Browsing UiS Brage by Author "Savic, Milica"
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A study on Process drama and spontaneous talk in a Norwegian 6th-grade EFL classroom
Fredriksen, Sanne Aske (Master thesis, 2023)The purpose of this study was to investigate whether Process drama (PD) generated spontaneous talk in an English lesson with five Norwegian 6th-grade second language (L2) learners and how the learners perceived their own ... -
A transition from one language to three: A case study of vocabulary development and code switching in a 2-year-old Norwegian exposed to English and Spanish
Røst, Stian (Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-05)The longitudinal case study of Mia (pseudonym), a two-year-old, investigates different aspects of language development during a six month transition from being monolingual in Norwegian to becoming an emergent trilingual, ... -
Hedging in Year Nine Girls’ and Boys' Written English in Norwegian Schools
Thomson, James Jacob (Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-05)This aim of this thesis is to investigate the use of hedging devices in the English writing of year nine girls and boys in two Norwegian lower secondary schools. Hyland (2005: 52) defines hedges as devices that “indicate ... -
Incidental vocabulary acquisition through recreational play of video games in Norwegian 10th grade learners of English
Løkke, Fredrik (Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-05)As Norwegian youth have been found to spend almost two hours a day playing video games (Medietilsynet 2014), the current study seeks to investigate the effects this recreational gaming might have on English vocabulary ... -
Lived experiences as a resource for scaffolding metapragmatic understandings with young language learners
Savic, Milica; Myrset, Anders; Economidou-Kogetsidis, Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-06-29)The present study explores the ways in which young EFL learners draw on lived experiences, viewed as interactional experiences in L1 or L2 which they have participated in or observed, to ground their metapragmatic ... -
Muntlig fremmedspråksangst blant syvendeklassinger i norske barneskoler med engelsk som fremmedspråk
Todal, Jannike Grindvik (Master thesis, 2022)Muntlig kommunikasjon utgjør en stor del av fremmedspråksopplæringen. Læringskurven er gjerne bratt og utfordrende blant unge elever som begynner på sin fremmedspråksreise, og prosessen som inngår i å bli en dreven taler ... -
Young Greek Cypriot and Norwegian EFL learners: Pragmalinguistic development in request production
Savic, Milica; Economidou-Kogetsidis, Maria; Myrset, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Situated within the field of developmental interlanguage pragmatics, this cross-sectional study examines pragmalinguistic development in the request production of two groups of young English learners: Greek Cypriot and ...