Search for dissertations about: "bilingualism"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 68 swedish dissertations containing the word bilingualism.
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21. Language policy from below : Bilingual education and heterogeneity in post-apartheid South Africa
Abstract : The present thesis on bilingual education, with its foci on linguistic heterogeneity and language policy 'from below', covers the first 15 years in the officially multilingual new South Africa. The post-apartheid era has seen South Africa's pro-multilingual Constitution and the language-in-education policy for schools being sidelined in favour of an English-oriented mindset. READ MORE
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22. Languages and Linguistic Exchanges in Swedish Academia : Practices, Processes, and Globalizing Markets
Abstract : Based on four separate studies, this thesis deals with Swedish academia and its dwellers, with an eye toward accounting for matters of languages and linguistic exchanges. The perspectives and thinking-tools of Pierre Bourdieu form the basis of the main leitmotif, albeit extended with insights from linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics. READ MORE
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23. Blindness and Second Language Acquisition : Studies of Cognitive Advantages in Blind L1 and L2 speakers
Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate whether blind individuals display cognitive advantages over sighted individuals with regard to second language acquisition. Previous studies from neuropsychology have indicated that this is the case. READ MORE
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24. Social networks and proficiency in Swedish : a study of bilingual adolescents in both mono- and multicultural contexts in Sweden
Abstract : According to official statistics, bilingual students make up a disproportionate share of the students who attend individual programmes (programmes designed for students who cannot follow the ordinary national programmes) in the upper secondary school in Sweden. This seems to indicate that national programmes cause problems for many bilingual students. READ MORE
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25. Language Ideologies and Minority Language Policies in Sweden : historical and contemporary perspectives
Abstract : This thesis concerns the nature and functioning of language ideologies in Sweden, principally as regards beliefs and attitudes of the majority group towards minority language issues. This includes a study of the history of Sweden's minority language policies towards the Saami and the Finnish-speaking Tornedalians. READ MORE