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Teamwork Activities for Students with Asperger in a Foreign Language Learning Setting
Universitat Jaume I (2019-09-30)Students with Asperger present some difficulties that make them struggle during a face-to-face interaction. The challenges they face are usually related to pragmatics, sociolinguistics, semantics, and even discourse. ... -
The Linguistic sitacion of Scotland: a study on Scots, Gaelic and Scottish English
Universitat Jaume I (2014-06-20)The aim of this study was to analyze the linguistic situation in which Scotland is involved nowadays offering first a diachronic perspective of the main languages spoken in the country and then a sociolinguistic approach ... -
The Age Factor in Second Language Acquisition
Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-20)The present paper examines the age factor of learning a second language acquisition. Age has often been considered a major, if not the primary, factor determining success in acquiring a second language. The age factor has ... -
The Angel in the Home. The feminist light and dark of Jane Eyre in our times
Universitat Jaume I (2020-06-30)Jane Eyre is considered the first feminist novel in history. Written by Charlotte Brontë, it narrates the life of a girl separated from her family and the internal struggle that she has over gender equality. In this ... -
The application of educational technology in classroom
Universitat Jaume I (2021-06-08)This paper investigates the inclusion of innovative teaching methods in order to complement the traditional methods used in Spain regarding the English as a Foreign Language (EFL). To fulfill this objective, a lesson ... -
The art of baring emotions through metaphors: an analysis of love metaphors found in la la land’s soundtrack
Universitat Jaume I (2018-06-12)We can express our thoughts and feelings through language in a more effective and powerful way thanks to metaphors (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980). In other words, metaphors are not just used as a mere ornamental device but as a ... -
The Battle of Maldon: a magnifying glass over the Anglo-Saxon world
Universitat Jaume I (2015-06-19)Although an unexpectedly lot of information has survived from such an early period as the Anglo-Saxon, this information is rather unevenly scattered throughout the whole of historic sources. It is uneven regarding the ... -
The Celtic origins of Gawain and the Green Knight
Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-26)The influence of other works of literature on posterior creation has always been a subject of study in the field of literature. The Arthurian cycle is no exception, this medieval compendium of knightly stories has its roots ... -
The challenge of implementing CLIL (contend and language integrated learning) in Spain: a higher education example
Universitat Jaume I (2014-06-18)Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) consists on a dual-focused approach born in 1994 that covers the simultaneous teaching and learning of a non-language subject and a foreign language. In this approach, the ... -
The Construction Grammar Approach to Language Cognitive Processing
Universitat Jaume I (2018-06-14)The production of languages has been studied for a long time in order to create theories which should be able to answer questions such as “how do we acquire language?”. In this paper, I am going to summarize, explain ... -
The Effect of Clil on L3 Students'Oral Production and Comprehension in a Primary School Setting: A Comparison Between Clil and EFL Programmes
Universitat Jaume I (2020-06-02)Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) programmes have been adopted as the main educational approach in multilingual settings, as is the case of the Valencian Community (Spain). In fact, so as to measure the ... -
The Effect of visibility gesture production and their relation with accuracy : listening to our hands
Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-18)Do we only gesture for our listeners? This study examined the relation between gestures and visibility, looking at how gesture production is affected in visibility and nonvisible conditions. Participants were paired and ... -
The Effect of WebQuest Design on Students Language Learning Autonomy
Universitat Jaume I (2018-06-08)New technologies, also known as ICTs, are an increasing phenomenon in the current society. ICTs are being applied in many fields increasingly, so it is also possible to integrate them in language learning. So, the goal ... -
The effectiveness of pre-, while-, and post- Reading Strategies in Second Language Acquisition
Universitat Jaume I (2018-06-08)This study is encompassed within the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and focuses on language teaching and learning. The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, it is aimed at examining whether twenty adult ... -
The Elizabethan Era Nowadays: analysis of the role of women in Shakespeare’s drama from a contemporary perspective
Universitat Jaume I (2014-06-18)The aim of this paper is focused on the importance of the role of women in Shakespeare’s drama from a contemporary point of view. Thus, it is necessary to analyze the society in which Shakespeare was born and by which he ... -
“The Eve of St. Agnes”: a Celebration of Enchantment
Universitat Jaume I (2017-05-07)The use of the imagination is one of the main features that can be seen in the poetry of the Romantic period but it is also present in the narratives of the Gothic genre. One of the most well-known Romantic poets, John ... -
The evolution of English diphthongs as a reflection of the process of standardisation of the language: A case study of the Bible
Universitat Jaume I (2020-06-11)This paper is going to focus mainly on the phonological and lexical changes that the English language suffered all over the centuries as a reflection of the Great Vowel Shift (GVS). As a main point of reference to realise ... -
The evolution of the theories of SLA: Implementing interaction through teaching
Universitat Jaume I (2017-06-13)Throughout the years, a process that has captivated many human beings is that of first language acquisition. Researchers find interesting how our brain evolves to acquire a first language without previous knowledge. ... -
The Excalibur Legend in Thomas Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur
Universitat Jaume I (2018-06-05)The medieval Age era, was characterised by a historical and literary context, where several changes passed throughout Europe. These social and political consequences were reflected in the society and literature of that ... -
"The Great Gatsby": Society, symbolism and style
Universitat Jaume I (2016-06-24)The aim of this essay is to analyse The Great Gatsby and the main themes that the novel considers. This literary work depicts a realistic situation of the social classes’ nature and how they behave during the historical ...