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The Correlation Between Lexical Richness and Norwegian Lower Secondary School EFL Teachers’ Assessment of Written Compositions
2019
Master's thesis education EN502 - University of Agder 2019 This master thesis investigates Norwegian lower secondary EFL teachers’assessment of their students’written compositions. It focusses on the vocabulary skills these students displayandaims to reveal whether the level of vocabulary each student reveals is consistent with the grade their texts receivefrom their teachers.Words are thebuilding blocks of our language (Read, 2000, p.1), one would not get fartrying to communicate in a language without knowing its words.Analysing a texts lexical richness is a way of measuring the vocabulary level of the text.A text’s lexical richness describes how developed the vocabularyofthe text is(Cobb …
Teaching Methods and Learning Strategies For Writing in English Class : Which teaching methods and learning strategies are used by English teachers a…
2019
Master's thesis education EN502 - University of Agder 2019 English is a subject in Norwegian lower secondary schools where the students learn how to write in English. This L2 learning process can be complex,and those who teach English faceseveral challenges connected to developing successful L2 writers. For example challenges connectedto enhancing, facilitating and nurturing the learning process(Fenner & Skulstad, 2018, p.139). Because of the complexity of writing, it might be useful for teachers to know different writing strategies that are effective and useful for L2 learners. This research studies which teaching methods and learning strategies are used by English teachers at lower second…
Assessing bilingual language proficiency through self-ratings
2019
Master's thesis English EN501 - University of Agder 2019
Comics in the Classroom : How comics can aid in a pupil’s reading experience
2019
Master's thesis English EN501 - University of Agder 2019
The influence of English on Norwegian morphology: aspects of a contemporary development
2006
Masteroppgave i engelsk, Høkskolen i Agder, Kristiansand Three tentative hypotheses are suggested and tested in this thesis:1. That compounds, clips words and the genitive case are areas of Norwegian morphology which in fact are realms of uncertainty for users of the Norwegian language 2. That the uncertainty is not solely a result of English influence 3. That the uncertainty to some extent is due to insufficient knowledge of Norwegian orthography and morphology among Norwegians. With a view to investigating current attitudes within an academic setting to English influence on Norwegian morphology, a synchronic survey was carried out at Agder University College in Kristiansand. During the au…
A survey of the outside language pressure on modern faroese: with a view to assessing a possible increase in the use of English loanwords
2006
Masteroppgave i engelsk, Høgskolen i Agder, Kristiansand The focus of this work has been on the outside pressure on the Faroese language with an particular view to assessing a possible increase of new English Imports inot the language in view of the present-day technological and media situation. The theoretical part has been based on some of Milroy`s (2003) theories relevant for sociolinguistic research. A two-month research period provided interviews with 188 Informants. The Informants have been divided into four age groups: 1) young people aged 12 to 19, 2) working force, aged 24-50 with educational background in the home country, 3) working force, aged 24-50 with five years of university…
Narrative entrapments in the novels of J.M.Coetzee: a postmodern feminist reading of his three female narrating personas
2006
Masteroppgave i engelsk, Høgskolen i Agder, Kristiansand
Nineteen eighty-four´s dystopian vision: power and the individual
2007
Masteroppgave i engelsk, Høgskolen i Agder, Kristiansand Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four is by many known for, and consequently discussed in terms of, its “predictions” of the future, and its political satire. This thesis does not aim at discussing Orwell’s political ambitions, nor the alleged “prophecy” of the novel. Rather, this thesis focuses on and discusses the dystopian nightmare of Nineteen Eighty-Four, which is characterised by totalitarianism and its power discourse. The novel’s society is emphasised by O’Brien’s statement of “the boot stamping on a human face.” I have used Foucault’s theory on Pastoral power to explain the power discourse of the Party. Furthermore, I have explained …
Disrupted Lexical Access in the Context of Intact Syntactic Planning
2020
Communication Apprehension in EFL classrooms in Lower Secondary Schools : A case study of English teachers’ awareness of speech anxiety in their own …
2019
Master's thesis education EN502 - University of Agder 2019 This thesis studies educators’ awareness offoreign language anxiety (FLA), specifically communication apprehension,in Norwegian lower secondary schools. Communication is a key skillnecessary to masteringforeign languages, yet it is also the most anxiety inducing skill forforeign language learners(Horwitz et al., 1986).Despite the many challenges in learning a newlanguage, steps can be taken to ensure that students learn effectively. However, educators must first be aware of FLA and its effects on their students. Previous research shows that speech anxiety is the biggest impediment to the learning process (Arnold & Brown, 1999). FLA …