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The runic alphabet evolution, variables and connotations for the english language
(Universitat Jaume I, 2018-06-05)
The aim of this research is to focus on how the runic alphabet has changed in its evolution from oral to written system, mainly in its three variables as it is the Elder Furthark or Anglo-Saxon, Younger Furthark or ...
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 ...
A study on interactive whiteboards used to teach grammar to young english learners
(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 ...
The impact of motivation in SLA: implementing motivational strategies following a TBLT approach
(Universitat Jaume I, 2018-06-12)
Globalisation has increased the peoples’ need to learn English as a FL. Therefore, the conditions of learning and teaching an L2 have changed. In addition, linguistic research has focused on SLA so that the learning and ...
Benvenutus Grassus: A study and translation of The Wonderful Art of the Eye.
(Universitat Jaume I, 2018-06-05)
This project involves translating some of the pages of the
manuscript’s “The Wonderful Art of the Eye”, written by Benvenutus
Grassus, an ophthalmologist from the Middle Ages. The work used to carry
on with the translation, ...
“They´re full of wicked wiles!”: analysing language to raise classroom awareness of gender stereotypes in Disney films.
(Universitat Jaume I, 2018-06-12)
The aim of the present study is to analyze how women are stereotyped in the Media, specifically in Disney films, and how this is reinforced through language, to construct gendered identities. Moreover, the objective of ...
Women in The Canterbury Tales: the Prioress, the Wife of Bath, the Second Nun, a hen and a lady falcon
(Universitat Jaume I, 2018-06-05)
In a society controlled by men, the Church and its authorities, fourteen century women had little space for their personal aspirations in life. Their submission and passivity to men controlled all the facets of their ...
The Monster in the Closet: Representation of Homosexual Desire in American Gothic Literature
(Universitat Jaume I, 2018-06-11)
Gothic fiction, as of late, has been associated with having homosexual
connotations. In this paper, this phenomenon will be explored profusely through the
analysis of three short stories by three different authors of the ...
"Pragmatic awareness is coming”: the effect of out-of-school media contact on pragmatic awareness and competence in english philology students
(Universitat Jaume I, 2018-06-12)
The aim of the present study is to explore the effect of out-of-school contact with English-language through TV programmes on the acquisition of pragmatic competence and awareness in undergraduate students of English ...
Foreign Language Anxiety (FLA) in the English Classroom: an Implementation of Alleviating Strategies to Reduce Oral FLA
(Universitat Jaume I, 2018-06-12)
It is a fact that learning a Foreign Language (FL) has become a main goal among individuals either as a communicative need or because of particular motives as for example academic purposes. Unfortunately, the process of ...