A corpus-based study of the phraseological behaviour of abstract nouns in medical English. A Needs Analysis of a Spanish medical community 

    Laso Martín, Natàlia Judith (Date of defense: 2009-01-23)

    It has been long acknowledged (Carter 1998, Williams 1998; Biber 2006; Hyland 2008) that writing a text not only entails the accurate selection of correct terms and grammatical constructions but also a good command of ...

    Age-related effects on the acquisition of a foreign language phonology in a formal setting 

    Fullana Rivera, Natalia (Date of defense: 2005-11-04)

    The present dissertation aims to contribute to the to date more limited findings of studies examining the factor of starting age in second language (L2) phonological learning in a formal instruction setting. Thus, its main ...

    An ideal L2 self intervention: implications for self-concept, motivation and engagement with the target language 

    Mackay, Jessica (Date of defense: 2016-01-29)

    El Sistema Motivacional del Yo L2 (L2MSS) propuesto por Dörnyei (2005, 2009a) reconceptualiza la motivación en el aprendizaje de la segunda lengua (L2) en un contexto globalizado. Basándose en las teorías de psicología ...

    Crosslinguistic influence in the acquisition of Greek as a foreign language by Spanish/Catalan L1 learners: The role of proficiency and stays abroad 

    Andria, Maria (Date of defense: 2014-11-27)

    The purpose of the present study is to investigate the influence of first language (L1) patterns on the acquisition of Greek as a foreign language (L2) by Spanish/Catalan L1 learners, as well as to determine whether L2 ...

    El sistema pronominal en inglés y castellano: análisis contrastivo 

    Muñoz Lahoz, Carme, 1955- (Date of defense: 1986-05-01)

    El interés que me movió a realizar el siguiente trabajo nació de una experiencia temprana de profesora de lengua inglesa como lengua extranjera. Esta actividad profesional dio pie a reflexiones sobre el aprendizaje de ...

    English language learning in CLIL and EFL classroom settings: a look at two primary education schools 

    Marsol Jornet, Anna (Date of defense: 2015-11-20)

    This dissertation examines the English language learning experience of primary school learners in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom settings. It focuses, on ...

    Factors affecting second language communication strategies use and development 

    Montero Micharet, Lidia (Date of defense: 2015-12-18)

    The purpose of this dissertation is to contribute to the field of second language (L2) communication strategies (CS) and, particularly, to examine which factors or combinations of factors are involved in the use and ...

    Gebrauch von gehen und kommen im Kontext: diathetische und deiktische Alternanz nach textthematischer, multimodaler und stilistischer Variation 

    Tapia Yepes, Eduard (Date of defense: 2012-03-02)

    Zusammenfassung Der Forschungsgegenstand der Dissertation ist die multidimensionale Variation bei den unakkusativischen Bewegungsverben gehen und kommen im Gebrauch. Diese Variation erfolgt nämlich auf struktureller ...

    Individual Differences in Adult Learners of English as a Foreign Language at Two Levels of Proficiency 

    Artieda Gutiérrez, Gemma (Date of defense: 2014-01-17)

    In today’s globalised world it is becoming increasingly common that adults need to learn new languages at any age. And while the number of foreign language adult learners keeps growing, there is still a dearth of research ...

    Influence of Age on Vocabulary Acquisition in EFL, The 

    Miralpeix Pujol, Immaculada (Date of defense: 2008-02-29)

    This dissertation analyses the effects of age on the acquisition of vocabulary in English as a Foreign Language (FL). It focusses on productive vocabulary because it is a crucial aspect in language learning which is also ...

    La adquisición del inglés de un niño bilingüe (catalán-inglés) 

    Pérez Vidal, Carmen (Date of defense: 1995-10-11)

    Esta tesis describe la adquisición natural del inglés de un niño bilingüe catalán/inglés, entre sus 3’3 y 4’2 años. Es un estudio longitudinal, exploratorio e interpretativo, que se aborda desde la lingüística, para analizar ...

    La construcción española [DE + INFINITIVO] con valor condicional. Un análisis contrastivo con las condicionales inversas del inglés 

    Krnetić, Daniela (Date of defense: 2012-07-03)

    El tema de esta tesis doctoral lo constituyen dos análisis. El primer análisis comprende una descripción de la construcción no finita española [DE + infinitivo] con valor condicional (De estar por casa sin pantuflas, te ...

    Language Learning Motivation: The Palestinian Context. Attitudes, Motivation, and Orientations 

    Musleh, Rana Yaser (Date of defense: 2011-01-28)

    Given that motivation is held to be a major affective variable influencing SLA, the present study examines L2 motivation among Palestinian students from the age of 12 to 18 years old. Considering the present situation in ...

    Learning from the input: syntactic, semantic and phonological cues to the noun category in English 

    Feijóo Antolín, Sara (Date of defense: 2010-12-16)

    Las líneas centrales de la teoría lingüística de los últimos años han descrito la adquisición y el desarrollo de primeras lenguas como un proceso basado en el conocimiento innato de las propiedades gramaticales de la lengua ...

    Lexical bundles in scientific English: A corpus-based study of native and non-native writing 

    Lorenzo Salazar, Danica Joy (Date of defense: 2011-11-24)

    The present dissertation is a corpus-based investigation of the frequency, structure and functions of lexical bundles in published scientific writing in English, whose main objective is the creation of an inventory of the ...

    Parameter der akademischen Testproduktion: beiträge zur kontrastiven Analyse der Textproduktion deutscher und spanischer Studenten 

    Strunk, Oliver (Date of defense: 1998-01-01)

    In der vorliegenden Untersuchung soll ausgehend von einer produktorientierten, korpuslinguistischen Methode die akademische Textproduktion von Deutschlernern zu vergleichbaren Textprodukten von Muttersprachlern dargestellt ...

    Phonological awareness and pronunciation in a second language 

    Kivistö de Souza, Hanna (Date of defense: 2015-11-27)

    El propósito de esta tesis es incrementar el conocimiento de la consciencia fonológica en L2 a través de tres objetivos: estudiar la naturaleza de la consciencia fonológica en L2 y su relación con diferencias individuales, ...

    Presencia de las Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación en el aula de inglés de secundaria: Descripción del marco contextual y análisis de la motivación de los alumnos, La 

    Martínez Rico, Patricia-María (Date of defense: 2006-06-30)

    Esta Tesis tiene dos grandes objetivos. En primer lugar, ofrecer una descripción de la sociedad actual en relación con las TIC, y de éstas con la enseñanza, para seguidamente comprobar por medio de un estudio experimental, ...

    Second Language Anxiety and Task Complexity 

    Brennan, Kerry Anne (Date of defense: 2016-12-16)

    Throughout history there has been tremendous debate about what comprises the best methods and approaches to foreign or second language (L2) teaching and learning, without any decisive universal conclusions. Since the 1980s, ...

    Task Complexity and L2 Narrative Oral Production 

    Gilabert Guerrero, Roger (Date of defense: 2005-01-21)

    This study explores the impact of manipulating Task Complexity simultaneously along both pre-task planning time and the degree of displaced, past time reference on L2 narrative oral production. By drawing on consolidated ...