Rozprawy doktorskie: „Language learning”

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Walsh, B. "My language, our language : Expression and learning in learning". Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.379524.

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Öhlander, Andersson Lina. "English Language Learning : Student's Perception on Their Own Language Learning". Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för humaniora, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-14371.

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This is a qualitative study, which aims at looking closer into how eight students look upon their own English perceiving skills. A qualitative interview method was used to interview eight students in upper secondary school. The participants were four girls and four boys. The result from the interviews have been presented under three different headings, which are as follows: Motivation, Classroom and Acquisition. A lot of studies have been done on the subject of language learning and it has resulted in many theories, and the ones that seemed relevant for this study have been brought up and connected to the answers the students gave. Most of the students felt motivated to learn English and the main reason was their future job plans. In the classroom, the participants thought that the teacher's behaviour and attitude towards the English subject was the most important factor to motivate them. The interview results showed that the student's thought that the best way to learn English was through media, foremost by speaking and writing with their friends on the computer. Those answers can be connected to something that the Russian psychologist Lev S. Vygotskij presents with the socio-cultural theory, were he promotes the idea that the best way to learn a new language is to interact with other people.

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McGarry, Theresa. "Language Ideology and Second Language Learning". Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2005. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6144.

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Onnis, Luca. "Statistical language learning". Thesis, University of Warwick, 2003. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/54811/.

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Theoretical arguments based on the "poverty of the stimulus" have denied a priori the possibility that abstract linguistic representations can be learned inductively from exposure to the environment, given that the linguistic input available to the child is both underdetermined and degenerate. I reassess such learnability arguments by exploring a) the type and amount of statistical information implicitly available in the input in the form of distributional and phonological cues; b) psychologically plausible inductive mechanisms for constraining the search space; c) the nature of linguistic representations, algebraic or statistical. To do so I use three methodologies: experimental procedures, linguistic analyses based on large corpora of naturally occurring speech and text, and computational models implemented in computer simulations. In Chapters 1,2, and 5, I argue that long-distance structural dependencies - traditionally hard to explain with simple distributional analyses based on ngram statistics - can indeed be learned associatively provided the amount of intervening material is highly variable or invariant (the Variability effect). In Chapter 3, I show that simple associative mechanisms instantiated in Simple Recurrent Networks can replicate the experimental findings under the same conditions of variability. Chapter 4 presents successes and limits of such results across perceptual modalities (visual vs. auditory) and perceptual presentation (temporal vs. sequential), as well as the impact of long and short training procedures. In Chapter 5, I show that generalisation to abstract categories from stimuli framed in non-adjacent dependencies is also modulated by the Variability effect. In Chapter 6, I show that the putative separation of algebraic and statistical styles of computation based on successful speech segmentation versus unsuccessful generalisation experiments (as published in a recent Science paper) is premature and is the effect of a preference for phonological properties of the input. In chapter 7 computer simulations of learning irregular constructions suggest that it is possible to learn from positive evidence alone, despite Gold's celebrated arguments on the unlearnability of natural languages. Evolutionary simulations in Chapter 8 show that irregularities in natural languages can emerge from full regularity and remain stable across generations of simulated agents. In Chapter 9 I conclude that the brain may endowed with a powerful statistical device for detecting structure, generalising, segmenting speech, and recovering from overgeneralisations. The experimental and computational evidence gathered here suggests that statistical language learning is more powerful than heretofore acknowledged by the current literature.

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Service, Elisabet. "Phonological coding in working memory and foreign-language learning". Helsinki : Dept. of Psychology, University of Helsinki, 1989. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/24617470.html.

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Yik, Ping-chui. "Learning styles and language learning outcomes". Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B38598073.

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Yik, Ping-chui, i 易平璀. "Learning styles and language learning outcomes". Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B38598073.

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Schneider, Allison Frances. "NATIVE LANGUAGE IMPACT ON IMPLICIT LANGUAGE LEARNING". Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/192981.

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Chen, Yih-Lan. "Motivation and language learning strategies in learning English as a foreign language /". Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7593.

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Manning, Patricia. "Itsicall : Investigating Teaching Strategies in Computer Assisted Language Learning". n.p, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/.

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Jönsson, Andreas. "Learning cohesively : Cohesion in Second Language Learning". Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för humaniora, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-8537.

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This essay concerns itself with the importance of learning English as a second language cohesively. The research focus is on student responsibility to learn English and if as well as how this responsibility contributes to have students' perceptions of learning the language cohesively. The applied research method consists of a student questionnaire and two teacher interviews. The questionnaire produces a description of students' relationship to, and view of, the English language and how they understand their learning process in acquiring it. The two teacher interviews establish if and how the teachers influence the students' cohesive understanding of the English language.

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Babarsad, Omid Bakhshandeh. "Language Learning Through Comparison". Thesis, University of Rochester, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10618060.

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Natural Language Understanding (NLU) has been one of the longest-running and the most challenging areas in artificial intelligence. For any natural language comprehension system having a basic understanding of entities and concepts is a primary requirement. Comparison, where we name the similarities and differences between entities and concepts, is a unique cognitive ability in humans which requires memorizing facts, experiencing things and integration of concepts of the world. Clearly, developing NLU systems that are capable of comprehending comparison is a crucial step forward in AI. In this thesis, I will present my research on developing systems that are capable of comprehending comparison, through which, systems can learn world knowledge and perform basic commonsense reasoning.

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Davidsson, Kajsa. "Language learning and motivation". Thesis, Konstfack, Industridesign, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-4048.

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In this essay I present the process, learnings and final results of my master project. The project focuses on the education Swedish for immigrants, SFI, and how design can play a role in improving the education to better meet the needs of the learners and become more of a step towards inclusion. I identify two learner groups; the experienced and the novice learner, with different needs and prerequisites. During the project I develop a focus towards the novice learner and the problem I call the vicious circle. By this term I refer to that too big gaps between the learners former knowledge/experiences and the education results in lost motivation and self-esteem and many learners giving up or getting stuck in the education. Throughout the project I use an iterative process, in three loops, where I involve the stakeholders in the development of my ideas through interviews, observations and colaborative workshops. My final proposal is a the learning service “Matprat”, which invites the learners as co-creators of the education and puts their experiences and knowledge in the centre of learning.

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Kovács, Géza M. Eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Multimedia for language learning". Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/85217.

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Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2013.
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-81).
Students studying foreign languages often wish to enjoy authentic foreign-language content - for example, foreign-language videos and comics. Existing means of presenting this content, however, are suboptimal from the perspective of language learning. We have developed a pair of tools that aim to help learners acquire the foreign language while enjoying authentic, foreign-language material. One tool is Smart Subtitles, which help learners learn vocabulary while watching videos. Our user evaluations have shown that Smart Subtitles help learners learn vocabulary more effectively than a popular approach for learning from video (dual subtitles). The other tool is a grammar visualization which illustrates the grammatical structure of sentences. This grammar visualization can be embedded into a number of language-learning applications. This includes a foreign-language manga reader we have built, which aims to help learners learn vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation while reading comics and manga. Our study for the grammar visualization shows that it helps monolinguals arrive at more accurate translations if we have an oracle taking the best translation of all, though there was no significant improvement in the average translation quality.
by Geza Kovacs.
M. Eng.

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Watkinson, Stephen. "Learning natural language syntax". Thesis, University of York, 2002. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/9849/.

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Sazonov, Rostislav. "Computer-assisted language learning". Thesis, Молодь у глобалізованому світі: академічні аспекти англомовних фахових досліджень (англ. мовою) / Укл., ред. А.І.Раду: збірник мат. конф. - Львів: ПП "Марусич", 2011. - 147 с, 2011. http://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/20775.

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Mokh, Y. A., i S. V. Sergina. "Communication and language learning". Thesis, Видавництво Харкiвського регiонального iнституту державного управлiння Нацiональної академiї державного управлiння при Президентовi України "Магістр", 2009. http://repository.kpi.kharkov.ua/handle/KhPI-Press/39879.

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Zallocco, Ronald T. "Communication and Language Learning". University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1321563345.

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Alkhouli, Samer. "Usability of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning : Swedish Language Learning for Newcomers in Sweden". Thesis, Örebro universitet, Handelshögskolan vid Örebro Universitet, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-68499.

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Zhao, Yifan. "Language Learning through Dialogs:Mental Imagery and Parallel Sensory Input in Second Language Learning". University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1396634043.

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Samperio, Sanchez Nahum. "General learning strategies : identification, transfer to language learning and effect on language achievement". Thesis, University of Southampton, 2016. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/412008/.

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Each learner has a set repertoire of general learning strategies that he or she uses despite the learning context. The purpose of this study is to identify the general learning strategies that beginner learners of English have in their repertoire, the transfer of such strategies to language learning and the predictive value they have in language achievement. It is also intended to discover the effect that the teaching of not frequently used general learning strategies have on learners’ language achievement. Additionally, to identify possible differences in strategy types and frequency of strategy use in low and high strategy users as well as high and low achievers of beginner English language learners. This study followed a mixed-methods research methodology by collecting numerical data by means of a 51-item general strategies questionnaire (Martinez- Guerrero 2004) applied in two administrations. The sample consists of 118 beginner English language learners in a language center at a northern Mexican University. Data were analyzed with the SPSS and Excel software. The qualitative data was collected through twenty individual semistructured interviews; furthermore, three one-hour-forty minute strategy instruction sessions were included as the treatment. Quantitative results show that learners have a more frequent use of Achievement Motivation, Cognitive and Concentration strategies; and less frequent use of Study, Study Organization, and Interaction in Class strategies. Qualitative findings indicate that learners use Study and Study organization and Concentration strategies largely in both general learning and language learning. Qualitative data complement and extend the quantitative data gathered in the questionnaire. No significant differences were found on the type of strategies that learners use in general learning contexts and language learning, which suggests that learners transfer their learning strategies from their general strategy repertoire to language learning as the first tools to deal with language learning tasks. A positive correlation was found between learning strategy use and language achievement test scores. Achievement test scores were primarily predicted by the use of Achievement Motivation and Interaction in Class strategies, and to a lesser extent by affective and study strategies. Strategy instruction sessions had no significant increase in the adoption and use of strategies. Furthermore, high and low achievers and strategy users seem to use the same type of strategies; the frequency of strategy use and how they use the strategy represented the difference between types of learners. Finally, a number of language learning strategies emerge from qualitative data that learners use in language learning. Pedagogical implications of the findings of this study provide a potential framework to help not only teachers but also institutions in identifying and teaching new and specific learning strategies.

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Doering, Lynda. "Language learning strategies of younger second language learners". Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0019/MQ58027.pdf.

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Artukovic, Valerija, i Emma Eriksson. "Learning a New Language in a New Language". Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-27506.

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Swedish school today is a mixture of children who come from different countries and speak different languages. Due to conflicts and war raging in various parts of the world, the refugee stream of people seeking asylum in Sweden has put much pressure on the schools around the country. Studies show that immigrant children fall behind in the education and that students whose first language is not Swedish do not reach the knowledge requirements and goals for English to the same degree of success as other groups of students. The aim for this thesis was to investigate what teachers in a K-3 English classrooms in Sweden do to support immigrant students, and what can be found in previous research to explain such poor performance. The aim was also to explore what methods teachers report using and how these methods are connected to Lgr11 and previous research. The use of Swedish instead of the target language when teaching English seems to be dominating in the schools. Since research found shows that children tend to use their first language when learning additional languages, the use of Swedish becomes demanding and confusing for the immigrant students: they end up having to learn a new language in a new language.

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Alang, Jaapar. "The effect of language contact and language use on second language competence and language attitude". Thesis, Bangor University, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.296186.

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Yu, Yuanfang. "Foreign language learning : a comparative study of Australian and Chinese University students /". St. Lucia, Qld, 2002. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe16092.pdf.

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Tang, Weizhi, i 湯偉之. "Self-access language learning : attitudes and learning strategies". Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/209688.

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The attitudes and learning strategies of 100 language learners who are also users of Self-Access Centers (SACs) in a theoretical context of Self-Access Language Learning (SALL). Though questionnaire survey, the present study discovered several significant correlations between learner’s attitudes towards SALL and their language learning strategies. It also established a profile of SALL center users in their attitudes and learning strategies from an comparative view based on their previous SALL experiences. The results showed that leaners who are more ready for Self-Access tend to use affective strategies. Memory strategies are practiced more often among leaners who prefer learn grammar without teachers and have more speaking activities in class, also who are relatively more self-aware of their own learning objectives. Cognitive strategies are widely used by leaners who prefer leaning grammar by themselves, also those who are more confident to solve problems by themselves. There is a stronger intention of control over content selection for leaners who had SALL experiences, especially in utilizing non-staffing SALL resources at SACs.
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Ahmadova, Aydan <1998&gt. "Motivation in language learning: traditional and distance learning". Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/21686.

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ABSTRACT In recent years, the growth of innovative computer technologies and the use of the Internet has led to a change in the traditional concept of fundamental education today. The global problem of the Covid-19 pandemic has affected people's lives, has accelerated the transition of work and education to the remote stage. Distance learning before the pandemic was familiar to everyone, but not accepted by many countries, as in Azerbaijan. During the pandemic, learning systems have focused on online lessons. This project is focused on motivating foreign language learning in order to maximize the language skills of students regardless of the degree of education. Special attention is paid to the following research questions: How is the process of teaching young adults a foreign language remotely during the pandemic in the winter of 2021? The role of lessons in motivating young adults to learn a language. How does online learning affect the retention or loss of this motivation in young adults? The study involved young adults from 18-25 years of age, according to their interests in languages, since multiculturalism plays an important role in modern Azerbaijan. This study aims to identify and compare the motivations and attitudes of distance and traditional language learners at universities in Azerbaijan. Correspondents of this poll were 500 participants from different cities of the country. Each of them has a different specialty and different degrees of education. About 230 participants studied English as a foreign language in traditional education before the pandemic, and the rest of the participants studied English remotely during the 2021 pandemic. Online questionnaires were created to collect data from participants using survey.com, and the survey was conducted in Azerbaijani and was translated by the author. It was convenient and easy to post as there were restrictions due to the pandemic. Bachelors, masters, and doctoral students of various specialties from different universities of Azerbaijan were interested in the study. According to the study, descriptive ANOVA statistics were used as a statistical analysis. All survey data was encoded and computerized using SPSS software and the alpha level for the tests was set to 0.05. After scoring, both the responses of each of the correspondents and their scores were compared with the variables selected in the study. The results will show a statistically significant relationship between motivation and respondents' attitudes. Conclusions will be drawn based on the results of the study, as well as suggestions and recommendations. Key words: motivation, attitude, pandemic, online, language learning, distance learning.

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Dogan, Emre. "English Language Learning for Adult Immigrant Students in Sweden : Integration, Language, Culture and Learning". Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för språkdidaktik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-87337.

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This is a study of English language learning for adult immigrant students in Sweden, and how it affects their integration into society. The primary aim of this study is to highlight and analyze the problems that adult immigrant students face, based on teachers beliefs, when learning English in a foreign country, and is backed up by various secondary sources in the subject as well as data collected in qualitative face-to-face interviews with teachers from adult education centres designed to help immigrant learn the native language as well as English. The results show the teacher viewpoint on the learning problems, which stem from cultural, lexical and mental blockades. They are analyzed according to the research questions and theoretical concepts, and presented with an accompanying discussion that aims to inform of the reader of the current learning situations.

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Chavali, Nalini. "Learning from learners : perceptions of self-access language learning in a Hong Kong secondary school /". Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23424400.

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Connell, Professor T. J. "Languages (in particular Spanish) : language teaching and learning & languages for the professions". Thesis, University of London, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.444221.

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Barr, John Davidson. "An investigation into computer-based language-learning environments for foreign languages". Thesis, University of Ulster, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.274111.

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Ward, Robert David. "Natural language, computer-assisted learning and language-impaired children". Thesis, University of Hull, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.327817.

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Tirnauca, Cristina. "Language learning with correction queries". Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/8792.

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In the field of grammatical inference, the goal of any learning algorithm is to identify a target concept from a given class by having access to a specific type of information. The main learning settings are Gold's model of learning in the limit and Angluin's query learning. This dissertation is primarily concerned with the second approach.
We thoroughly investigate a recently introduced, linguistic motivated, type of query called Correction Query (CQ). We consider three possible definitions, and for each of them we give necessary and sufficient conditions for a language class to be learnable with these types of queries. Furthermore, we compare the model of learning with CQs with other well-known Gold-style and query learning models when no efficiency constraints are imposed. Results are also obtained for the restricted version of the model of learning with CQs in polynomial time.
Additionally, we discuss the learnability of deterministic finite automata (DFAs) with correction and equivalence queries. We design several learning algorithms and we present a comparison between our algorithms and the standard algorithm for learning DFAs with membership and equivalence queries. These results are furthermore extended from string languages to tree languages.
Dentro del ámbito de la inferencia gramatical, el objetivo de cualquier algoritmo de aprendizaje consiste en identificar un concepto de una clase dada, teniendo acceso a un tipo específico de información. Los dos modelos de aprendizaje principales son: el modelo de aprendizaje en el límite propuesto por Gold y el modelo de aprendizaje a partir de preguntas de Angluin. Esta tesis se centra fundamentalmente en el segundo tipo de aprendizaje. En esta tesis doctoral investigamos a fondo un tipo de preguntas introducidas recientemente, por motivos lingüísticos, denominada PREGUNTA DE CORRECCIÓN. Nosotros consideramos tres posibles definiciones, y para cada uno de ellos presentamos condiciones necesarias y suficientes para que una clase de lenguajes sea identificable con estos tipos de preguntas. Además, comparamos estos tres modelos de aprendizaje a partir de preguntas de corrección con otros modelos de aprendizaje, en el caso general (sin ninguna restricción de tiempo) y también imponiendo que los algoritmos sean polinómicos.Además, investigamos el aprendizaje de autómata finitos deterministas (AFD) con preguntas de corrección y equivalencia. Diseñamos varios algoritmos de aprendizaje y presentamos una comparación entre nuestros algoritmos y el algoritmo estándar de aprendizaje a partir de preguntas de pertenencia y equivalencia. Estos resultados son, además, extendidos para los lenguajes de árboles.

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Ryan, Robin Christopher. "Motivation in tandem language learning". Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/50172.

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At a time when an increasing focus on multilingual and multicultural competencies is recognized globally, educational institutions are faced with the challenge of internationalizing their student bodies. It is no longer sufficient to limit language learning opportunities to the traditional grammar or oral-practice classroom, and shrinking budgets have demanded new ways to expose language-learners to their target language in an economical way. At the same time, the need to build intercultural competencies and personal relationships between domestic and international students has necessitated new and creative solutions. One of these solutions is tandem learning, a language learning model that subverts the traditional teacher-student dynamic by having all participants play the role of both expert and learner. This study addresses the biographical makeup, motivations, perceptions of self-efficacy, and self-regulated learning strategies of participants in a university tandem language learning program. Participants, who meet weekly to learn each other’s’ languages, completed a pre- and post-survey assessing various aspects of their language learning beliefs and practices. A small number of participants also completed in-person interviews. The data gathered were analyzed through frequency analysis, descriptive statistics, and thematic coding. The theoretical frameworks used in this study were the socio-educational model, perceived self-efficacy, and self-regulated learning. Results showed that participants are, on average, younger and more international than the rest of the institution’s student body. They are also more likely to be from an East Asian country than the average international student. Results also show that participants commonly join the program in order to improve their oral/aural proficiency as well as develop friendships with members of the target language community, but that they do not always practice effective goal-setting strategies or expend the effort necessary to realize their goals. At the end of the program, participants reported positive feelings toward tandem learning due to their relationships with their partners, the low-anxiety environment in which the program was held, and their beliefs that their language proficiency was improving.
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Language and Literacy Education (LLED), Department of
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Gleeson, Margaret McDonnell, of Western Sydney Hawkesbury University i of Health Humanities and Social Ecology Faculty. "Language learning and life processes". THESIS_FHHSE_HUM_Gleeson_M.xml, 1997. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/287.

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This paper describes processes and subsequent conclusions after working collaboratively in the broad area of language learning. The inquiry process considered factors in the learning environment which might benefit the learners, with music and drawing in the classroom being trialled and discussed with teachers and adult migrant English learners in different contexts. The responses of some primary aged students with learning problems and their parents and/or teachers were also studied. The inquiry process indicated that the term 'environments' must be understood to include personal environment, involving the Life energy fields, considered here to be the physical field, and the field of thought and memory, as well as the cultural, family, educational and other significant environments, within the context of the evolving Australian society. The term the author has chosen to describe the interaction of these experiential fields with the will of the individual, is an etheric. Membership of, or exclusion from, an etheric, may be subtle but can be discerned when considering a migrant attempting to enter the Australian workforce or, any person trying to enter a new field of endeavour. The author suggests that this concept explores the phenomenon of acceptance of a language or entry into a group
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Alleyn, Suzanne. "Learning the language of mathematics". Thesis, McGill University, 2004. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=81477.

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In this thesis, I describe how interactive journal writing was used to improve the understanding of mathematics, and to foster communication with two groups of remedial grade ten students. Mathematics is a gatekeeper course in high school, and students who are not successful with this subject are at a distinct disadvantage, both in terms of their education and in their future careers. A persistent source of difficulty for these students is related to language; students often struggle both to understand what is being taught, and how to explain concepts or problem solutions in their own words. Interactive journal writing was initiated as a means of addressing this situation, and of meeting the objectives proposed by the Quebec Education Plan, which specifies three closely related competencies: (1) solve situational problems; (2) use mathematical reasoning; (3) and communicate by using mathematical language. There is ample proof in the research literature that communication plays an important role in supporting learners by helping them clarify, refine and consolidate their thinking.
This study demonstrates the importance of allowing and encouraging students to use writing as part of their learning processes. By writing about what they are being taught, students are forced to slow down, examine and reflect on the steps they use to solve problems. Sharing what they write promotes meaningful dialogue and personal engagement, essential ingredients of successful learning.

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Saba, Riad. "Language learning in virtual worlds". Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2013. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/14011/.

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Language Learning has utilized technology for decades, and while world-wide social dynamics place more demands for language learning, there has not been a widespread use of a specific technology as the dominant medium for language learning. In the meanwhile, Virtual Worlds technology emerged during the last two decades as an immersive technology that offers an online representation of reality, allowing user interaction with the surrounding environment including objects and other users through Internet-enabled desktop personal computers. Since their introduction, Virtual Worlds have grown in popularity, and are now utilized by a large online community as social and gaming environments. Over two decades of research have shown the potential of Virtual Worlds for learning in various fields, but very few empirical studies have been dedicated to explore Virtual Worlds for language learning. The focus of this PhD research project is to explore the potential of the Virtual World Second Life in enabling effective language learning. The research question is as follows: ‘Could Virtual Worlds offer a suitable language learning environment, similar or better than that offered by traditional media of language learning?’ Towards answering that question, a pilot and two studies were conducted in 2007, 2008 and 2009 respectively. Arabic language classes were delivered to groups of language learners in the UK using different media of language learning: a face-to-face (f-to-f) classroom, a videoconferencing (VC) classroom, and a Virtual World (VW) classroom. The language learning quality outcomes along with student attitudes were assessed through a comparative analysis between the three media, involving attitude surveys, interviews, assessments of learning outcomes, and the critical incident method applied to video recordings. Due to several limitations, the effectiveness of the VW medium in enhancing the quality of the language learning experience was found lacking in the light of data collected and analyzed. A set of conditions and recommendations is therefore described to better utilize VWs for language learning.

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Coleman, James Alexander. "University language learning and teaching". Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.343378.

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Maroulis, Dimitris. "Language learning strategies in EFL". Thesis, Open University, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.434263.

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Harwath, David F. (David Frank). "Learning spoken language through vision". Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118081.

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Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2018.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-159).
Humans learn language at an early age by simply observing the world around them. Why can't computers do the same? Conventional automatic speech recognition systems have a long history and have recently made great strides thanks to the revival of deep neural networks. However, their reliance on highly supervised (and therefore expensive) training paradigms has restricted their application to the major languages of the world, accounting for a small fraction of the more than 7,000 human languages spoken worldwide. This thesis introduces datasets, models, and methodologies for grounding continuous speech signals at the raw waveform level to natural image scenes. The context and constraint provided by the visual information enables our models to efficiently learn linguistic units, such as words, along with their visual semantics. For example, our models are able to recognize instances of the spoken word "water" within spoken captions and associate them with image regions containing bodies of water. Further, we demonstrate that our models are capable of learning cross-lingual semantics by using the visual space as an interlingua to perform speech-to-speech retrieval between English and Hindi. In all cases, this learning is done without linguistic transcriptions or conventional speech recognition - yet we show that our methods achieve retrieval scores close to what is possible when transcriptions are available. This offers a promising new direction for speech processing that only requires speakers to provide narrations of what they see.
by David Frank Harwath.
Ph. D.

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Ozgen, Emre. "Language, learning, and colour categorisation". Thesis, University of Surrey, 2000. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/844210/.

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The relationship between language and colour categorisation is explored testing the predictions of the linguistic relativity hypothesis. The basic colour terms of Turkish are investigated, with findings suggesting that the Berlin and Kay (1969) theory of universal colour term evolution might require further revisions. The maximum number allowed by the theory is exceeded by the Turkish colour term inventory, by an extra term in the blue region. This difference between Turkish and English is exploited to test the effects of linguistic categories on colour perception and cognition. Evidence is presented suggesting that some aspects of categorical colour perception may not be fixed and universal, but flexible and culture-specific. Perceived similarity of colours seems to be open to influence by a linguistic category boundary. The argument of flexibility is further investigated using a category learning paradigm. Evidence suggested that perceptual and cognitive effects of colour category boundaries might be acquired through laboratory training. Subjects judge colours to be different more accurately when they come from different categories acquired in training than when they are from the same category. Mechanisms, which may be responsible for such flexibility, are explored in relation to findings in the literature. It is argued that perception and cognition may not be distinguished from each other by clear-cut boundaries. Rather, and interaction between percepts and concepts may facilitate effects of language and learning on human colour categorisation.

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Kugai, Kseniia. "Motivation in foreign language learning". Thesis, Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну, 2019. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/12993.

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Kluge, Jacob, i Jonas Bjärnmark. "Digital Games and Language Learning". Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-31841.

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With this survey paper we have contrasted and summarized research on digital games and language learning in order to investigate whether digital games can be used to instil communicative competence in students. In addition, we have examined what kinds of considerations that need to be made by teachers when applying digital games in educational settings. In order to acquire an indication of whether games were being used as a language-learning tool in schools today, we conducted a small pilot study in the region of Skåne. In this pilot study, we asked 10 language teachers whether they had ever used videogames in their language teaching. The pilot study suggested that digital games were not being used as a teaching aid. However, the research examined in this survey paper suggests that videogames can be used to instil dimensions of communicative competence. Research also suggested that digital games only inherently supported one or two dimensions of communicative competence. With regard to this, we argued that all four dimensions of communicative competence can be supported through the use of different pedagogical strategies in combination with other approaches. Furthermore, research suggested that there are necessary precautions for teachers to consider before implementing digital games in teaching (e.g. having sufficient knowledge of the games to be used in order to be able to scaffold them according to students’ needs). Since the research explored in this paper suggest that videogames can be used to instil communicative competence in students, we argued that digital games might be an overlooked asset in language learning.

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Knudsen, Lina. "Dyslexia and Foreign Language Learning". Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-36456.

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This essay looks at the language based disorder dyslexia and how it affects students’ ability to learn a foreign language. It will look closer at the strategies and tools foreign language teachers use to tackle the problems a dyslexic student may have when learning a new language. This research draws upon the interviews of foreign language teachers as well as the existing research on dyslexia and language acquisition. The main research questions of this essay are: How do foreign language teachers describe the disorder dyslexia both from a theoretical perspective as well as from a practical perspective? What difficulties do foreign language teachers have when teaching dyslexicstudent? What strategies do foreign language teachers use when teaching a student with dyslexia? By using the qualitative research approach, interviews, it was found that while foreign language teachers are aware of dyslexia they need to be given more education about language based disorders so that they are more equipped to help their students. This research will highlight the importance of giving foreign language teachers the needed tools and strategies to better support dyslexic students as they learn a new language.

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Badran, Maj. "Digital Tools and Language Learning". Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-28745.

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The study focuses particularly on the effects digital tools may have on language learning for students with special needs. The qualitative empirical material was collected through interviews and observations in a Norwegian school. The observation involves four students from two school years (the first and the second students comes from year 8, and the third and fourth students comes from year 9). The data also comes from two different qualitative interviews with the headmaster of the same school. The main findings are that, digital tools are adapted for the majority of the students in the classroom by the school board. Students with disabilities, however, need more tools, and more support. Only the school board can change their own recommendations for the use of digital tools. A comparison between Norway’s and Sweden’s curriculum is also included, to contextualized the headmaster’s point of view upon the Norwegian curriculum when it comes to digital tools.

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Fagerlund, Lina, i Helena Persson. "Communicative Language Learning in English". Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-28454.

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I denna vetenskapliga studie diskuteras tidigare forskning om Task-based Language Teaching. Avslutningsvis tar arbetet upp både positiva och negativa aspekter av denna språkundervisningsmetod och kopplar detta till modern språkundervisning.
This dissertation is a scientific study which discuss previous research concerning Task-based Language Teaching(TBLT) and the idea of the comminicative approach.

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Khatibi, Miandouab Ece, i Eva Cowie. "Language learning through interactive games". Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-29804.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate language learning through the use of interactive games. A research synthesis was considered to be the most effective method as it was our intention to explore the research available on language learning and gaming. Although various studies have investigated the employment of interactive games in language learning, this field of research is still in its infancy. We juxtaposed neural correlates of language learning with that of interactive gaming and the findings indicated that there are both similarities and differences in the brain structures activated by gaming and those that are activated by language learning. Furthermore, we set out to investigate the employment of interactive games in the language classroom. Our findings indicated that interactive games are highly underused tools in language learning. In addition, we were able to identify techniques which could be used to employ interactive games in language learning. The technological advancement in our society which has shown to have a great impact on the youth of today has given rise to an increasing need for incorporating technology such as interactive games in education and for this reason it is necessary for teachers to receive education in implementing interactive games in the language classroom.

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Gleeson, Margaret McDonnell. "Language learning and life processes". Thesis, View thesis View thesis, 1997. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/287.

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This paper describes processes and subsequent conclusions after working collaboratively in the broad area of language learning. The inquiry process considered factors in the learning environment which might benefit the learners, with music and drawing in the classroom being trialled and discussed with teachers and adult migrant English learners in different contexts. The responses of some primary aged students with learning problems and their parents and/or teachers were also studied. The inquiry process indicated that the term 'environments' must be understood to include personal environment, involving the Life energy fields, considered here to be the physical field, and the field of thought and memory, as well as the cultural, family, educational and other significant environments, within the context of the evolving Australian society. The term the author has chosen to describe the interaction of these experiential fields with the will of the individual, is an etheric. Membership of, or exclusion from, an etheric, may be subtle but can be discerned when considering a migrant attempting to enter the Australian workforce or, any person trying to enter a new field of endeavour. The author suggests that this concept explores the phenomenon of acceptance of a language or entry into a group

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Gleeson, Margaret McDonnell. "Language learning and life processes /". View thesis View thesis, 1997. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030514.092005/index.html.

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Thesis (M. Sc. of Soc. Ecology (Hons.))--University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, 1997.
"Submitted as partial requirement for Master of Science (Hons.) Social Ecology, University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, 1997." Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170).

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Al-Hoorie, Ali. "Implicit attitudes in language learning". Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2017. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42571/.

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The field of language motivation is almost 60 years old. Throughout these decades, one idea has been persistent: Motivation is assumed to be a conscious process on which the learner can exert direct control. That this conscious conceptualization might not give the full picture has not been seriously entertained. An important consequence ensuing from this approach is the overreliance on self-report measures, such as questionnaires and interviews. Thus, in effect, the individual’s conscious reflection on their own attitudes and motivation has been the primary source of empirical data for our field. This thesis challenges this hegemony of conscious motivation. It provides an extensive review of the various paradigms of unconscious attitudes and motivation. It traces back their origins, highlights some of their major findings, and reviews the instruments used within each paradigm to circumvent direct self-report (as well as the controversies surrounding these instruments). The review also demonstrates that the adoption of an unconscious perspective is not inconsistent with major theoretical frameworks in the field. It then selects one of these paradigms, namely implicit attitudes, to apply in the context of language learning. Two studies were conducted on two independent samples (with almost 700 participants in total), in two different contexts (the UK and Saudi Arabia), and with different instruments of implicit attitudes (the Implicit Association Test and the Single-Target Implicit Association Test). Study 1 found that openness to language speakers at the implicit level is associated with more openness at the explicit level. Study 2 successfully replicated this finding, and extended it to language achievement—showing that learners with more favorable attitudes toward language speakers at the implicit level achieved higher grades in their English class. This finding could not be explained away by either social desirability or cognitive confounds. The results from these two studies were also meta-analyzed using Bayes factors in order to give an overall picture of the findings. The Discussion chapter wraps up this thesis by highlighting the relevance of this unconscious approach to the field more broadly. This chapter reviews a number of recent studies that have yielded similar findings to those from the current thesis. Some of these findings are then critically reanalyzed and reinterpreted in the context of unconscious motivation, thus demonstrating how adopting an unconscious approach helps view existing findings in a new light. In some cases, the analysis casts doubt on established ideas that have been taken for granted for decades. The overall message of this thesis is not that conscious motivation should be disregarded. Instead, conscious motivation should be complemented with a consideration of the role of unconscious motivation. A conscious-only approach would offer a limited window into human attitudes and motivation.

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