Search for dissertations about: "thesis on grammar skills"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words thesis on grammar skills.

2. 1. Children's Vocabulary Development : The role of parental input, vocabulary composition and early communicative skills

   Author : Christine Cox Eriksson; Eva Berglund; Ulla Sundberg; Ulla Ek; Susan Ellis Weismer; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; child language; vocabulary development; parent-child interaction; parental input; vocabulary composition; CDI; SECDI; CLAN; grammar; lexical-grammar relationships; communicative gestures; Sweden; specialpedagogik; Special Education; Utbildning och lärande;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine the early vocabulary development of a sample of Swedish children in relation to parental input and early communicative skills. Three studies are situated in an overall description of early language development in children. READ MORE

4. 2. Speech and language skills in children who required neonatal intensive care

   Author : Margareta Jennische; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Obstetrics and gynaecology; Language; spontaneous speech; linguistic skills; follow-up; neonatal intensive care; preterm; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar; Obstetrics and women s diseases; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar; pediatrik; Pediatrics;

   Abstract : Spontaneous speech and linguistic skills at age 6 1/2 years were studied in 284 children who required neonatal intensive cam (NIC) in 1980-1985 (cohort 1) and 40 healthy controls and in 230 NIC children born in 1986-1989 (cohort 2) and 71 neonatally healthy children born at term.Eight aspects of the children's spontaneous speech in a conversation were evaluated: Information, speech motor function, sound pattern, word finding, word selection, grammar, interaction and motivation, and ten linguistic skills were assessed according to a protocol including imitation tasks, comprehension tasks and auditory functions, phonemes and word fluency. READ MORE

5. 3. Automating the development of multilingual grammars

   Author : Ramona Enache; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : The thesis aims at exploring alternative ways of automating the development of multilingual GF (Grammatical Framework) grammars. The goal is to achieve semantics-preserving machine translation within a limited or semi-limited domain. READ MORE

6. 4. Self-Assessment of Writing in Learning English as a Foreign Language. A Study at the Upper Secondary School Level

   Author : Anne Dragemark Oscarson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; self-assessment; assessment; language education; EFL; writing; lifelong learning; feedback;

   Abstract : The main aim of this study is to explore the role of self-assessment in EFL learning in developing lifelong language learning skills and in furthering the development of more comprehensive and thereby fairer assessment practices. The study explores how upper secondary school students perceived their own general and specific writing abilities in relation to syllabus goals and whether these perceptions are affected by self-assessment practices. READ MORE

7. 5. Language Processing and Contextual Influence. A study of Swedish preschool children with language impairment

   Author : Christina Reuterskiöld; foniatri och audiologi Logopedi; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; auditive system and speech; audiology; Otorhinolaryngology; naming; idioms; narration; genres; nonword repetition; context; language impairment; Otorinolaryngologi; audiologi; hörsel- och talorganen;

   Abstract : Language Processing and Contextual Influence A Study of Swedish Preschool Children with Language Impairment The aim of the present work was to study different types of contextual influence on language performance in a variety of tasks: repetition of nonwords, narration, understanding of idioms and picture naming in a group of Swedish preschool children with language impairment (LI). The stress pattern of words and nonwords was found to have an impact on the repetition performance of the participants. READ MORE