Search for dissertations about: "Language and learning"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 402 swedish dissertations containing the words Language and learning.
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1. Play, Culture and Learning : Studies of Second-Language and Conceptual Development in Swedish Preschools
Abstract : This dissertation studies how second-language and conceptual development emerge through interactions in Swedish preschool environments. It studies how types of interaction, such as play, can scaffold children toward such developments. READ MORE
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2. Nurturing a heritage language : Language-centered practices in mother-child interactions in multilingual families
Abstract : Situated within research on language socialization and family language policy, this thesis explores how young children (2–4 years old) learn their heritage language in multilingual, transnational families, and how multilingualism becomes an integral part of family life. It draws on video-ethnographic fieldwork in three bi/multilingual families in Sweden with preschool-aged children where the mothers speak Russian and the parents aspire to raise children multilingually. READ MORE
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3. The effects of extramural language : Relationships between engagement in Japanese language activities and general Japanese language proficiency
Abstract : Many L2 learners believe they learn their target language by using it extramurally, i.e. outside the classroom. This topic, language learning as a result of engagement in L2 use, has garnered increased attention in the last decade. READ MORE
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4. Representation learning for natural language
Abstract : Artificial neural networks have obtained astonishing results in a diverse number of tasks. One of the reasons for the success is their ability to learn the whole task at once (endto-end learning), including the representations for data. READ MORE
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5. Age and Constraints on Language Learning : First Language Retention and Second Language Acquisition in International Adoptees
Abstract : This thesis investigates the influence of age of acquisition on the long-term second language development of international adoptees. Because age of acquisition typically coincides with the onset of bilingualism, the study of maturational age effects in second language acquisition has been empirically and conceptually entangled with changes in language input and use. READ MORE