Browsing Department of Cultural Studies and Languages (HF-IKS) by Title
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Colonial entanglements in extinction narratives: The afterlives of two Saint Lucia giant rice rats
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)European colonialism exposed islands to significant threatening processes that drove species to or near extinction. At the same time, they were regular sites of collecting living animals especially because of their high ... -
Comics in Norwegian upper secondary EFL classrooms – Teacher’s attitudes to comics and how their textbooks present them.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-05)The aim of the present master’s thesis was to find out how a selected group of teachers view comics in general, and to look at the use of comics in their textbooks. Three textbooks, Targets, Gateways YF and Access, were ... -
Comparative analysis of western and Russian news framing of the Ukraine and Iraq war.
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A Comparative Study of English as Second Language in Nepal and Norway (Using Curriculum of Secondary School)
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-05)This research aims to compares the English subject curriculum for primary and secondary school level in Nepal and Norway focusing on oral competence. Curriculum theory, as well as second language learning theory, support ... -
A comparative study of Norwegian and Russian EFL teachers’ approaches to teaching English literacy at upper secondary school.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-05-11)Abstract This study explores the ways Russian and Norwegian upper secondary EFL teachers approach teaching English language literacy. The main aim of the thesis is to investigate differences and similarities between ... -
Comparing The Effectiveness of Content-Based Language Instruction and Communicative Language Teaching in Improving the Reading Comprehension Skills of Iranian Intermediate English Learners
(Master thesis, 2023)This study compares the effectiveness of content-based language instruction (CBLI) and communicative language teaching (CLT) in improving the reading comprehension skills of 60 primary and secondary school EFL students in ... -
Compensation of overall physical activity in (pre)adolescent girls – the CReActivity project
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)According to the ActivityStat hypothesis more physical activity (PA) in one timespan is compensated by increased sedentary time (ST) in the following timespan and vice versa to maintain an overall stable PA level. Until ... -
Competing ideas of 'natural' in a dam removal controversy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-10)In spite of general support for removal of dam structures within the ecological sciences community, local residents sometimes contest dam removals. This article examines the competing ideas of 'natural' and 'nature' that ... -
Compositions for emancipation and autonomy: Distorted syntax and poisoning in Shakespeare’s and Gilman’s critique of the marginalized role of women
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)This thesis is a study of female characterization through dialogue in The Tempest (1611) and a close reading of The Yellow Wall-paper (1892), which explores how these texts problematize socio-cultural traditions in the ... -
Connections to the Past: The Importance of Consciousness and Memory in Nineteen Eighty-Four
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)Abstract: In this article, we go through and conduct multiple textual analyses to find out if George Orwell’s dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four contain enough textual evidence to conclude on the question: Is the importance ... -
Considering perspectives of others: A case study of intercultural learning among English language learners in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The concept of perspective is embedded within the studies of culture and language, especially with regard to an intercultural orientation within EFL teaching and learning. However, researchers have rarely explored how ... -
The construction of Europe in Dutch history textbooks
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)In a increasingly interconnected Europe, the question of idenity has become a much discussed topic. This thesis addresses the idea of European identity. By analysing secondary school history textbooks, it gives an idea of ... -
Consultation behavior in L1 error correction. An exploratory study on the use of online resources in the Norwegian context
(Chapter, 2022)This think-aloud study charts the use of online resources by five final-year MA students in Nordic and Literacy Studies based on the analysis of screen and audio recordings of an error-correction task. The article briefly ... -
"Continuing to Play": Humour in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
(Master thesis, 2023)Ralph Ellison’s novel Invisible Man (1952) is sometimes comical, despite many critics’ claims of the opposite. This master’s thesis provides a close reading of humorous elements in the novel, demonstrating how humorous ... -
Controversies, Complexities and Contexts: Teaching Islam through Internal Feminist Critique of the Religion
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-12)In what ways can teaching Islam through controversial issues be useful in religious education? Can it serve to counter problems of representation of Islam, and what are the benefits and possible pitfalls of adopting such ... -
Cookbooks as historical literature : a comparative study of 19th century cookbooks
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2008, Master thesis, 2008)Cookbooks have been long regarded as little more than instructional manuals. However, recent research has repositioned the cookbook genre as historical literature. This thesis is a comparison of two 19th century cookbooks: ... -
Critical thinking and use of film in Norwegian lower secondary history classrooms
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-10)This article examines how Norwegian social studies teachers from lower secondary schools enhance critical thinking when using film in the history classroom. We utilized empirical data from semi-structured interviews with ... -
Critical Visual Literacy and Intercultural Learning in English Foreign Language Classrooms: An exploratory case study
(PhD thesis UiS;609, Doctoral thesis, 2021-11)This doctoral thesis revolves around two significant, ongoing, and in many ways interrelated developments in education, and in society at large: the increased use of multimodal and visual texts as a mode of communication, ... -
Cultures and Identity
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Current Anti-Doping Crisis: The Limits of Medical Evidence Employing Inductive Statistical Inference
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02)The anti-doping system is supposed to level the playing field and protect clean athletes. Doping scandals of the past two decades have seriously questioned the effectiveness of the worldwide anti-doping program, and criminal ...