This research explores the motivations behind code-switching behavior, particularly focusing on its occurrence within the context of group discussions among English undergraduate students. Twenty participants, consisting of seven females and thirteen males, were observed during group discussions and subsequently interviewed individually to elucidate the reasons underlying their code-switching ...

Abstract Aims and objectives: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate factors influencing the acquisition of aspect, the internal temporal conceptualization of events in predicates, in second language acquisition. The main objective is to examine which and to what extent the following linguistic components influence the Feature Reassembly Hypothesis; the learners’ age thus their linguistic ...

The present study investigates whether perception training with feedback can improve the production and perception of German native speakers, when they speak English. An online experiment with three training rounds was created, which all participants had to complete. Perception and production performance were tested before and after the training. The quantitative analysis showed no significant ...

Denne undersøkelsen utforsker effekten av digitale spill på tilegnelse av vokabular i engelsk som andrespråk (L2) blant norske spiller, og potensialet spill kan ha i språklæring. Studien starter med en gjennomgang av tidligere forskning som har undersøkt engelsk L2-tilegnelse gjennom digitale spill. Denne studien analyserer spørreundersøkelsen utført blant norske spillere for å vurdere hvordan de ...

The goal of this master´s thesis is to investigate how the Norwegian textbook Gente 8-10 achieves two of the competence aims outlined the Norwegian curriculum for foreign languages (FSP01-03) after level 1. My investigation primarily focuses on the use of learning strategies, prior knowledge, digital recourses, and grammar in foreign languages education, and how the textbook addresses these topics ...

Research in Spanish phonology as a foreign language has primarily concentrated on its acquisition by English L1 speakers. However, this study explores the perception of syllabification of vowel sequences (VS) in Spanish as a third language (L3) by Norwegian first- language speakers (L1). This research investigates potential Cross-Linguistic Interference (CLI) on the production of the vowel sequences ...

Aims and Objectives: This thesis investigates how previously acquired languages, Arabic and English, play a role in acquiring morphosyntax in an artificial language (AL) at the early stages of third language acquisition (L3A). Examining how lexical and syntactic similarities between L3 and previously learned languages affect cross-linguistic influence (CLI) during L3 acquisition is the main aim ...

Aims and objectives: This thesis is centered on examining cross-linguistic influence (CLI) in the acquisition of a third language (L3, English) by bilingual Arabic-Norwegian adolescents in comparison with their monolingual controls. The primary objectives of this investigation are to ascertain the origin of CLI, and to determine whether CLI manifests as a property-by-property occurrence or not. ...

The main aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of AI-based writing applications on the development of EFL learners’ writing skills. In addition, it was aimed to examine which aspects of writing_ task fulfillment, organization, grammar, lexis, and mechanics _are more significantly affected. Furthermore, it was investigated whether using AI-based writing applications contributes to ...

RESUMEN: El presente TFM de lingüística española emplea la metodología del Análisis de Errores (AE) en un estudio de campo que se enfoca en la conjugación y el uso de dos tiempos verbales, concretamente el pretérito indefinido y el pretérito perfecto de indicativo, entre estudiantes noruegos que aprenden español como lengua extranjera (ELE). El trabajo aborda la siguiente cuestión: ¿Cuáles son los ...