Essays about: "speaking ability"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 50 essays containing the words speaking ability.

  1. 16. Can the Subaltern be heard? : A student perspective, on identity power relations and epistemic positioning within the Swedish Educational System.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

    Author : Kate Lind af Hageby; [2020]
    Keywords : Adultism; critical social theory; epistemic violence; human rights; identity power; prejudice; student; subaltern;

    Abstract : Our ability to perceive our environment through prejudge mental attitudes is a necessary capacity in order to survive in a social environment. However, how we utilize this capacity, and whether it promotes equality or inequality, is to a large extent dependant on our perception of ourselves in relation to our surroundings. READ MORE

  3. 17. Arabic-speaking Immigrant Parents´ Views on Heritage Language Maintenance and identity Construction for Children in Sweden

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : Israa Maher Attaallah; [2020]
    Keywords : language ideology; language policy; heritage language maintenance; Levantine Arabic-speaking immigrants; immigrant children; identity; Palestine; Syria; Sweden; أيديولوجيا اللغة، سياسة اللغة، الحفاظ على اللغة الأم، المهاجرون العرب من بلاد الشام، الأطفال المهاجرون، الهوية، فلسطين، سوريا، السويد; språkideologi; modersmål; arabisktalande invandrare; invandrare barn; identitet; Palestina; Syrien; Sverige;

    Abstract : This study investigates how Levantine Arabic-speaking immigrant parents´ language ideologies, i.e how they think and feel regarding heritage language maintenance, and language policies influence heritage language maintenance or loss for their children. READ MORE

  4. 18. Emotion Recognition in Football Commentator Speech : Is the action intense or not ?

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

    Author : Paul-Gauthier Noé; [2020]
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    Abstract : In order to improve the production quality of a football game broadcast, Digigram wants to detect automatically the excitement state of the commentator. The aim of this master thesis is to obtain this state from the commentator speech in order to know if s/he is describing an intense action or a calm one. READ MORE

  5. 19. Applying Cognitive Linguistics: Preposition Acquisition in an ESL Context with Arabic Learners

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Louie Al Emam; [2019]
    Keywords : : ESL; SLA; prepositions; cognitive linguistics; Arabic-speaking students; traditional approaches; spatial relations.;

    Abstract : 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

  6. 20. Speaking About Voice : A Study on Communicating Brand Personality Through Virtual Assistants

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Företagsekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Karolina Bergman; Daniela Sundin; [2019]
    Keywords : Bergman; Sundin; Virtual Assistant; Communication; Voice; Brand Personality;

    Abstract : Problematization: Earlier research on brand communication emphasize the importance of communicating a brand consistently throughout all marketing channels and media. Virtual assistants (VAs) are a new marketing media and a relatively new technology with which a brand can communicate with customers. READ MORE