Search for dissertations about: "Silvia Kunitz"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Silvia Kunitz.

  1. 1. Group Planning among L2 Learners of Italian: A Conversation Analytic Perspective

    Author : Silvia Kunitz; Numa Markee; Andrea Golato; Makoto Hayashi; Diane Musumeci; USA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conversation analysis; planning; second language studies; group work; language alternation; språkdidaktik; Language Education;

    Abstract : In line with the call for a process-oriented and ecologically sound approach to planning in SLA (Ellis, 2005), and with the behavioral approach adopted in other fields (Murphy, 2004, 2005; Suchman, 1987, 2007), the present work applies Conversation Analysis to the study of group planning. The participants are four groups of adult learners of Italian as a foreign language, engaged in the preparation of a classroom presentation in their L2. READ MORE

  2. 2. Language practices in Swedish-English families

    Author : Tim Roberts; Erica Sandlund; Marika Kjellén; Silvia Kunitz; Elizabeth Lanza; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; family language policy; bilingualism; conversation analysis; rhizome; linguistic repertoires; Swedish; English; English; Engelska;

    Abstract : This dissertation examines the family language practices of Swedish-English families using an interdisciplinary and mixed-method approach. The principal aim is to empirically document what these practices are, as well as how practices interact with various ideological, conceptual, and contextual factors. READ MORE