Blar i Faculty of Arts and Education på tittel
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A Clockwork Orange: The state's needs and a human's rights.
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A Comparative Study of Euphemism in Biden and Trump's Speeches on Controversial topics.
(Bachelor thesis, 2024) -
A Comparison of Conceptual Metaphors of Love and Marriage in Pride and Prejudice and Bridget Jones’s Diary
(Master thesis, 2024)This thesis analyses and compares conceptual metaphors of love and marriage in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones Diary (1996) to observe romantic and marital cultural changes in ... -
A conceptual look at instructional questioning and its use in teaching mathematics.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IGIS/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-06)Even in today’s society with electronic devices abundantly available to most western world learners to aid their learning, classroom instruction and discussions still are the most common practices of teachers everywhere. ... -
A decade after the Arab Spring - Comparing narratives around democracy and freedom in 2011 and 2021 through discourse analysis of English language news media and Twitter.
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis argues that the English language was a useful tool for some of the participants and many of the observers of the Arab Spring. It demonstrates that while many of the narratives on both traditional and social ... -
A democratic dictator's success: how Chad's President Deby defeated the military opposition in three years (2008–2011)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-09)This article focuses on how President Deby re-gained power after a nearly successful coup d'état against him in February 2008. The analysis points towards one major external reason for success and a divided internal strategy. ... -
A group of Norwegian lower secondary learners’ reading experiences in English as a foreign language.
(Master thesis, 2015-11)ABSTRACT The Norwegian National curriculum LK06 put more emphasis on reading than prior curricula. However, recent studies of reading proficiency in Norway, such as the PISA surveys and Norwegian national tests report ... -
A Kingdom of Reason - Applying methodological contextualism to a comparison of Karl Popper and Friedrich Engels’ conceptions of science
(Master thesis, 2022)Denne Masteroppgaven sammenlikner Karl Popper og Friedrich Engels sine vitenskapsfilosofier via Quentin Skinner’s metodologiske kontekstualisme. Problemstillingen oppgaven forsøker å besvare er som følger: «Hvilke likheter ... -
A mixed methods study of Norwegian lower secondary EFL teachers´ practices, attitudes, and beliefs about the use of L1 in the EFL classroom.
(Master thesis, 2024)The present study is a mixed methods study, whose aim was to investigate the frequency and purposes of the Norwegian-speaking EFL teachers´ first language (L1) use in the lower secondary EFL classroom, along with other ... -
A Phonetic Analysis of Fantasy Races and their British accents
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)This essay analyzes several british accents used in The Hobbit and The Witcher using phonetics. The goal of the study is to investigate whether or not British accent stereotypes were used to help build the characters. And ... -
A PLACE TO CALL HOME: The gothic space in young adult fantasy
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)In gothic literature, space is very important. The importance of old manors, castles and grounds in the traditonal gothic novels. But in what ways does these aspect of gothic literature transition into contemporary young ... -
A poetic vision of naked bodies and deviant minds: Examining Allen Ginsberg’s references to sexuality and madness
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis aims to merge the gap in the literary relevance attributed to Allen Ginsberg’s utilization of sexual references and the effects of his portrayals of madness. Through a meta-perspective on existing research and ... -
A qualitative study of pupils with higher learning potential in English as a foreign language (EFL) intermediate classes (grades 5-7) in Norwegian schools.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-05-10)This thesis has aimed at researching pupils with higher learning potential in English as a foreign language (EFL) intermediate classes (grades 5 to 7) in Norwegian schools. Since 2015, the term higher learning potential ... -
A Qualitative study of Teacher Cognition at the first year of upper secondary level in Norway: Intercultural Competence in 21st century ESL teaching contexts
(Master thesis, 2023)The present study aimed to investigate teachers’ cognition and practices in relation to culture and intercultural competence (IC) teaching in English as a Second Language (ESL) classrooms at general studies in the first ... -
A qualitative study on preparing EFL students to take the TOEFL internet-based (iBT) test in the Ukrainian context
(Master thesis, 2016-06)The thesis at hand is a qualitative study that aimed at exploring methods and tasks used by teachers in Ukraine while preparing students to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language internet-based version (TOEFL iBT). ... -
A queering of the marriage plot narrative in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
(Bachelor thesis, 2023)The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) contains two marriages, with the first one introducing a conservative marriage conventions. Through a structural approach, the thesis shows how the film works against Mary-Catherine ... -
A sociolinguistic study on code switching: A comparison between Vegard Harm´s Code-Switching in podcast versus live television.
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)My main aim for this thesis was to develop a greater understanding of why Vegard Harm CS when he does, whilst comparing his CS in comfortable versus non-comfortable settings. As there are no other studies done on this exact ... -
A state of poverty: Critical realism of socio-economic problems in the works of Charles Dickens
(Bachelor thesis, 2023)Oppgaven tar for seg de sosiale problemene på tiden der Oliver Twist ble skrevet, og hvordan disse problemene fortsatt er relevant for dagens samfunn. -
A study of adult Japanese EFL learners: The possible relationship between the L1 and grammatical errors
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)It is a popular belief that first language (L1) has interference in second language (L2) acquisition. When learners rely on their first language when writing in the L2, a high frequency of errors occurs in the L2 when the ...