Search for dissertations about: "Early language learning"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 swedish dissertations containing the words Early language learning.
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1. Learning aspect in Italian as a third language : Transfer patterns among multilingual learners in the Swedish context
Abstract : This thesis explores the impact of previously acquired or learned background languages (BL) on the learning of Italian as a third language (L3) among undergraduate students in the Swedish context. Focusing on the learning of past tense-aspect (TA) inflectional categories in Italian, the thesis investigates the influence of Swedish, English and Romance languages, French or Spanish, in light of four factors. READ MORE
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2. 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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3. "Say It Fast, Fluent and Flawless" : formulaicity in the oral language production of young foreign language learners
Abstract : This thesis reports on a study, which investigated the process of early foreign language learning in a classroom context and the functions of multi-word units of language known as formulaic sequences in the oral language production of young foreign language learners. A classroom with 11 students in the age range 9 to 11 years was observed and video recorded for 16 sessions (90 minutes per session). READ MORE
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4. Advancing Clinical Decision Support Using Machine Learning & the Internet of Medical Things : Enhancing COVID-19 & Early Sepsis Detection
Abstract : This thesis presents a critical examination of the positive impact of Machine Learning (ML) and the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) for advancing the Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) in the context of COVID-19 and early sepsis detection.It emphasizes the transition towards patient-centric healthcare systems, which necessitate personalized and participatory care—a transition that could be facilitated by these emerging fields. 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