Search for dissertations about: "discourse analysis on language teaching"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words discourse analysis on language teaching.

  2. 1. Constructions of Language Competence : Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Assessing Second Language Interactions in Basic Adult Education

    Author : Maria Rydell; Catrin Norrby; Gunlög Sundberg; Caroline Kerfoot; Tim McNamara; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; constructions of language competence; language ideologies; migration; language testing and assessment; Swedish as a second language; embodied interaction; lived experience of language; adult education; sociolinguistics; linguistic anthropology; Scandinavian Languages; nordiska språk;

    Abstract : The current thesis is concerned with constructions and perceptions of what it means to be ‘a competent language user’ in the context of a language programme in basic Swedish called Swedish for Immigrants (SFI). A particular focus is given to the testing and assessment of oral interaction. READ MORE

  4. 2. Teacher Identity as Discourse : A Case Study of Students in Swedish Teacher Education

    Author : Johan Christensson; Mona Blåsjö; Anna Edin; Rodney H. Jones; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; teacher identity; teacher education; mediated discourse theory; nexus analysis; social action; oral presentation; essay writing; teaching placement; Scandinavian Languages; nordiska språk;

    Abstract : This thesis comprises three separate studies that together explore how Swedish student teachers construct or produce professional identity in interaction while navigating different institutional and professional instances of teacher education. As a discourse analytical contribution to research on teacher identity, the main theoretical framework is mediated discourse theory (e. READ MORE

  5. 3. 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. 4. Getting it Together: A Genre Analysis of the Rhetorical Structure of Open University Television Programmes in Science and Technology

    Author : Rowena Jansson; Engelska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language and literature; distance learning.; television teaching; metadiscourse; transition; episode; rhetorical structure; Genre analysis; discourse analysis; Engelska språk och litteratur ;

    Abstract : This thesis is concerned with uncovering the organisational structure underpinning Open University television programmes in scientific and technological fields. Using a genre analysis which takes into account the unique contextual configuration in which vision and pedagogical purpose play a vital part a rhetorical structure is revealed. READ MORE

  7. 5. Contrasting language-in-education policy intentions, perceptions and practice : the use of English and Kreol Seselwa in the Seychelles

    Author : Justin Zelime; Mats Deutschmann; Anders Steinvall; Angeline Mbogo Barrett; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Code switching; Kreol Seselwa Seychelles Creole ; L2 Medium of Instruction; Post Colonialism; Language Policy; Translanguaging; Bilingualism; Multilingualism; language studies; språkvetenskap;

    Abstract : Many studies have shown that Second Language (L2) Medium of Instruction (MoI) policies in Africa are linked to educational inequity, substandard teaching practice, low literacy skills and poor overall academic performance. In the light of this background, this thesis aims to make a more thorough inquiry into questions related to language-in-education policies, L2 as MoI, and academic success in the Seychelles, a small island nation in the Indian Ocean. READ MORE