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    • Exploring Code Switching as a Strategy for Euphemism: A study of Bilingual Undergraduate of Pashto and English in Degree college Wari, Dir Upper 

      Ahmad, Zeeshan (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-14)
      This research explores the motivations behind code-switching behavior, particularly focusing on its occurrence within the context of group discussions among English undergraduate students. Twenty participants, consisting of seven females and thirteen males, were observed during group discussions and subsequently interviewed individually to elucidate the reasons underlying their code-switching ...

    • Leveling up L2 English 

      Johannessen, Ole-Henrik (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-06-04)
      Denne undersøkelsen utforsker effekten av digitale spill på tilegnelse av vokabular i engelsk som andrespråk (L2) blant norske spiller, og potensialet spill kan ha i språklæring. Studien starter med en gjennomgang av tidligere forskning som har undersøkt engelsk L2-tilegnelse gjennom digitale spill. Denne studien analyserer spørreundersøkelsen utført blant norske spillere for å vurdere hvordan de ...

    • The impact of Extramural English on Norwegian lower secondary school students´ English vocabulary and grammar: A quantitative study on how much English Norwegian teenagers learn outside the classroom 

      Mathiesen, Fredrikke Leinan (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-15)
      This thesis aims to explore the relationship between Norwegian lower secondary school students' exposure to English outside of school and their proficiency in general English vocabulary and grammar. Sundqvist (2009) first introduced the term extramural English, which refers to learning English without any degree of deliberate intention to acquire it. This quantitative study investigates three key ...

    • Una evaluación del libro de texto "Gente" de Aschehoug 

      Sørensen, William Daniel Bergvik (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-14)
      The goal of this master´s thesis is to investigate how the Norwegian textbook Gente 8-10 achieves two of the competence aims outlined the Norwegian curriculum for foreign languages (FSP01-03) after level 1. My investigation primarily focuses on the use of learning strategies, prior knowledge, digital recourses, and grammar in foreign languages education, and how the textbook addresses these topics ...

    • Investigating Pre-service Teachers' Preparedness for Teaching in Multilingual EFL Classrooms 

      Melkersen, Kristiane Marie Sortland (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-15)
      The thesis investigates pre-service teachers' preparedness for teaching in multilingual EFL classrooms. Former research has revealed that pre-service teachers lack the necessary competence in multilingual pedagogies when entering the profession. This results in teachers not knowing how to facilitate multilingualism in the classroom, which inhibits pupils' use of several languages when learning ...

    • The realization of Spanish Diphthongs by Norwegian Learners. 

      Perez Palmeros, Cynthia Guadalupe (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-15)
      Research in Spanish phonology as a foreign language has primarily concentrated on its acquisition by English L1 speakers. However, this study explores the perception of syllabification of vowel sequences (VS) in Spanish as a third language (L3) by Norwegian first- language speakers (L1). This research investigates potential Cross-Linguistic Interference (CLI) on the production of the vowel sequences ...

    • Motivation as a factor for proficiency in early EFL-learners 

      Olsen, Zebastian Bernhard Bøe (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-15)
      This study investigated how motivational factors affect proficiency in early English as a foreign language (EFL)-learners in a classroom setting. 44 participants attending fourth and fifth grade in Norwegian primary schools were tested in proficiency and asked to answer a questionnaire detailing different motivational factors and method preferences in EFL-learning. The motivational statements in ...

    • Cross-linguistic Influence in Third Language Acquisition Acquisition of an artificial language by Arabic-English bilinguals 

      Jazayeriasl, Ashwagh (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-14)
      Aims and Objectives: This thesis investigates how previously acquired languages, Arabic and English, play a role in acquiring morphosyntax in an artificial language (AL) at the early stages of third language acquisition (L3A). Examining how lexical and syntactic similarities between L3 and previously learned languages affect cross-linguistic influence (CLI) during L3 acquisition is the main aim ...

    • Looking sharp: A web-based eye-tracking study of the role of L2 English in L1 Romanian morphosyntactic attrition 

      Piciu, Mirela-Andreea (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-14)
      This project investigated language change in Romanian-English speakers who live and work in countries where the dominant spoken language is English. The participants consisted of native, first language (L1) adult speakers of Romanian, who had emigrated to, and been primarily domiciled in, English-speaking countries for at least 10 years, and for whom English is their second language (L2). The study ...

    • Crosslinguistic Influence in L3A: Acquisition of English as a Foreign Language by Arabic, Norwegian and Arabic-Norwegian Adolescents 

      Bahrani, Bentolhoda (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-13)
      Aims and objectives: This thesis is centered on examining cross-linguistic influence (CLI) in the acquisition of a third language (L3, English) by bilingual Arabic-Norwegian adolescents in comparison with their monolingual controls. The primary objectives of this investigation are to ascertain the origin of CLI, and to determine whether CLI manifests as a property-by-property occurrence or not. ...

    • Flerspråklighet i overgangen fra internasjonal grunnskole til norsk videregående skole: En kvalitativ undersøkelse av læreres oppfatning og håndtering av flerspråklighet i overganger i utdanningssystemet 

      Førlie, Sofie Alstad (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-15)
      Den overordnede problemstillingen for denne avhandlingen er: Læreroppfatninger av flerspråklighet og overgangen fra internasjonal skole til videregående skole. Jeg skal i denne oppgaven undersøke hvordan lærere definerer, forstår og jobber med flerspråklighet, og undersøke hvordan de jobber med overgangen fra internasjonal skole til norsk videregående skole. Empirien i studien baserer seg på to ...

    • The Effect of AI-Based Applications on EFL Writing Skill Development: An Inquiry into Integration of AI into Language Learning 

      Etaat, Fatemeh (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-12)
      The main aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of AI-based writing applications on the development of EFL learners’ writing skills. In addition, it was aimed to examine which aspects of writing_ task fulfillment, organization, grammar, lexis, and mechanics _are more significantly affected. Furthermore, it was investigated whether using AI-based writing applications contributes to ...

    • English as an additional language (EAL) for newly arrived students in Norway 

      Badry, Darartu Abdallah (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-14)
      This thesis aims to map out current research trends on teaching English as an additional language to newly arrived students, and investigate how this research can shed light on English teaching practices in mainstream and sheltered classrooms in Norway. This is seen in light of the linguistically enriched classrooms in Norway where other languages besides Norwegian can be of use to learn English. ...

    • El error como recurso en el aprendizaje de los pasados en ELE: Análisis de Errores de la forma y el uso del pretérito indefinido y del perfecto compuesto 

      Bremnes, Elise Marie (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-08)
      RESUMEN: El presente TFM de lingüística española emplea la metodología del Análisis de Errores (AE) en un estudio de campo que se enfoca en la conjugación y el uso de dos tiempos verbales, concretamente el pretérito indefinido y el pretérito perfecto de indicativo, entre estudiantes noruegos que aprenden español como lengua extranjera (ELE). El trabajo aborda la siguiente cuestión: ¿Cuáles son los ...

    • Is Basque Perfective Past a True Perfective? Evidence from a Visual World Paradigm Experiment 

      Urrutikoetxea, Nahia (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-31)
      Aspect, which refers to the unfolding of events in time, can be found lexically and grammatically encoded in several languages. This study focuses on grammatical perfectivity, which is traditionally described with the main conditions of culmination and totality. The purpose of this study is to investigate how Basque speakers process grammatical aspect, by contrasting perfective and imperfective ...

    • Effects of Multilingual Engagement and Physical Activity on Episodic Memory Performance 

      Thorstensen, Brage (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-15)
      This study investigates the effects of bilingualism and physical activity on episodic memory performance across the lifespan. Drawing on a sample of 172 bi-multilingual Norwegian L1 English L2 speakers, data were collected using the Language History Questionnaire (LHQ3.0) and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form (IPAQ-SF), along with an episodic memory task inspired by Babiloni ...

    • Genusforekomst i Midtre Gauldal, en kommune utenfor Trondheim. Bidrag til kartlegging av endringer i det norske genussystemet. 

      Fagerbekk, Olav Lund (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-27)
      Studien framlegger empiri rundt den landsomfattende språkendringen i tregenussystemet fra Midtre Gauldal, et mindre, ruralt sted i tilknytning til Trondheim. Fenomenene som undersøkes er kvantorer, bestemthetssuffiks og anaforiske pronomen i tale, som undersøkes ved elisiteringer av produsert språk blant 40 informanter. Studien finner særegen adjektivmorfologi for språkbrukerne i Midtre Gauldal hvor ...

    • Crosslinguistic Influence in Third Language Acquisition CLI in L3 English acquisition of Persian-Mazandarani Bilinguals 

      Asghari, Marjan (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-14)
      Aims and Objectives: This thesis aims to find the influence of previously acquired languages, specifically Mazandarani and Persian, on the early stages of English acquisition. The primary objective is to test word order patterns in noun modifiers and Of-genitive usage across Mazandarani, Persian, and English. The study includes three groups: bilinguals of Mazandarani and Persian and native speakers ...

    • Denoting female professionals: semantic and grammatical gender agreement with hybrid nouns in Russian 

      Safiulina, Aliia (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-14)
      This thesis investigates semantic feminine and grammatical masculine gender agreement in Russian, focusing on hybrid nouns associated with professional titles referring to females. Applying both corpus and experiment approaches, this research explores gender agreement in noun-verb (N-V) and adjective-noun constructions (A-N), as well as understudied mixed agreement adjective-noun-verb (A-N-V). ...

    • Flerspråklighet som ressurs ved en innføringsklasse på ungdomstrinnet: En kvalitativ studie av flerspråklighet-som-ressurs i et elevperspektiv 

      Pettersen, Oliver (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-14)
      I denne masteroppgaven undersøkes elevenes opplevelse av hvordan deres flerspråklige kompetanse blir benyttet som ressurs for undervisningen i en innføringsklasse på ungdomstrinnet. Den aktuelle studien har som mål å komme tett på elevenes selvstendige erfaringer og refleksjoner knyttet til flerspråklighet som fenomen, der analysen er forankret i et elevperspektiv. Med bakgrunn i den senere tids ...