Browsing Departament de Filologia Anglesa i Alemanya by Subject "81"

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Task complexity as mediated by proficiency, working memory, and attention: Competition for cognitive resources during L2 oral task performance

Pownall Graumann, James William (Date of defense: 2016-12-02)

Drawing on known language learning processes, principles behind language course syllabus design, and previous second language acquisition research, Long introduced the concept of task-based language teaching (TBLT) in 1985. ...

Teachers' Reactions to Foreign Language Learner Output

Vicente-Rasoamalala, Leticia (Date of defense: 2009-12-23)

OF THE DISSERTATION: "Teachers' Reactions to Foreign Language Learner Output" BY: Leticia Vicente-Rasoamalala TEXT: A series of theoretical and practical educational studies have suggested ...

The Acquisition of English by Immigrant School Learners in Catalonia: Affective Variables and Cross-linguistic Influence

Ciruela Castillo, Carmen (Date of defense: 2014-06-20)

Research on the acquisition of English by immigrants is abundant when it takes place in second language (SL) contexts. However, few studies deal with immigrant learners’ acquisition of English as a foreign language (EFL). ...

The Embodied Basis of Discourse Coherence

Castaño Castaño, Emilia (Date of defense: 2012-11-09)

This doctoral dissertation investigates the corporeal basis of global and local coherence. As far as global coherence is concerned, the main argument of this thesis is that the search for global coherence is often guided ...

The role of motivation in the learning of English as a foreign language

Bernaus, Mercè (Date of defense: 1992-04-01)

La principal hipótesis que se plantea en esta tesis es que la motivación influye en el aprendizaje del inglés como lengua extranjera. Otra de las hipótesis planteadas es que el entorno socio-cultural y/o el profesor pueden ...

The Role of Task Complexity and Task Sequencing in L2 Monologic Oral Production

Malicka, Aleksandra (Date of defense: 2014-10-24)

In the domain of task-based language teaching (TBLT), researchers have long been interested in exploring the impact of internal task features and conditions on a range of outcomes, such as the occurrence and frequency of ...

The role of task sequencing in L2 development as mediated by working memory capacity

Levkina, Mayya (Date of defense: 2014-02-28)

The present dissertation was inspired by the increasing interest in task sequencing in L2 syllabus design, on the one hand, and the lack of empirical studies, on the other hand, where task sequencing and its effects on L2 ...

Time Distribution and the Acquisition of English as a Foreign Language

Serrano Serrano, Raquel (Date of defense: 2007-11-23)

The purpose of the present dissertation is to investigate the effect of time distribution of practice (or instruction hours) on the acquisition of English as a foreign language. The general objective is to have an overall ...

Traduccions de Wagner al català, Les. "La Walkiria".

Buj Casanova, Anna M. (Date of defense: 2007-06-27)

L'objectiu d'aquesta tesi doctoral és analitzar i valorar les traduccions adaptades a la música de l'obra de Richard Wagner "Die Walküre" al català. La tesi s'ha estructurat partint de les característiques sonores, tant ...