Essays about: "the concept of grammar"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words the concept of grammar.

1. 1. Syntax-based Concept Alignment for Machine Translation

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

   Author : Arianna Masciolini; [2023-03-30]
   Keywords : computational linguistic; machine translation; concept alignment; syntax; dependency parsing; Universal Dependencies; Grammatical Framework;

   Abstract : This thesis presents a syntax-based approach to Concept Alignment (CA), the task of finding semantical correspondences between parts of multilingual parallel texts, with a focus on Machine Translation (MT). Two variants of CA are taken into account: Concept Extraction (CE), whose aim is to identify new concepts by means of mere linguistic comparison, and Concept Propagation (CP), which consists in looking for the translation equivalents of a set of known concepts in a new language. READ MORE

3. 2. An Intervention Study on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the ESL Classroom: English teacher perspectives on the Effectiveness of ChatGPT for Personalized Language LearningEn

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

   Author : Abrar Mohammad Ali; [2023]
   Keywords : ChatGPT; AI-based tools; Personalized language learning; ESL classroom; ESL; L2; Individualized learning; Tailored tasks; Digital-tools; Chatbots; Artificial Intelligence TPACK; Adaptive learning; educational tools;

   Abstract : The recent release of AI tools for public use allows for the development of novel teaching approaches for goals that often present challenges in the classroom, such as the need for personalized learning materials. The current study enlists a four-week ChatGPT-based personalized learning intervention in tandem with a teacher questionnaire and interviews in two upper-secondary schools in Southern Sweden to investigate English teacher perceptions of the benefits and challenges of using AI for personalized language learning. READ MORE

4. 3. Audiovisual Input in the Swedish EFL Classroom

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

   Author : Sebastian Nordlund; [2023]
   Keywords : audiovisual input; vocabulary learning; the input hypothesis; implicit explicit learning; subtitles; captions; imagery; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The aim of this essay is to gain insight into how audiovisual input is used in the classroom as a tool to teach vocabulary. This is done by exploring the use of digital audiovisual input in the form of film, documentaries, short videos, and cultural video content in the English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom. READ MORE

5. 4. ‘WE ARE AT WAR!" : THE ROLE OF EMMANUEL MACRON’S SPEECHES IN BUILDING A MEANING FOR “COVID-19”

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

   Author : Lison Barrié; [2021]
   Keywords : COVID-19; Discourse; Gender; Nation; War;

   Abstract : Through discourse analysis, this thesis explores the way in which speeches delivered by the French President, Emmanuel Macron, during the health crisis of COVID-19 are creating a meaning for the floating signifier “COVID-19”. The methodological approach highlights how the discourse used is intrinsically gendered, both grammatically and conceptually, during the construction of meaning. READ MORE

6. 5. Grammatical variation of English as a common tongue in Game of Thrones : Forms and dramatic effects

   University essay from Högskolan Väst/Avd för utbildningsvetenskap och språk

   Author : Jonas Rönni; [2020]
   Keywords : Grammar variation; Interlanguage; English as a lingua franca; Game of Thrones.;

   Abstract : This essay examines the grammar variation of English as a common tongue of two characters from the TV series, Game of Thrones. Scenes from season 1-7 of the series where the characters Irri and Grey Worm spoke the common tongue, English, were transcribed and examined using the concepts of interlanguage (IL) and English as a lingua franca (ELF) as analytic frameworks. READ MORE