Browsing Institutt for språk og litteratur by Author "Dahl, Anne"
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Academic and General English in Norwegian Upper Secondary School - A study of students' proficiency and ability to distinguish between the two language styles
Opdal, Thea Selle (Master thesis, 2017)Norway is one of the countries with the highest English language proficiency in the world (Bonnet, 2004; MCG, 2009; EF EPI, 2016). Yet, research shows that Norwegian students entering or studying in university or college ... -
Educational and Career Opportunities for Refugee-Background Adults in Norway: A DLC Perspective
Krulatz, Anna; Dahl, Anne (Chapter, 2021)Similar to other European countries, Norway has opened its borders to large numbers of refugees in the recent years. Norwegian language training is seen as serving an important role in the process of resettlement and ... -
Engelsk som tredjespråk: Har lærere kompetanse til å støtte flerspråklighet?
Dahl, Anne; Krulatz, Anna Maria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Denne artikkelen handler om norske engelsklæreres kompetanse i å arbeide med barn som har et annet morsmål enn norsk, og som lærer engelsk som fremmedspråk. Problemstillingene er "Hva slags utdanning og kunnskap innen ... -
English vocabulary acquisition from the classroom and extramural English : a study of learners in Ghanaian public and private primary schools
Osei, Lord Yeboah (Master thesis, 2016)Using PPVT-4 (Dunn & Dunn, 2007, this study assesses and compares the receptive English vocabulary performance of 80 Ghanaian 5th-grade (primary 5) English language learners (10 to 13 years old), and explain such performance ... -
Erfaringer med norsk og engelsk blant internasjonalt ansatte på NTNU/Experiences of Norwegian and English among international staff at NTNU
Busby, Nicole Louise; Angelsen, Anja Katrine; Nygård, Gro; Dahl, Anne; Listhaug, Kjersti Faldet (Research report, 2024)• 92 % av de fast ansatte og 69 % av de midlertidig ansatte rapporterer å ha tatt norskkurs i større eller mindre grad. Likevel oppgir bare 54 % av fast ansatte at de føler de kan nok norsk til å gjøre jobben sin godt. • ... -
Extramural activities, different types of gaming and the effect on Norwegian teenagers' English language proficiency
Nordfjellmark, Konrad (Master thesis, 2022)Denne masteroppgaven er en utforskende kvantitativ studie som undersøker hvordan tid brukt på å spille videospill og andre ekstramurale aktiviteter legger til rette for eksponering for autentisk engelsk input, og hvordan ... -
Fan translations of SKAM: Challenging Anglo linguistic and popular cultural hegemony in a transnational fandom
Duggan, Jennifer; Dahl, Anne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The transnational success of the Norwegian multimedia series SKAM is unique in the Scandinavian context and a prime example of how fans’ translation, communication, and dissemination practices can lead to a series’ ... -
Filler–gap dependencies and islands in L2 English production: Comparing transfer from L1 Norwegian and L1 Swedish
Kush, Dave; Dahl, Anne; Lindahl, Filippa (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023) -
Forging a Linguistically Diverse Future: Implications for EFL Teacher Education Programmes in Norway
Dahl, Anne; Krulatz, Anna; Torgersen, Eivind Nessa (Chapter, 2016) -
French as a third language in Norway: The influence of the prior languages in the acquisition of word order
Listhaug, Kjersti Faldet; Busterud, Guro; Dahl, Anne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The present study investigated the acquisition of verb movement in L3 French by L1 speakers of Norwegian with English as their L2. To investigate the impact of previously learned languages in L3 acquisition, we looked at ... -
How to Grammar? A study of grammar instructions and tasks in Norwegian ESL textbooks.
Lian Taraldsen, Tommy (Master thesis, 2022)Denne studien undersøker grammatikkoppgaver i lærebøker for Kunnskapsløftet 2020 (LK20). Hovedmålet for studien var å undersøke (I) hvordan tekstbøker tilnærmet seg grammatikk, og (II) om det var samsvar mellom intensjonen(e) ... -
I wonder who that took the dog out this morning : an investigation of L1 Norwegian transfer in L2 English indirect questions
Domaas, Kari (Master thesis, 2016)The role of the first language in second language acquisition has inspired research for many decades, and is highly relevant also in modern language research. Without doubt, there are still various issues to be explored ... -
Investigating potential L3 cognate facilitation effects on L2 - A study of Spanish-English cognates in L1 speakers of Norwegian
Telstad, Siri (Master thesis, 2018)This study investigates the potential cognate facilitation effect from a third language (L3) onto a second language (L2). More specifically, it investigates whether L3 Spanish participants have a cognate facilitation effect ... -
Investigating the experiences and perceptions about in-depth studies in English and its curriculum
Haugen, Marthe (Master thesis, 2017)In-depth studies in English is an optional subject at lower secondary school, which according to its curriculum should facilitate further specialization in English. Despite this, earlier reports have shown that teachers ... -
L1 Transfer of Island Constraints: A Study of L1 Norwegian L2 English Speakers’ Island (In)Sensitivity
Bosnes-Askim, Line (Master thesis, 2020)This thesis explores island constraints in the L2 English of Norwegian learners, in connection to issues of transfer and learnability. Despite claims of universal treatment, current research has found cross-linguistic ... -
L2 Norwegian transfer and possible implications on the acquisition of SVA in L2 English
Landén, Märta Joanna (Bachelor thesis, 2024)Overføring fra norsk som førstespråk er et interessant fenomen som kan påvirke tilegnelsen av kongruens mellom subjekt og verbal i engelsk som andrespråk. Her blir det undersøkt om nyere studier på norske andrespråkstilegnere ... -
Left Dislocation in L2 English. L1-effects at the syntax-discourse interface
Strætkvern, Sunniva Briså (Master thesis, 2017)This study investigates potential L1-effects at the syntax-discourse interface in L2 English, specifically L1-transfer of information status properties of Left Dislocation (LD). According to the Interface Hypothesis (Sorace, ... -
Lexical organization in bilinguals and L2 learners - A study of lexical access and cognate representation
Seim, Anna Evjen (Master thesis, 2018)The current study investigates how bilinguals and second language learners’ mental lexicons are organized. Studying how learners access their mental lexicon provides information on how cognates (words with similar or ... -
Linguistic evidence in second language acquisition: A theoretical discussion of negative evidence and corrective feedback in developing second language grammar
Sylte, Tor H. (Master thesis, 2021)Faktorane og mekanismane som påverkar andrespråkstileigning har vore eit debattert tema i fleire tiår. Eit av dei sentrale spørsmåla knytt til dette er kva type lingvistisk bevis som kan seiast å vere relevant for ... -
Metalinguistic awareness and metalinguistic knowledge in relation to L2 English proficiency: An exploratory study
Wilhelmsen, Mari Karoline (Master thesis, 2022)Denne oppgaven handler om metalingvistisk bevissthet (MLA) og metalingvistisk kunnskap (MLK). Basert på undersøkelsen av den eksisterende litteraturen om temaet utforsket den empiriske studien fire forskningsspørsmål: (1) ...