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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 ... -
Caspar Peter Rothe, Tordenskiold og den historiske biografien: en historisk undersøkelse av historieskriving i Danmark-Norge på midten av 1700-tallet.
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Changes and developments in teaching and learning oral English in Norwegian lower secondary schools since the 1974 curriculum
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-05)This thesis focuses on the teaching of oral English in Norwegian lower secondary schools since the M74 curriculum to the present. The main research question of this thesis was: ‘How has the teaching of oral English in the ... -
Chick or Lit: An Investigation of the Chick Lit Genre in Light of Traditional Standards of Literary Value
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-05-11)The present master’s thesis explores the chick lit genre in light of traditional standards of literary value. The thesis investigates how literary value and quality has been defined through the last couple of centuries, ... -
Choice matters: Pupils' stress regulation, brain development and brain function in an outdoor education project
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-07-24)Abstract Background Education outside the classroom (EOtC) is considered beneficial to children's physical and mental health. Especially, stress resilience has been linked to nature experience. Aims This study ... -
Citizen science for environmental citizenship
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Citizen science projects, in which citizens are collectors and sensors generating data, have become a well-established scientific practice (Bonney et al. 2016). Citizen science research within environmental conservation ... -
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 ... -
Code-Switching in Historical TV-Series: A Comparison Between Outlander (2014-) and Vikings (2013-2020)
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)This thesis is a study on code-switching in historical TV-series by comparing its use in Outlander (2014-) and Vikings (2013-2020). It focuses on how code-switching is presented, how it is affected by social factors like ... -
Code‐Switching in Fantasy Films: The Use of Constructed languages in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Trilogies
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)Code-switching into a constructed language is quickly becoming a staple of fantasy and science-fiction movies and TV-Series. This thesis examines instances of code-switching in The Lord of the Rings and The hobbit to ... -
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 ...