Search for dissertations about: "Swedish as a second language"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 161 swedish dissertations containing the words Swedish as a second language.

2. 16. Noun phrase development in Swedish as a second language : a study of adult learners acquiring definiteness and the semantics and morphology of adjectives

   Author : Monica Axelsson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Andraspråksinlärning; Svenska; Svenska som andraspråk; Invandrare; Tvåspråkighet; Språkinlärning;

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4. 17. Language and executive functions in Swedish preschoolers

   Author : Signe Tonér; Tove Nilsson Gerholm; Francisco Lacerda; Sven Strömqvist; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; language development; narrative; executive functions; theory of mind; preschool; event-related potentials; selective attention; Swedish; early childhood; Linguistics; lingvistik;

   Abstract : The main goals of this dissertation are to investigate the associations between language and executive functions, including selective auditory attention, in Swedish children aged 4–6, to examine possible links to factors relating to the child and his/her social environment, and to evaluate preschool interventions with regard to potential improvements in language and/or executive functions. Measures were obtained by combining results from behavioral tests, language samples in the form of narratives, parent and teacher ratings and a measure of selective auditory attention as brain activity. READ MORE

5. 18. Learnables in Action : The Embodied Achievement of Opportunities for Teaching and Learning in Swedish as a Second Language Classrooms

   Author : Ali Reza Majlesi; Mathias Broth; Per Linell; Charlotta Plejert; Charles Goodwin; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Learnables; Ethnomethodology; Conversation Analysis; Dialogism; Second language learning; Multimodal interaction analysis; Gestures; Embodied actions; Classroom discourse; Swedish as a second language; Lärande; Etnometodologi; Samtalsanalys; Dialogism; Andraspråksinlärning; Multimodal interaktionsanalys; Gester; Förkroppsligade handlingar; Klassrumsdiskurs; Svenska som andraspråk;

   Abstract : This doctoral dissertation is an empirical qualitative research study on the emergence of learnables in classrooms of Swedish as a second language. It adopts a dialogical and praxeological approach, and analysis is based on video recorded teacher-student interactivities in classrooms. READ MORE

6. 19. A View from Language : Growth of language in individuals and populations

   Author : Christer Johansson; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scandinavia; psycho-linguistics; past tense; linguistic ecology; language variation; language change; language acquisition; evolution; epidemics; emergence; diffusion; connectionism; area linguistics; case; simulation; synthesis.; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

   Abstract : The main question that this book tries to find answers to is what it is that makes language learnable. Language is one of the most complex human activities, but nearly 100% of humanity have learned a language in childhood. One answer could be that it is something in our brain that makes us learn language better than most other activities. READ MORE

7. 20. Second language discourse in and out of classrooms : studies of learner discourse in the acquisition of Swedish as a second language in educational contexts

   Author : Inger Lindberg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Andraspråk Svenska; Språkinlärning; Andraspråk Svenska;

   Abstract : A common theme for the papers in this thesis is a discourse perspective and an interactionist view on second language acquisition/learning and teaching. The results point at substantial differences between instructional activities as far as opportunities for meaningful interaction is concerned with important implications for language teaching. READ MORE