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Exploring the relationships between maritime connectivity, international trade and domestic production
2020
The objective of this paper is to simultaneously analyse the complex relationships between bilateral maritime connectivity, bilateral trade and domestic production as measured by gross domestic pro...
Digitizing Discretionary Practices in Public Service Provision : An Empirical Study of Public Service Workers’ Attitudes
2019
Ungdom og e-demokrati : hvilke ønsker og forventninger har ungdom til e-demokrati?
2007
Masteroppgave i informasjonssystemer 2007 - Høgskolen i Agder, Kristiansand E-demokrati er et satsningsområde i offentlig sektor. Det har i Norge vært synkende deltagelse i valg både til Storting og kommunevalg ved de siste valgene. Ungdom i aldersgruppen 18 til 21 år har lavere oppslutning rundt valgene enn eldre aldersgrupper. Flere mener at e-demokrati kan bidra til å øke oppslutning rundt demokratiet og valgene. I denne sammenheng er ungdom en viktig målgruppe. Vi har sett nærmere på e-demokrati rettet mot ungdom. Målet for denne masteroppgaven har vært å forstå hvilke ønsker og forventninger ungdom har til informasjonssystemer innen for edemokrati. For å besvare dette spørsmålet har vi…
Investigating the Teaching and Learning of British and American Culture in Norwegian Upper Secondary School
2021
Master´s thesis in English (EN501) This thesis is an investigation of teachers’ influence on pupils related to cultural knowledge in upper secondary. A semi-structured interview with three teachers provide data that is compared with a survey questionnaire among their pupils. The main emphasis has been on British and American culture because of the standing in Norway. An essential factor is that the Norwegian curriculum is in the process of implementation. This fact created a need to consider changes to the curriculum because these changes may influence teaching and findings. Therefore the cultural theme’s position in the curriculum is presented with some historical developments. The researc…
Climate Change Literature in the English Subject Classroom : Discussing how English teachers can use Young Adult Climate Fiction to teach about susta…
2020
Master´s thesis in English (EN501) This thesis explores the Young Adult DystopiaThe Sandcastle Empireby Kayla Olson and the Young Adult Climate FictionsThe Final Six and The Life Belowby Alexandra Monir and their different depictions of a future world affected by climate change. Intending to figure out how an English teacher in a Norwegian classroom may use these novels, the thesis discusses the criticism of capitalism, scientific innovation, and parental responsibilities given to the teenage protagonists. The thesis does this through an ecocritical lens and focuses on the characteristics of Anthropocene and Climate Fiction. Simultaneously, the thesis examines how the novels may affect the …
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
Investigating the Distribution of L1 and L2 in Student-Student Interaction : A mixed-method study of student-student interaction in a Norwegian EFL c…
2021
Master´s thesis in English (EN501) In English as a foreign language (EFL)learning, communicative competence is viewed as an important skill according to the English subject curriculum in Norway. In Norwegian EFL classrooms, pupils are often tasked with speaking together in pairs, however, what outcomes do these activities offer and how much English do the pupils speak when the teacher is not around? In Norway, little research has examined language use during peer interaction. This thesis investigates the distribution of L1 and L2in student-student interaction in a 9thgrade Norwegian EFL classroom. This research aims to determine the pupils’ attitudes towards peer-interaction activities and …