrare;

   Abstract : My aim with this study is to investigate the teaching strategies applied in teaching English to students with another mother tongue than Swedish. According to Second Language Acquisition (SLA) theory, factors such as age, language competence and mother tongue influence can affect language acquisition. READ MORE

3. 22. The Perception of Lexical Similarities Between L2 English and L3 Swedish

   University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

   Author : Darja Utgof; [2008]
   Keywords : master; master s programme; master s programme in language and culture; language; culture; general linguistics; linguistics; foreign language acquisition; similarity; formal similarity; semantic similarity; functional similarity; transfer; transfer of learning; language acquisition; form; form-based research; crosslinguistic infuence; one-year master; english; swedish; lexical similarities; false friends; cognates; deceptive cognates; origin; words of the same origin; proto-germanic; proto-indo-european; competence; performance; comprehension; corpus; corpus-based data; corpus-based research; levenshtein distance; objective similarity; perceived similarity; frequency; prototype; prototypicality; proficiency; context; informed guess; simchecker; word recognition; tachitoscopic experiments; semantic correspondence; similarity judgements; eurocom; surface transfer; deep transfer; lateral transfer;

   Abstract : The present study investigates lexical similarity perceptions by students of Swedish as a foreign language (L3) with a good yet non-native proficiency in English (L2). The general theoretical framework is provided by studies in transfer of learning and its specific instance, transfer in language acquisition. READ MORE

4. 23. "It is certain that it can be argued a million times over" - expressions of epistemic modality in L1 and L2 writing

   University essay from Engelska institutionen

   Author : Tina Ericsson; [2008]
   Keywords : epistemic; modality; L2 writing;

   Abstract : This corpus-based study analyzes different types of epistemic markers used in argumentative essays by University students. More specifically it compares Swedish L2 writers and English L1 writers. The scope of the analysis covers epistemic modal verbs, lexical verbs and adverbs. READ MORE

5. 24. ‘Ask, ask, ask!’ : a case study of Umeå University library provision for its international students

   University essay from Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Lidija Lazarevic; [2007]
   Keywords : International students; Umeå University Library; information searching; information literacy; library instruction; library anxiety; emotional barriers;

   Abstract : The aim of this Master’s thesis is to investigate Umeå University Library’s provision for its visiting international students. Questions addressed include: whether this library considers its international students to have specific needs which are different from those of domestic students; what kind of provision is offered to international students; and whether and what kind of affective barriers international students experience in this academic library. READ MORE

6. 25. The use of the general nouns people and thing by L2 learners of English : A corpus-based study

   University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

   Author : Göran Gerdin; [2006]
   Keywords : Learner corpora; ICLE; general nouns;

   Abstract : With the advent of corpora documenting learner English, a new and interesting field of research has become available. Learner corpora provide a new type of data which can inform thinking both in second language acquisition research and in foreign language teaching research. READ MORE