Essays about: "proverbs in english"
Found 5 essays containing the words proverbs in english.
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1. Swedish adolescents' understanding of concrete and abstract English proverbs
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudierAbstract : The aim of this essay is to find out how well Swedish adolescents understand concrete and abstract English proverbs, if concrete proverbs are easier to understand than abstracts ones, if there are differences between boys’ and girls’ and between monolinguals’ and bilinguals’ understanding of these. In a multiple-choice questionnaire, Swedish 7th to 9th graders read 15 short stories followed by three choices. READ MORE
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2. Embodiment in Proverbs: Representation of the eye(s) in English, Swedish, and Japanese
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : This study will examine the representation and embodiment of the body part eye(s), in proverbs. The research is cross-linguistic as the proverbs analysed are in the languages English, Swedish, and Japanese. READ MORE
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3. Code-Switching in Chinua Achebe's Novels
University essay from Institutionen för kommunikation och informationAbstract : The aim of this essay is to point out how Chinua Achebe uses different features of Igbo and Nigerian Pidgin English (NPE) in four of his novels. Firstly, there will be an explanation of the terms code switching and proverb, followed by an overview of Pidgin Languages and Nigerian Pidgin English. READ MORE
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4. The Conceptual Motivation of Animals Proverbs in English and Chinese
University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Sektionen för lärande och miljöAbstract : .... READ MORE
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5. When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do : Proverbs as a Part of EFL Teaching
University essay from Högskolan för lärande och kommunikationAbstract : This essay was underpinned by the premise that the proverb plays an important role in language teaching as a part of gaining cultural knowledge, metaphorical understanding and communicative competence. The purpose with this essay was to examine whether proverbs are a part of the EFL (English as Foreign Language) teaching in the county of Jönköping, Sweden. READ MORE
