Essays about: "young readers"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 essays containing the words young readers.
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1. Voice, Agency, and Urgency : Three Ecocritical Readings of Nature and the Protagonist in Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)Abstract : The female protagonist Catherine Danielle Clark (Kya) in Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing is abandoned by her family at a young age and grows up alone in a marshland environment in 1950s North Carolina. Shunned by the local community, Kya relies on nature to help her survive and to teach her about life and love—until one day she finds herself accused of murder. READ MORE
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2. Embracing the Digital Shift : An Empirical Analysis of Attitudes towards E-books among Pupils in Swedish Upper Secondary School
University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och ITAbstract : As digital reading has become ubiquitous in society it is reasonable to expect it in schools. Digital reading has not been without its controversies though. Using a sociocultural perspective this thesis examines attitudes, perceptions, and access to digital books among Swedish upper secondary school pupils, focusing on e-books. READ MORE
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3. It Will Seem So Nice and Grown-Uppish : An analytical essay on development towards conservative gender roles in the novel Anne of Green Gables
University essay from Södertörns högskola/LärarutbildningenAbstract : In this essay, an analysis of Lucy Montgomery's bildungsroman Anne of Green Gables has been conducted. The story of the protagonist Anne Shirley’s development into adulthood displays many aspects of the gender roles of the twentieth century in Canada as a result of her gendered upbringing. READ MORE
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4. Something's Growing On...
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/HDK-Valand - Högskolan för konst och designAbstract : he ‘Something’s growing on…’ project explores how a picture book for children can celebrate and highlight the complexity and importance of nature and its unseen microcosms. It is a designinitiated attempt to evoke awareness and appreciation for the other-than-human worlds — and through this, to address the anthropocentric view of our times. READ MORE
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5. The effectiveness of digital reading for motivating student reading and vocabulary development : Effektiviseringen av digital läsning för att motivera elevernas läsning och ordförrådsutveckling
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)Abstract : Even though vocabulary skills are the essential key to achieving proficiency in a target language, there are some students who do not like reading. Thus, the purpose of this study is the potential use of digital technology for facilitating and motivating reading and vocabulary building in English. READ MORE