Essays about: "what is interlanguage"

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1. 1. Problematic Prepositions for Swedish Students of English

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Leonard Lindahl; [2020]
   Keywords : Prepositions; Swedish-English; transfer; SLA;

   Abstract : This study investigates prepositional errors that Swedish 16-year-old students of English produce. The study attempts to understand why English L2 students in Sweden struggle with prepositions by looking at research within the SLA field regarding transfer, interlanguage transfer, implicit and explicit learning. READ MORE

3. 2. 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

4. 3. 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 kommunikation

   Author : Håkan Almerfors; [2018]
   Keywords : engagement; metadiscourse; corpus study; academic student writing in English; Swedish learners of English; comparative linguistics;

   Abstract : 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

5. 4. A Linguistic Analysis of the Written Production of Second Language Learners : The Variation of Article Usage by Adult Chinese Learners of English

   University essay from Engelska

   Author : Junyu Wu; [2014]
   Keywords : second language acquisition; corpus linguistics; keyword analysis;

   Abstract : This study aims to test Robertson’s lexical transfer principle, which posits that Chinese learners use demonstratives (particularly this) and the numeral one as markers of definiteness and indefiniteness. This is tested by analysing Chinese learners’ written production collected from the Spoken and Written English Corpus of Chinese Learners 2. READ MORE

6. 5. The Influence of Chinese Topic Prominence Construction on English Acquisition : A Study on Non-English Majors and English Majors at a Chinese College

   University essay from Sektionen för Lärarutbildning

   Author : Caicai Chen; [2011]
   Keywords : topic prominence; subject prominence; transfer; second language acquisition.;

   Abstract : As Chinese is a topic prominent language and English is a subject prominent language, there are many differences between these two languages. The present study investigates the influence of Chinese topic prominence constructions on the acquisition of English with the instrument of a translation task. READ MORE