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Brancato, Sabrina (Date of defense: 2001-06-01)
The quest for an autonomous and authentic self is the founding theme of the narrative of Caribbean writer Jamaica Kincaid. In our study, we analyse the mother-daughter relationship, which is the focus of Kincaid's plots ...
Ribas Segura, Catalina (Date of defense: 2013-12-13)
This thesis presents original research: it examines the constructs of duty and obedience in post-World War II Greek-Australian and Chinese Australian literature and compares the strategies these first- and second-generation ...
Strunk, Oliver (Date of defense: 1998-01-01)
In der vorliegenden Untersuchung soll ausgehend von einer produktorientierten, korpuslinguistischen Methode die akademische Textproduktion von Deutschlernern zu vergleichbaren Textprodukten von Muttersprachlern dargestellt ...
Kivistö de Souza, Hanna (Date of defense: 2015-11-27)
El propósito de esta tesis es incrementar el conocimiento de la consciencia fonológica en L2 a través de tres objetivos: estudiar la naturaleza de la consciencia fonológica en L2 y su relación con diferencias individuales, ...
Bosch, Marta (Bosch Vilarrubias) (Date of defense: 2016-01-22)
This dissertation provides an analysis of the representation of Arab American men in post-9/11 writings by Arab American women. This thesis contributes a new inquiry regarding Arab American literature in joining the subject ...
Martínez Rico, Patricia-María (Date of defense: 2006-06-30)
Esta Tesis tiene dos grandes objetivos. En primer lugar, ofrecer una descripción de la sociedad actual en relación con las TIC, y de éstas con la enseñanza, para seguidamente comprobar por medio de un estudio experimental, ...
Grau Perejoan, Maria (Date of defense: 2015-05-15)
This study revolves around the figure of Caribbean writer Earl Lovelace. The thesis demonstrates that the emphasis on the deterritorialisation of the Caribbean region and the focus on transnationalism has meant that what ...
Brennan, Kerry Anne (Date of defense: 2016-12-16)
Throughout history there has been tremendous debate about what comprises the best methods and approaches to foreign or second language (L2) teaching and learning, without any decisive universal conclusions. Since the 1980s, ...
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 ...