Search for dissertations about: "Immersion education"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Immersion education.

2. 1. Room for Improvement? : A comparative study of Swedish learners’ free written production in English in the foreign language classroom and in immersion education

   Author : Marika Kjellén Simes; Solveig Granath; Philip Shaw; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Immersion education; CLIL; International Baccalaureate; advanced L2 learners; upper secondary school; L2 learning; L2 acquisition; free written production; low-frequency vocabulary; tense shift; motivation; mastery orientation; intrinsic motivation; sociocultural attitudes; English language; Engelska språket; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : The present study examines the effects of immersion education on the English of two groups of advanced Swedish learners at upper secondary school. In immersion education, or CLIL, subject content is taught through a second language as a means of enhancing target language competence. READ MORE

4. 2. English-medium instruction for young learners in Sweden : A longitudinal case study of a primary school class in a bilingual English-Swedish school

   Author : Jeanette Toth; Monica Axelsson; Christina Hedman; Angel Lin; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English-medium instruction EMI ; content and language integrated learning CLIL ; bilingual compulsory school; English in Sweden; young learners; native speaker teachers; language ideologies; translanguaging; språkdidaktik; Language Education;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to highlight the policies, perspectives, and practices of language use in a bilingual English-Swedish primary class during Grades 4–6, where English was the medium of instruction in several subjects. A rapidly increasing number of Swedish compulsory schools offer these programs, which are often associated with high status and academic achievement (Skolverket, 2010). READ MORE

5. 3. Immersion and recreational boating-related injuries in Alaska

   Author : Diana Stark Hudson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Alaska; injuries; drowning; cold water; immersion; submersion; hypothermia; survival;

   Abstract : Background: Cold water is an ever-present hazard in Alaska, and when water-related injuries occur, they often take place in remote environments, where the nearest trained emergency response teams are several hours away. Alaska’s crude drowning death rate in 2002 was 4. READ MORE

6. 4. Teaching the reading experience : upper secondary teachers’ perspectives on aesthetic aspects of literature teaching

   Author : Spoke Wintersparv; Kirk P. H. Sullivan; Maria Lindgren Leavenworth; John Gordon; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; teaching; literature teaching; reading; fiction; written fiction; aesthetics; the Reading Experience; pedagogiskt arbete; educational work;

   Abstract : Written fiction is a cornerstone in upper secondary Swedish first language (L1) studies. However, in a time when international assessments in education create and maintain a focus on measurability, non-measurable aspects of literature teaching might not be given the same attention in the literature classroom. READ MORE

7. 5. Distributed Immersive Participation : Realising Multi-Criteria Context-Centric Relationships on an Internet of Things

   Author : Jamie Walters; Theo Kanter; Roch Glitho; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; pervasive computing; ubiquitous computing; mediasense; context; context awareness; context centric; peer-to-peer; immersive participation; multi-criteria context; context proximity; context distance; evolving context; context-aware query languages; publish.subscribe; distributed context awareness; sensor information; context information; context models; context relationships; context relations; Computer and Systems Sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

   Abstract : Advances in Internet-of-Things integrate sensors and actuators in everyday items or even people transforming our society at an accelerated pace. This occurs in areas such as agriculture, logistics, transport, healthcare, and smart cities and has created new ways to interact with and experience entertainment, (serious) games, education, etc. READ MORE