Essays about: "non-native students"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 26 essays containing the words non-native students.
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6. Applying Cognitive Linguistics: Preposition Acquisition in an ESL Context with Arabic Learners
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudierAbstract : Teaching prepositions in the context of English as a foreign language (ESL) can be particularly challenging. The present research explored the ability of Arabic-speaking students to understand and use prepositions and examined the efficacy of using cognitive linguistics to train them on the for and to prepositions. READ MORE
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7. Identity and Challenges of Swedish Language Teaching Profession in Sweden : A comparative study of native and non-native Swedish speaking teachers’ reflections
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktikAbstract : Along with the increase of immigrants, Swedish language teachers play a more and more critical role in the acculturation and integration of immigrants. The status of native speaking teachers and the relationship between native and non-native language speaking teachers have always been a concern. READ MORE
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8. Native English-Swedish Bilinguals in Sweden : Across the borders of the three circles of English
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologiAbstract : With nearly two billion speakers across the world, English has come to exist in all shapes and colors. Many functions and contexts in which English is found in the world are accounted for in the massive scientific effort to document the language’s global development. READ MORE
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9. This paper sure is a brass ring! : A quantitative study on the effect of context for non-native students’ interpretation of English idioms.
University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikationAbstract : Idioms are a big part of languages but can cause trouble for communication, especially for non-native speakers of a language. Interpreting idioms correctly means that one must derive a figurative meaning from words that individually mean something else. READ MORE
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10. A corpus linguistic investigation into patterns of engagement in academic writing in Swedish and English higher education settings
University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikationAbstract : Over the last few decades, the interpersonal dimensions of academic writing have received growing attention in the field of applied linguistics. As an important concept in academic writing, engagement has been a topic of interest to reveal how writers interact with readers to, for example, guide reasoning through arguments and to abide by conventions of politeness. READ MORE
