Search for dissertations about: "Reading span"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words Reading span.

2. 1. Representing sounds and spellings : Phonological decline and compensatory working memory in acquired hearing impairment

   Author : Elisabet Classon; Jerker Rönnberg; Mary Rudner; Mikael Johansson; Nathalie Phillips; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Acquired hearing impairment; phonology; WMC; reading span; Förvärvad hörselnedsättning; fonologi; arbetsminne; lässpann;

   Abstract : This thesis examined phonological processing in adults with postlingually acquired moderate-to-severe hearing impairment (HI) and whether explicit working memory processing of phonology and individual working memory capacity (WMC) can compensate for degraded phonological representations in this group (papers I-III). A second aim was to provide reference data for a test of WMC, the reading span test, and to examine the relation between reading span test performance and speech recognition in noise in a larger sample of 50-89 year olds with HI (paper IV). READ MORE

4. 2. Dyslexia: Relevance of Concepts, Validity of Measurements, and Cognitive Functions

   Author : Jan Alm; Lennart Melin; Håkan Nyman; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Psychology; Learning disabilities; learning disorders; specific learning difficulties; reading disability; reading disorder; WAIS-R; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : The thesis opens with an exposition of different uses of the term dyslexia. In that context its conceptual relevance is discussed. READ MORE

5. 3. Reading cultural encounter: literary text and intercultural pedagogy

   Author : Anna Greek; Göteborgs universitet; Göteborgs universitet; Gothenburg University; []
   Keywords : English as a Foreign Language; Contact Zone; Third Space; othering; essentialism; non-essentialism; Intercultural pedagogy; Across the Barricades; Fruit of the Lemon; Curriculum; multiculturalism; culture; identity; difference;

   Abstract : This dissertation combines aspects of educational research, theories of culture and literary analysis. The main line of argument is that the informed reading and discussion of literary texts that thematise cultural encounter will enhance the intercultural dimension of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Swedish Upper Secondary schools. READ MORE

6. 4. From Putsch to Purge. A Study of the German Episodes in Richard Hughes’s The Human Predicament and their Sources

   Author : Ivo Holmqvist; Engelska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Weimar Republic; Documentary novel; English historical fiction; The Wooden Shepherdess; The Fox in the Attic; 1900-1976; Hughes; Richard; Rise of Nazism; Hitler portraits in literature; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ;

   Abstract : The two last novels by Richard Hughes (1900-1976), the first in his planned The Human Predicament series, are partly set in Germany in the years between the First and the Second World War. Much of the action in The Fox in the Attic (1961) takes part in and around Munich, culminating in a fictional reconstruction of the so-called Hitler Putsch on November 8-9, 1923, the future dictator's aborted early bid for power. READ MORE

7. 5. Tinnitus in Patients with Sensorineural Hearing Loss : Management, Quality of Life and Treatment Strategies

   Author : Reza Zarenoe; Torbjörn Ledin; Gerhard Andersson; Gunnel Backenroth; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Approximately 15% of Swedish people experience tinnitus, but only 2.4% experience severe problems. Treatment modalities for tinnitus vary, but the most common treatment is counseling. READ MORE