Ein zentraler Teil des Kernelements interkulturelle Kompetenz (interkulturell kompetanse) im norwegischen Lehrplan für Fremdsprachen ist das Verständnis von kultureller Vielfalt (forståelse av kulturelt mangfold). In dieser Masterarbeit wird untersucht, inwiefern und wie eine Lehrwerksreihe für Deutsch als Fremdsprache auf Niveau 1 und 2 in der weiterführenden Schule (videregående skole) die kulturelle ...

The purpose of this thesis is to explore the current status of grammar teaching in the English subject in Norwegian schools, through English teachers' points of view. A mixed methods study was conducted by gathering data from English teachers all over Norway through interviews and an online questionnaire. The foundation of the research study is two research questions, each of which includes complementary ...

As the field of third language acquisition (L3A) expands, the question of whether one or more languages influence the acquisition of (an) additional language(s) remains central. This thesis aims to contribute to the ongoing debate in the field of L3A by examining the role of English as a second language (L2) in the acquisition of L3 Norwegian by Italian native speakers (L1). English is the most ...

I denne masteroppgaven har jeg undersøkt muntlig og skriftlig palatalitet hos 29 ungdommer i Vest-Lofoten. Jeg har derfor brukt en kombinasjon av metoder for å samle både muntlige og skriftlige data. Lofotmålet har tradisjonelt palatalitet, og det ene hovedfokuset har vært å undersøke variasjonsmønstrene for variablene /n/, /l/, /d/ og /t/ i talemålet. Her har jeg brukt en muntlig elisiteringsoppgave ...

The acquisition of consonant clusters is determined by several underlying factors, and recent studies demonstrated that input frequency, investigated in isolation, cannot account for the order of acquisition (e.g., Jarosz 2017). The study conducted in this thesis was an empirical test of the theories of phonological acquisition. It investigated the simplification patterns occurring in initial clusters ...

Bi-/multilingualism has been found to act favourably on the cognitive aging (CA) trajectory due to the increased executive functioning demands that dual-language use exerts on the brain leading to contributions to neurocognitive reserve and resilience. There is a gap in the literature on how individual differences in the degree of multilingualism influence this trajectory. Furthermore, other lifestyle ...

Aims and objectives: This thesis investigates the role of the previously acquired languages, Persian and English, in the acquisition of morphosyntax of an artificial language (AL) at the very early stages of third language acquisition (L3A). The main objective of the study is to ask how lexical and syntactic similarities between the L3 and previously acquired languages affect crosslinguistic influence ...

There are innumerable methodologies linked with instructed LT, each of which are based on whatever theoretical SLA rationale a researcher or teacher should fancy at a given time. In line with recent trends regarding learner-focused instruction and emphasis on communication and interaction, there has been a shift away from traditional teaching approaches linked with a structural linguistic syllabus. ...

I læreplanen kommer det tydelig frem hvor viktig det er å verdsette flerspråklighet ved å styrke elevenes identitet som flerspråklig og fremme deres flerspråklige kompetanse. Målet med masteroppgaven er å finne ut hvilke arbeidsmetoder lærere som underviser på samisk kan bruke for å styrke elevenes tospråklighet. For å svare på dette har jeg observert i en tospråklig klasse der elevene har samisk ...

This longitudinal study investigates the choice of referential expressions in English of returnee children. The specific aim of this study is to examine whether there is a correlation between executive functions and choices of referential expressions in returnee children, and how they correlate if there is. Thirty-six Japanese-English speaking returnee bilingual children (returnee children are the ...