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Gilabert Guerrero, Roger (Date of defense: 2005-01-21)
This study explores the impact of manipulating Task Complexity simultaneously along both pre-task planning time and the degree of displaced, past time reference on L2 narrative oral production. By drawing on consolidated ...
Pownall Graumann, James William (Date of defense: 2016-12-02)
Drawing on known language learning processes, principles behind language course syllabus design, and previous second language acquisition research, Long introduced the concept of task-based language teaching (TBLT) in 1985. ...
Vicente-Rasoamalala, Leticia (Date of defense: 2009-12-23)
OF THE DISSERTATION:<br/><br/>"Teachers' Reactions to Foreign Language Learner Output"<br/><br/>BY: Leticia Vicente-Rasoamalala<br/><br/>TEXT:<br/><br/>A series of theoretical and practical educational studies have suggested ...
Ciruela Castillo, Carmen (Date of defense: 2014-06-20)
Research on the acquisition of English by immigrants is abundant when it takes place in second language (SL) contexts. However, few studies deal with immigrant learners’ acquisition of English as a foreign language (EFL). ...
Castaño Castaño, Emilia (Date of defense: 2012-11-09)
This doctoral dissertation investigates the corporeal basis of global and local coherence. As far as global coherence is concerned, the main argument of this thesis is that the search for global coherence is often guided ...
Bernaus, Mercè (Date of defense: 1992-04-01)
La principal hipótesis que se plantea en esta tesis es que la motivación influye en el aprendizaje del inglés como lengua extranjera. Otra de las hipótesis planteadas es que el entorno socio-cultural y/o el profesor pueden ...
Malicka, Aleksandra (Date of defense: 2014-10-24)
In the domain of task-based language teaching (TBLT), researchers have long been interested in exploring the impact of internal task features and conditions on a range of outcomes, such as the occurrence and frequency of ...
Levkina, Mayya (Date of defense: 2014-02-28)
The present dissertation was inspired by the increasing interest in task sequencing in L2 syllabus design, on the one hand, and the lack of empirical studies, on the other hand, where task sequencing and its effects on L2 ...
Tragant Mestres, Elsa (Date of defense: 1994-10-14)
One of the roles who teachers have is that of organizer of activity and in subject matters that are rather practical by nature, like the teaching of a foreign language is, this role as elicitor of activity is even more ...
Alsina, Cristina (Date of defense: 2006-09-26)
Esta tesis analiza la relación entre ficción y efectos de verdad en la obra del novelista contemporáneo Tim O'Brien y examina la reflexión implícita en dicha obra en torno al concepto de verdad. Pondera, además, el efecto ...
Serrano Serrano, Raquel (Date of defense: 2007-11-23)
The purpose of the present dissertation is to investigate the effect of time distribution of practice (or instruction hours) on the acquisition of English as a foreign language. The general objective is to have an overall ...
Ortega Sáez, M. (Marta) (Date of defense: 2013-07-12)
Esta tesis doctoral explora las traducciones de literatura en lengua inglesa producidas en el franquismo todavía comercializándose en la actualidad y analiza el impacto que ejercen en el lector contemporáneo. En particular ...
Buj Casanova, Anna M. (Date of defense: 2007-06-27)
L'objectiu d'aquesta tesi doctoral és analitzar i valorar les traduccions adaptades a la música de l'obra de Richard Wagner "Die Walküre" al català. La tesi s'ha estructurat partint de les característiques sonores, tant ...
Espasa, Eva, 1966- (Date of defense: 1997-12-05)
[cat] Aquest treball parteix de l'estudi de la traducció teatral com a procés: la transposició escènica de la traducció, o sigui, l'evolució del text dramàtic traduït en relació amb una posada en escena concreta. Els canvis ...
Keady, Stephen (Date of defense: 2008-01-18)
My aim is to recreate from the texts and films the world which is shown, and then examine it in order to demonstrate a number of points. I hope to show that there is such a phenomenon as an English working class, and that ...