Department of Foreign Languages
Recent Submissions
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Creencias Sobre el Aprendizaje de Idiomas: Un estudio exploratorio sobre las creencias de los estudiantes de secundaria inferior en Noruega en relación con el aprendizaje de español como tercera lengua.
(Master thesis, 2021-11-23)In the field of foreign and third language learning, beliefs, as one of the determining factors in the learning of lower secondary students in Norway, remain relatively unexplored. This study investigates the beliefs about ... -
Dubbing attitudes: An Attitudinal Study of the Use of Accents in DreamWorks Animated Films and their Norwegian Dubbed Versions
(Master thesis, 2021-11-23)Formålet med denne oppgaven har vært å undersøke bruken av engelske og norske uttalevarianter i et utvalg animasjonsfilmer fra selskapet DreamWorks. 12 filmer ble analysert med fokus på uttale/dialekt og et utvalg variabler ... -
Slavery and Imperialism in Fantasy Fiction - A Study of Oppression in "The Great Hunt" and "The Way of Kings"
(Master thesis, 2021-11-23)Fantasysjangerens evne til å gjenspeile kjente ideer og ulike aspekter fra virkeligheten på nye og ukjente måter, gjør at fantasyforfattere kan skape fantastiske historier som har potensial til å gi lesere ny innsikt i ... -
Environment and Climate Through the Lens of Presidential Debates
(Master thesis, 2021-11-23)Denne oppgaven utforsker utviklingen av Amerikansk klima- og miljødiskurs med utgangspunkt i TV-sendte amerikanske presidentdebatter. Formålet med oppgaven er todelt. Først å utforske amerikanske presidentdebatter med det ... -
Norwegian EFL Teachers’ Perceptions about the Role of Literature in Vocational Studies
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Le bien-être des enseignants de langues étrangères. Une étude des méthodes mixtes sur les conséquences du renouvellement du programme scolaire, de la mise en place du nouveau programme d’enseignement et de la situation de la COVID-19 à l’école.
(Master thesis, 2021-11-29)Denne masteroppgaven handler om fremmedspråklærernes trivsel. Formålet med studien er å undersøke trivselen til fremmedspråklærere i Norge og å utforske hvilke tanker og refleksjoner disse lærerne har rundt dette temaet. ... -
Narrative Identity in Jean Rhys’s Good Morning, Midnight and Voyage in the Dark: A Hermeneutical Interpretation.
(Master thesis, 2021-11-23)Abstract in Norwegian Denne oppgåva utforskar omgrepet narrativ identitet i Rhys sine to mellomkrigsromanar Good Morning, Midnight og Voyage in the Dark ved hjelp av Paul Ricœur sin teori om narrativ identitet i Oneself ... -
Minority students’ perceptions of English instruction in two upper secondary schools in Norway
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Ivan Karamazov as a Philosophical Type —But Which One and in What Ways? A Narratological Reading of a Philosophical Novel
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The article analyzes a set of philosophical statements made by and attributed to Ivan Karamazov in The Brothers Karamazov, in order to answer the question as to what kind of philosophy Ivan may be said to express in the ... -
Meningsfremvisning, ikke meningsutveksling: Uttrykksprinsippet som debattideal
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Offentlig debatt forstås gjerne som deliberasjon; som avveiing av argumenter for og mot valg av fremtidig handling. Et deliberasjonsprinsipp innebærer dermed at samtalepartnerne begrunner sine synspunkter overfor hverandre ... -
The Function of the Passive Voice in Poe’s Short Stories
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El hombre letrado y su búsqueda de una identidad vocacional. Los casos de Augusto Monterroso y Sergio Pitol
(Master thesis, 2021-09-01)Dette arbeid er et resultat av et møte med to latinamerikanske forfattere fra midten av forrige århundre. Hensikten med studie har vært å finne ut hvordan Augusto Monterroso fra Guatemala i Los buscadores de oro (1993) og ... -
Natur og menneske i et språklig klimaperspektiv
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Med utgangspunkt i et klimaperspektiv undersøker vi i denne artikkelen hvordan nordmenn uttrykker sine meninger om og sitt forhold til den fysiske naturen. Med et materiale i hovedsak hentet fra representative spørreundersøkelser, ... -
“I’m a salesman and my client is China”: Language learning motivation, multicultural attitudes, and multilingualism among university students in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The Central Asian republics represent an interesting yet little-studied space for researching the interplay between language learning motivation (LLM), multiculturalism, and multilingualism given their cultural and linguistic ... -
School Teachers’ Perceptions of Similarities and Differences between Teaching English and a Non-Language Subject
(Journal article, 2021)Teaching a language subject in school is often referred to as being different and unique compared to teaching a non-language subject. However, the few existing studies examining this claim have mainly investigated the ... -
Researching intercultural competence in language learners: Gaps between theory and methodology
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Traditional approaches to intercultural competence (IC) in language learning have been criticised for reproducing cultural differentialism, a theoretical perspective which emphasises that people are different due to essential ... -
Norwegian L1 teachers’ beliefs about a multilingual approach in increasingly diverse classrooms
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The L1 subject is a central meeting place for all students regardless of their linguistic backgrounds. Thus explorations of multilingualism in the L1 subject provide the potential for enhancing all students’ multilinguality. ... -
Comics as a multimodal resource and students’ willingness to communicate in Russian
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The multimodal nature of daily interactions in the twenty-first century has led to growing calls for the inclusion of multimodal content like comics in foreign language classrooms. Such content, as opposed to traditional ... -
Teachers’ reported implementation of multilingual teaching practices in foreign language classrooms in Norway and Russia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This study investigated the extent to which 517 teachers of English, French, German, and Spanish in Norwegian and Russian schools reported drawing on their and their students' multilingualism as a resource and boosting ...
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