Department of Foreign Languages
Recent Submissions
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Universalising idealism: The cross-cultural case of Russian religious thought
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The article analyses the idealist dimension of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Russian religious thought as it appears in key works by Vladimir Solov’ev (1853–1900), Sergei Bulgakov (1871–1944) and Nikolai ... -
Learning Arabic in Scandinavia: Motivation, metacognition, and autonomy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Rising levels of immigration, especially from the Middle East and North Africa, have led to significant socio-demographic changes and increasing levels of linguistic diversity in Scandinavian countries. In parallel with ... -
Language teacher multilingualism in Norway and Russia: Identity and beliefs
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Multilingualism has witnessed growing interest as a subject of academic study and as a state to aspire to for many of the world's citizenry. In tandem with this growing interest, countries around the world have started to ... -
England, Whose England?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-04)A review essay of Adriana Neagu, Continental Perceptions of Englishness, ‘Foreignness’ and the Global Turn. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2017. -
Evaluating teacher multilingualism across contexts and multiple languages: validation and insights
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)In response to the need for quantitative instruments that can provide insights into language teacher multilingualism on a large scale, this article discusses the development of the MULTITEACH questionnaire via a five-stage ... -
Literature in contemporary foreign language school textbooks in Russia: Content, approaches, and readability
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-05)In light of the growing importance placed by states on the use of authentic materials in foreign language education programs, this study explored the literary content found in the 18 English, French, and German ministry-approved ... -
Gardien du frère – fils du gardien. Frères et étrangers dans Meursault, contre-enquête de Kamel Daoud
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Dès la publication de Meursault, contre-enquête (en 2013 en Algérie, en 2014 en France), la critique a noté le double rôle de l’oeuvre d’Albert Camus dans le roman de Kamel Daoud. À première vue, le roman est une réécriture ... -
Le Vieillir chez Proust : Métaphores du vieillissement dans le « Bal de têtes »
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-02-19)In the “Bal de têtes” – the final scene of Marcel Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu – ageing becomes the primary subject of the narrator’s reflections. Confronted with the aged faces and bodies of friends and acquaintances ... -
Ekphrasis et figura dans le texte michonien
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Pierre Michon’s postmodern writing oscillates between the sacred and the simulacrum, the sensible and the intelligible. It prompts the reader’s immersion into the text in order to make literature a force that acts. The ... -
Solidarity and Indirectness: A discourse analytic study of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 2018 Twitter campaign
(Master thesis, 2021-01-06)Denne masteroppgaven er en diskursanalytisk studie av kongressrepresentant Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s politiske diskurs på Twitter. Twitters rolle innenfor den politiske diskursen ble først anerkjent etter Barack Obamas ... -
L'emploi du discours rapporté par des journalistes hommes et femmes dans trois journaux français
(Master thesis, 2020-12-19)Sammendrag Denne studien undersøker hvorvidt mannlige og kvinnelige journalister i tre franske aviser bruker gjengitt tale, discours rapporté, forskjellig. Med dette som hovedspørsmål har sekundærspørsmålet vært å undersøke ... -
Le débat sur l'éolien terrestre dans la presse écrite franc,aise et norvégienne pendant les années 2018-2020
(Master thesis, 2020-12-19)Debatten rundt vindkraftindustrien i fransk og norsk presse i perioden 2018-2020. Det foreliggende arbeid er en studie av tekster med det mål for øyet å belyse noen sider av språklig polyfoni og hvordan denne kommer til ... -
Inwiefern können Lehrwerke die interkulturelle Kompetenz der Lernenden fördern? Eine Lehrwerkanalyse zweier norwegischer DaF-Lehrwerke in Bezug auf das interkulturelle Leistungsvermögen derer Texte und Aufgaben.
(Master thesis, 2020-12-18)Interkulturell kompetanse refererer til hensiktsmessig kommunikasjon og tenkning i møte med mennesker som har en annen måte å tenke og kommunisere på enn man selv (Dypedahl & Bøhn, 2017:14) og anses som en nøkkelkompetanse ... -
The Politics of Representation: A Critical Discussion of Feminist Spirituality, the Black Madonna Figure and Race in Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees (2002).
(Master thesis, 2020-12-15)The aim of this thesis is to examine the representations of the black Feminine Divine and two central black characters in the novel and to critically reflect upon what these conceptualisations signify in general and to the ... -
Deep Reading in English: How do Teachers Promote and Experience Deep Reading in the English Subject?
(Master thesis, 2020-12-15)Det blir stadig viktigere å mestre mer kognitivt krevende måter å lese på. Dette gjelder ikke minst engelsk, som er et etablert verdensspråk. For eksempel, viser en studie at studenter ikke er godt nok forberedt til å lese ... -
Readtheory.org – the theory of 21st-century reading: fostering 21st-century reading skills through digital competence, digital teaching aids and frequent digital teaching.
(Master thesis, 2020-12-12)Digitalisering i den norske skulen er synleg – og engelskfaget er ikkje eit unntak. Det engelske språket er vårt verktøy for kommunikasjon med store delar av verda gjennom internet og digitale platformar – å kunne lese ... -
Historieundervisning i Putins Russland: Skoleverkets lærebøker før og etter ideen om "enhetlig læreverk i historie"
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Word order in clauses of purpose and result in Old English translated and non-translated prose
(Master thesis, 2020-12-09)Mange av de overlevende tekstene vi har fra den gammelengelske perioden er tekster som er oversatt fra, eller inspirert av, latinske tekster. Spesielt tekster fra den tidligste gammelengelske perioden (800-950 evt) er ...
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