Essays about: "youth language"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 essays containing the words youth language.

  1. 1. “As long as there are Sweden Finns then there should be a need” : A Qualitative Study of Finnish Revitalisation Initiated by the Sweden Finnish Youth Organisation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Linnéa Backvall; [2023]
    Keywords : Language revitalisation; Sweden Finns; Finnish; Sweden Finnish; national minorities; minority languages; minority youth; new speakers; interviews; COD model; identity; Språkrevitalisering; sverigefinnar; finska; sverigefinska; nationella minoriteter; minoritetsspråk; minoritetsungdomar; nya talare; intervju; motivation; COD-modellen; identitet;

    Abstract : Young people are a central group in revitalisation efforts that aim to turn the tide of language shift for speakers of endangered languages. In the context of the five national minorities of Sweden, this thesis looks at the motivation of young Sweden Finns to participate in or lead revitalisation efforts for Finnish in Sweden. READ MORE

  3. 2. Teachers’ Use of Literature to Develop Language Proficiency in EFL Classrooms

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

    Author : Arijanit Ramadani; Arianit Duraku; [2023]
    Keywords : EFL; youth literature; language development; language proficiency.;

    Abstract : Research shows that the inclusion of youth literature in lower secondary schools has several advantages, including improvement of language proficiency development. For this reason the Swedish lower secondary school curriculum endorses the use of literature in language classes. READ MORE

  4. 3. Den kriminella ungdomen, ansvaret och åtgärderna - En kritisk diskursanalys av några mediers syn på ungdomskriminalitet

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Khadra Hussein Saeed; Felicia Torres; [2023]
    Keywords : Media; discourse; crime; youth; juvenile delinquency; measures; critical discourse analysis; social constructivism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In 2022, juvenile delinquency has been extensively debated in Sweden. Young people as a group are the most criminally active and it is natural to focus on this group in the discussion of crime. The media has the power in spreading knowledge and influencing the public's view and perception of social problems. READ MORE

  5. 4. Torima, Sutabaru? A Quantitative Study on Current Japanese Youth Language

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : Luna Sörensson; [2023]
    Keywords : Japanese language; youth language; slang; wakamono kotoba; wakamonogo; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In this thesis, several current and former trends of Japanese youth language are examined through the perspective of age-appropriate speakers, following previous scholarly arguments that youth language research is fraught with judgements made by non-members of the relevant age group. By the means of a quantitative online questionnaire, the study seeks to find examples of expressions that Japanese individuals from their late teens to their early twenties consider to be youth language, items they feel are particularly contemporary or obsolete, and the types of youth language expressions they make frequent use of themselves. READ MORE

  6. 5. Multilingual Upbringing : Sociolinguistic factors affecting English language acquisition

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Henry Kolari; [2023]
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    Abstract : English has become more of an inevitability than a possibility within our globalised world. Many of today’s youth experience a multilingual upbringing as they are exposed to English in addition to other languages through their potentially multinational and multilingual family and other factors. READ MORE