Browsing Faculty of Arts and Education by Subject "literacy"
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A case study of feedback to written English in a Norwegian upper secondary school
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-15)This thesis is about a study of English writing and feedback in an upper secondary school in Norway. The ability to express oneself in writing is one of the five basic skills in the Norwegian LK06 English subject curriculum. ... -
A case study of the effect of formative assessment on the English writing development, accuracy and motivation of pupils in a Nowegian 7th grade.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-05-12)This thesis is based on a study of the effect of formative assessment on 7th grade pupils’ written English development, accuracy and motivation in a primary school in Norway. The pupils were provided feedback digitally by ... -
A case study of the impact of free voluntary web-surfing on reading comprehension and motivation in an upper secondary EFL class in Norway
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-05)The current study was a case study of the impact of a three-month free voluntary web surfing (FVS) programme on pupils’ reading and motivation in a Norwegian upper secondary VG2 International English classroom (elective ... -
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 Study of Teacher Cognition and Literature Teaching at the Upper Secondary Level
(Master thesis, 2017-05-12)This thesis has aimed at exploring teacher cognition (attitudes, beliefs, knowledge, and practices) in relation to literature teaching in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms at the upper-secondary level in Norway. ... -
A study of the teaching and learning of expository and persuasive writing in English in Norwegian upper secondary level elective English classes.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-05)This qualitative case study investigates the teaching and learning of writing in English in Norwegian upper secondary level elective English classes, namely International English, Social Studies English and English Literature ... -
Advances in the study of handwritten letters: Influential factors, measures and methods
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2024)ENGLISH ABSTRACT This thesis is an in-depth exploration of factors that influence penmovement fluency when beginning writers form single letters by hand. More specifically, the aim is to explore how factors within the ... -
Akademisk lesing i ei digital tid
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-05)Denne avhandlinga, som har fått tittelen Akademisk lesing i ei digital tid, er ei undersøking av universitetsstudentar si akademiske lesing i praksis. Målet med avhandlinga er å bidra med ny kunnskap om kva konsekvensar ... -
An edition of the fifteenth-century Middle English cookery recipes in London, British Library's MS Sloane 442
(Master thesis, 2015)This thesis is an edition based on the study of a fifteenth-century Middle English manuscript containing a collection of cookery recipes as well as a miscellany of medical texts. The cookery recipes of the London, British ... -
Aspects of fluency in writing
(Journal article, 2007-04)The notion of ‘fluency’ is most often associated with spoken-language phenomena such as stuttering. The present article investigates the relevance of considering fluency in writing. The basic argument for raising this ... -
Autonomous while reading: A quantitative and qualitative study of the relationship between Norwegian VG1 student’s perceptions of Learner Autonomy and Reading Literacy.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-05-12)Abstract: The aim and purpose of this thesis is to explore and investigate the relationship between the student’s perceptions of learner autonomy and reading literacy amongst Norwegian VG1 students of English. This ... -
"Be Stupid!" -An analysis of lifestyle and gender in a Diesel advertising campaign
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-06-06)This thesis is a study of contemporary advertising, aiming to show how the global jeans brand Diesel communicates aspects of lifestyle and gender in their campaign Be Stupid from 2010. By an analysis of the campaign, the ... -
Berre med på liksom? Tekstbruk og deltaking for personar med generelle lærevanskar
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-05-13)I arbeidet mitt som lærar ved ein tilrettelagd avdeling i vidaregåande skule må eg stadig ha i tankane kva som er mogleg og tenleg å ha som mål for den enkelte elev. Deltaking for alle er eit demokratisk mål, og viktig å ... -
Bruk av skriveramme som støtte for ungdomsskoleelevers skriving av tekstanalyse i norskfaget
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-05)I dette prosjektet har jeg ønsket å finne ut av hvordan en kan støtte elevers skriving av tekstanalyser på ungdomstrinnet. Dette ønsket jeg å finne ut av ved å teste ut en skriveramme inspirert av en skriveramme som ble ... -
Can we read letters? Reflections on fundamental issues in reading and dyslexia research
(Book, 2015-01)Internationally there has been a major increase in activity within reading and dyslexia research over the past three or four decades. This is a reasonable development given that the importance of having good reading ... -
A case study of the impact of free voluntary web-surfing on reading comprehension and motivation in an upper secondary EFL class in Norway
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-05)The current study was a case study of the impact of a three-month free voluntary web surfing (FVS) programme on pupils’ reading and motivation in a Norwegian upper secondary VG2 International English classroom (elective ... -
Children’s Agency by Design: Design parameters for personalization in story-making apps
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09)The importance of children’s agency in the use of technologies is well-established but it continues to be challenged with applications that automatically personalize children’s content. This paper integrates educational ... -
Children’s Olfactory Picturebooks: Charting New Trends in Early Childhood Education
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-03)Converging global trends (digitization, globalization, datafication) have influenced all aspects of children’s literacies, including children’s picturebooks. The recent turn towards embodied, affective and sensory literacies, ... -
CLIL in Norway: A qualitative analysis of six upper secondary language and content teachers' experiences with and attitudes towards CLIL
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-05-13)The present thesis is an investigative study of six Norwegian upper secondary teachers’ experiences with and attitudes towards CLIL – Content and Language Integrated Learning – and similar approaches that seek to integrate ... -
Critical literacy in the language classroom: Possibilities for intercultural learning through symbolic competence
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This article provides a theoretical exploration of the connections between critical literacy and symbolic competence with some pedagogical examples from an empirical study. More specifically, we argue that critical literacy ...