Essays about: "varieties of english pronunciation"
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1. “It is important to understand that there are not just 3 varieties of English” : Swedish upper secondary school students’ awareness of and attitudes towards varieties of English
University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikationAbstract : The main aim of this study is to investigate Swedish upper secondary school students’ awareness of and attitudes to varieties of English, especially with a focus on accents. Based on a survey with both open-ended and closed questions, this study is both qualitative and quantitative. READ MORE
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2. L2 intonation by Swedish learners of Japanese:Analysis of pitch accent and prosodic phrasing errors
University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskapAbstract : This thesis examines the L2 intonation of Swedish learners of Japanese with a focus on pitch accent and prosodic phrasing errors. Previous studies have attempted to predict L2 learners’ difficulties and errors, such as Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis (CAH) by Lado (1957) and Markedness Differential Hypothesis (MDH) by Eckman (1977; 1985). READ MORE
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3. Is teaching GA and RP enough? : A study of Swedish upper secondary students’ attitudes towards varieties of English and their English education
University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikationAbstract : This study focuses on the teaching and learning of English as a second language and how different varieties of English are currently being used in education around the world and in Sweden. The purpose is to examine Swedish upper secondary students’ comprehension of different spoken varieties of English and their attitudes towards these varieties. READ MORE
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4. English pronunciation in Swedish Upper Secondary School Students : A qualitative study of Swedish students’ pronunciation tendencies
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : Geographically, Sweden is significantly closer to England as opposed to America, two English speaking countries with two rather different varieties of the language. With regard to Britain’s history of colonization it could be assumed that British English (RP-variety) would be most frequently used globally. READ MORE
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5. Dialect representation : Language varieties in The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt
University essay from Högskolan Väst/Avd för utbildningsvetenskap och språkAbstract : This study examines the dialect representation in CD PROJEKT RED's video game The Witcher: Wild Hunt. The study intends to contribute to an already narrow sociolinguistic field of research of how dialects are represented in video games, more precisely role-playing games. READ MORE