• closedAccess   A Land of Fire and Ice; An Overview on Viking Literature and Mythology 

      Casteràs Borràs, Rusé Universitat Jaume I (2014-09-24)
      The Norsemen or Vikings came from Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Denmark and the islands surrounding the Northern Sea) and were mainly known as traders, explorers, soldiers and settlers. They navigated along the Northern ...
    • closedAccess   A pedagogical proposal based on the implementation of CLIL approach in physical education class 

      Solano Galmés, Raquel Universitat Jaume I (2019-06-12)
      English is increasing rapidly as a medium of communication between different cultures due to the use of the language by non-native speakers, who represent a huge part of the speakers of such language. Despite the importance ...
    • closedAccess   A Pedagogical Proposal Based on the Incorporation of Tablets in the Contemporary EFL Approaches 

      Rodríguez Marcilla, María Universitat Jaume I (2019-06-10)
      The importance of promoting new language teaching methodologies in the EFL classroom is being more present in language teaching contexts than ever. Hence, the current language pedagogical syllabus is significantly based ...
    • closedAccess   A proposal for a translation of the poem The Wife’s Lament 

      Sanchis Lozano, Helena Universitat Jaume I (2019-06-11)
      This project involves translating the Old English poem of The Wife’s Lament that can be found in the Exeter Book, a very old codex that collects Anglo-Saxon manuscripts. There are several controversies surrounding the poem ...
    • closedAccess   A proposal for the implementation of a multimodal approach in Cambridge Preliminary English Test listening tasks 

      Maximino Benito, Rosanna Universitat Jaume I (2019-06-11)
      The global expansion of the English language has generated a necessity for non-native speakers to learn it as a foreign language for either communicative, occupational or academic purposes. Under these circumstances, the ...
    • closedAccess   A review of the CLIL approach: a proposal for the content subject of Biology 

      Querol Forés, Laura Universitat Jaume I (2015-06-30)
      We live in a world in which global communications take place every day. So, English teaching does not have to be limited to the study of its structure, but to the study of English in different situations for being able to ...
    • closedAccess   A study of code-switching at home and in the L3 English classroom 

      Saru, Elena Madalina Universitat Jaume I (2015-06-15)
      Codeswitching is still considered an intriguing aspect in the sociolinguistic context. The aim of this study is to include theoretical background, followed by the clarification of codeswitching at home and in the L3 ...
    • closedAccess   A Study of the Translation of Humour in the Sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" 

      Guillén Guiral, Borja Universitat Jaume I (2017-06-07)
      The main objective of this piece of research is to analyse the translation’s impact on TV shows once they are translated into a target language. In many cases, the essence of humour is lost in the translation process, due ...
    • closedAccess   A study on interactive whiteboards used to teach grammar to young english learners 

      Ispas, Denisa Ioana Universitat Jaume I (2018-06-08)
      The aim of this final undergraduate dissertation is to determine if the use of Interactive Whiteboards when teaching English grammar to young learners is more effective and motivational than the use of traditional ...
    • openAccess   A study on language use and language attitudes by arabs living in Spain 

      Ben Kasem Agbalu, Mariam Universitat Jaume I (2016-06-15)
      Multilingualism is already a key concept when dealing with languages around the world and the Arab population in the Valencian Community, Spain, is a clear example of the presence of more than one language living in a ...
    • openAccess   A study on Netflix’s Wednesday translation 

      Boix Martínez, Aitana Universitat Jaume I (2023-06)
      In 2022, one of the world's most viral horror comedies was released. Netflix’s Wednesday adaptation arrived to revolutionise thousands of homes. But has anyone stopped to think about how the series changes in different ...
    • closedAccess   A study on tablet PCs: exploring their potential in education 

      Simón Esteban, Víctor Universitat Jaume I (2016-06-16)
      In our current society, the use of both Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Knowledge and Learning Technologies (KLT) has incredibly increased. One of the newest ICTs is mobile learning or “m-learning”, ...
    • closedAccess   A vision on understanding the History and Expansion of the English language 

      Badenes Canet, Zulema Universitat Jaume I (2014)
      The purpose of this research is to investigate the process of the evolution in which English has become the lingua franca, that is, 'a language that is widely used over a relatively large geographical area as a language ...
    • closedAccess   Acquiring English as a third language "Romanians in a multicultural cotext" 

      Oros, Madalin Florin Universitat Jaume I (2016-06-14)
      Since the last two decades, third language acquisition (TLA)has drawn the attention of many linguists such as ( Cenoz & Jessner, 2000; Cenoz & Genesee, 1998; Jorda, 2005) among others. However, linguists have found several ...
    • closedAccess   Adulthood and motivation: an approach to foreign language learning 

      González Grau, Belén Universitat Jaume I (2014-06-19)
      In this project I am going to present the different aspects we have to bear in mind whwn teaching a doreign language (in this case English). Thus, it is essential to know the different characteristics of our students as ...
    • closedAccess   Aestheticism in The Picture of Dorian Gray 

      Dobos, Silvia Gabriela Universitat Jaume I (2015-06-22)
      This study contemplates Oscar Wilde’s view on aestheticism and the relation between this doctrine and social decadence as displayed in The Picture of Dorian Gray. The main goal of this paper is to demonstrate that Oscar ...
    • closedAccess   Aesthetics and Islam in Delillo, Foer, & Waldman's 9/11 novels 

      Becerra Gómez, Mónica Universitat Jaume I (2016-06-24)
      The knowledge of 21st-century emerging literature in English is relatively almost absent considering the lack of exposure to contemporary canonical pieces in literature in English within the academic research at undergraduate ...
    • closedAccess   Affective Factors in Language Learning: The Impact of Foreign Language Anxiety (FLA) 

      Amorós Arrufat, Lledó Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-25)
      The value that has been lately assigned to language knowledge has contributed to the development of linguistic research. Among the most significant advances in the field there is the emergence of differential psychology, ...
    • closedAccess   Affective factors in SLA: a focus on motivation 

      Rincón Gabarda, Carlos del Universitat Jaume I (2016-06-14)
      Affective factors play a very important role in learners' language achievement. In this paper, I want to investigate both influence and effect degrees of these factors, mainly motivation, over students along their second ...
    • closedAccess   Age-Related Differences in Language Learning 

      Lagos Molina, María Universitat Jaume I (2018-06-12)
      Learning a language is not an easy task, and age plays a fundamental role when engaging the process of learning. This topic has turned to be very controversial over the last decades, since there is the belief that ...