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Tip-of-the-tongue states among Norwegian-English bilinguals : Investigating the bilingual disadvantage in word finding and its relationship to the bi…
2019
Master's thesis English EN501 - University of Agder 2019 The objective of this study was to investigatehow the bilingual disadvantage of word finding relates to the bilingual language profile. In two experiments 30 Norwegian-English bilinguals were presented with definitions of four different types of low frequent target words, to try to induce tip-of-the-tongue states: common noun cognates, common noun non-cognates, proper noun cognates, and proper noun non-cognates. If the participants experienced the feeling of knowing the target word, but had trouble finding it, they reported being in a tip-of-the-tongue state(TOT). One experiment was in English, the other in Norwegian. The participants…
Reacting to the Past in an EFL-classroom : How does RTTP promote oral communication and development of critical thinking in a Norwegian EFL-classroom?
2019
Master's thesis English EN501 - University of Agder 2019 This thesis investigates how RTTP(Reacting to the Past)promotes the development of oral communication and critical thinking in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) -classroom.RTTP is an activerole-play methodwhich is widely used in the USA.To gather datafor this studyI collaborated with another MAstudent writing about RTTP. We conducteda RTTP game, “the Struggle for Civil Rights”inthree classes atlower and upper secondary school. I have used both qualitative and quantitative methodsto investigate statistical and empirical data in combination withthehuman perspective. The students answered surveys, and the teachers were interviewed.I…
Acquiring English Vocabulary Through Virtual Worlds : Exploring the connection between Norwegian EFL lower secondary pupils’ gaming habits, essay gra…
2019
The purpose of this study is to investigatethe connection between Norwegian lower secondary pupils’ gaming habits,their essay grades and their written lexical richness in English, as well as to offer gamers’ attitudes towards gaming and language learning. A mixed method approach was applied in order to address three research questions focusing on the participants’ lexical richness, their grades and their attitudes toward learning through gaming. Data were collected from 14 Norwegianlower secondary pupils, with a total of 20 (6 from year 8, 14 from year 9) essays. Six of the participantstook part of the study both in year 8 and 9. Three methods were used to answer the research questions. Fir…
Written Corrective Feedback and the Development of L2 Learner Language : A longitudinal study of lower secondary EFL writing in Norway
2020
Master´s thesis in English (EN501) Aiming to explore teacher written corrective feedback and learner errors qualitatively and longitudinally, the present study investigates two teachers’ WCF to errors in the written production of three lower secondary EFL students in Norway over the course of three school years. The study is divided in four parts: an error analysis of the students’ writing once every six months, a feedback analysis of the teachers’ WCF to errors in the same samples of writing, a tracking of possible improvement in selected types of errorsin subsequent writing (for error categories corrected by the teacher and revised by the student), and a semi-structured interview to inclu…
Race and Power in the American Education System : Demonstrating the relevance of race and the ramifications of white privilege in the American educat…
2019
Master's thesis English EN501 - University of Agder 2019
Speculation and lottery-like demand in cryptocurrency markets
2021
Abstract This is the first paper that explores lottery-like demand in cryptocurrency markets. Since recent research provides evidence that cryptocurrency returns appear to be short-memory processes, we modify Bali, Cakici and Whitelaw’s (2011) and Bali, Brown, Murray, and Tang’s (2017) MAX measure and employ a weekly forecast horizon and daily log-returns from the previous week to calculate the metric for our portfolio sorts. From an econometric point of view, this study proposes statistical tests that are robust to unknown dynamic dependency structures in the cryptocurrency data. Our results show that average raw and risk-adjusted return differences between cryptocurrencies in the lowest a…
Ei, bii, sii – vai jotain ihan muuta? Lukutaidon alkeet vientituotteeksi
2015
Jo yli 200 000 suomalaislasta on saanut tukea lukemaan oppimiseen Ekapelistä, tutkimustietoon pohjautuvasta lukutaidon alkeiden teknologia-avusteisesta oppimisympäristöstä. Ajatus lukutaitoon johdattelevasta tietokonepelistä syntyi jo vuosia sitten Jyväskylän yliopistossa tehdyn dysleksiatutkimuksen yhteydessä. Vaikka Ekapelin ideana olikin alun perin tukea niitä, joille lukemaan oppiminen tuottaa vaikeuksia, peli on havaittu hyväksi kenelle tahansa aloittelevalle lukijalle. Tästä syntyi ajatus tehdä pelistä uusia kieliversioita myös niille lapsille, joille lukutaito on isojen ponnistusten takana esimerkiksi heikon opetuksen, vieraan kielen tai yhteisön epäileväisten asenteiden takia. UNESC…
Sewero La-ma-u - a phonetic approach to literacy teaching in Zambia
2007
Heikkojen lukijoiden suoriutuminen luku- ja kirjoitustaitoa sekä niihin liittyviä taitoja arvioivissa tietokonetehtävissä neljännellä luokalla
2017
Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selvittää heikkojen lukijoiden suoriutumista luku- ja kirjoitustaitoa sekä niihin liittyviä taustataitoja arvioivissa tietokonetehtävissä neljännellä luokalla. Lisäksi selvitettiin mitkä tehtävät toimivat parhaiten lukutaidon arvioimisessa ja mielenkiinnon kohteena oli myös uusien tietokonepohjaisten ja perinteisten kynä-paperitehtävien vertailu. Tutkimuksen aineisto koostui 179 oppilaasta keskisuomalaisten peruskoulujen 4. luokilla. Lapset jaettiin Lukilassen sanalistan lukemistehtävässä suoriutumisen perusteella tavallisesti (N=156) ja heikosti (N=18) lukevien ryhmiin. Osallistujat tekivät 13 luku- ja kirjoitustaitoja sekä niihin liittyviä taustataitoja…
Ekfrasen som begivenhet
2021
Sammendrag Ekfrasebegrepet har vært gjenstand for mye diskusjon de siste tiårene. Denne artikkelen viser hvordan det har blitt lansert flere forslag til hvordan man kan legge bak seg en snever forståelse av møtet mellom tekst og bilde som en form for representasjon. Samtidig vises det hvordan løsningsforslagene virker sterkt fragmenterende og at de baserer seg på avgrensete perioder. I denne artikkelen lanseres begrepet «ekfrastisk begivenhet» som en alternativ formulering for å fange en bredere, kontekstuell forståelse av fenomenet. Samtidig innføres også begrepet «begivenhetshorisont» for å artikulere hvordan viktige institusjonelle og romlige premisser for ekfrasen har endret seg gjennom…