Master's theses in English: Nye registreringer
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Like Stripes on a Chokecherry Tree : Representations of Trauma and Consolidation of History in Neo-slave Narratives
(Master thesis, 2021)Literature has long been utilised to provide commentary on social and political injustices, give voice to discriminated peoples, and provide context in relation to social and cultural history. The aim of this thesis was ... -
Racist chants in contemporary English Premier League : A study of English football supporters’ racist language
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis explores the English supporter culture in contemporary English Premier League, focusing on racist football chants. It discusses why selected football supporters or groups choose to express racist content when ... -
Bilingual Spoken Word Comprehension: Effects of Sentence Context : A comparison of Norwegian-English bilinguals’ speech recognition in Norwegian and in English as a second language
(Master thesis, 2021)This master thesis is part of a bigger master project aiming to expand our understanding of speech processing. In three sub-projects –speech production, speech comprehension, and word finding –six master students investigated ... -
Effects of cognate status, noun type, frequency, and bilingual profile on the tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) phenomenon in Norwegian-English bilinguals
(Master thesis, 2021)This experimental thesis aimed to investigate the effects of cognate status, frequency, and noun type on the tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) phenomenon in Norwegian-English bilinguals, and how their performance in these ... -
Bilingual speech comprehension in context : Predictive sentence processing in second language listening
(Master thesis, 2021)The project aims to extend our understanding of the relationship between language profile, proficiency and speech comprehension in English by investigating three-sentence contexts of mixed word order, low-constraint sentence ... -
Dyslexia in bilingualism : A case study of an English-Norwegian bilingual child with developmental dyslexia
(Master thesis, 2021)This study investigates the interactions between dyslexia and bilingualism, and aims to observe how dyslexia presents itself in a bilingual individual. The importance of language similarity, orthographic ... -
Joy of Reading in the ESL Classroom : Can reading a self-selected graphic novel create joy of reading and lead to free voluntary reading for vocational English pupils? A case study
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis I look at whether reading a self-selected graphic novel can lead to joy of reading, and if it increases the likelihood of free voluntary reading. The study was conducted in a Norwegian vocational ... -
Investigating the Distribution of L1 and L2 in Student-Student Interaction : A mixed-method study of student-student interaction in a Norwegian EFL classroom
(Master thesis, 2021)In English as a foreign language (EFL)learning, communicative competence is viewed as an important skill according to the English subject curriculum in Norway. In Norwegian EFL classrooms, pupils are often tasked with ... -
Austerity and Education : The impact of austerity measures implemented between 2010 and 2015 on the English education system and the subsequent influence on inequality
(Master thesis, 2021)The thesis discusses whether the austerity measures implemented between 2010 and 2015 affected the education system and subsequently influenced inequality in England. The two research questions guide the examination of the ... -
Written Corrective Feedback and the Development of L2 Learner Language : A longitudinal study of lower secondary EFL writing in Norway
(Master thesis, 2020)Aiming to explore teacher written corrective feedback and learner errors qualitatively and longitudinally, the present study investigates two teachers’ WCF to errors in the written production of three lower secondary EFL ... -
Can Hunter S. Thompson’s journalism/formulas create a solution for the crisis of today’s media?
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Climate Change Literature in the English Subject Classroom : Discussing how English teachers can use Young Adult Climate Fiction to teach about sustainability and the consequences of climate change
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis explores the Young Adult DystopiaThe Sandcastle Empireby Kayla Olson and the Young Adult Climate FictionsThe Final Six and The Life Belowby Alexandra Monir and their different depictions of a future world ... -
The Language of Lone Wolf Terrorists An in-depth study of the use of personal pronouns and identity terms in lone wolf terrorist manifestos
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis examines the manifestos written by four lone wolf terrorists, Elliot Rodger, Dylann Roof, Christopher Harper-Mercer, and Patrick Crusius before they carried out mass killings in the United States. By conducting ... -
Muslim Otherness in Post-9/11 Novels A postcolonial outlook on the fictional representation of Muslim otherness in post 9/11 novels.
(Master thesis, 2020)The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001,led many Americans to vilify Muslims and Islam. Indeed, 9/11 bequeathed to the U.S. a new category of evil other, a decade and more after the “evil empire” of the USSR had been ... -
‘Some degree of hope’ A queer reading of two young adult novels in post-agreement Northern Ireland
(Master thesis, 2020)In 2018, a report published by Stonewall UK revealed that 52 per cent of LGBT individuals struggled with depression in the past year. The same year, an article claimed that Northern Ireland had the highest prevalence of ... -
Gaming for language learning: Something to do in schools? What kinds of games and how they can be used in the English classroom to facilitate language learning: a teacher’s guide.
(Master thesis, 2020)Gaming can aid in language learning, and this thesis researches the current pedagogical beliefs and attitudes towards gaming based on survey and interview answers from English teachers in Norway .A mixed-methods approach ... -
Beyond Gaming Video Games in the Classroom
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis examines the effects of using a commercial video game in education. The thesis investigates earlier studies on video games and second language learning (L2), along with an analysis of the educational properties ...