Browsing Trabajos Académicos-Facultad de Letras by Author "Grado en Estudios Ingleses"
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"As remorseless as Nature": victorian sublime in Dr Moreau's fin de siècle-manifestation of the mad scientist
Ruiz Lejarcegui, Ane Belén (2020-11-24)This dissertation discusses H. G. Wells’ Island of Doctor Moreau from a Romantic perspective, arguing that the novel’s antagonist Doctor Moreau fails in transforming animals into human beings through the practice of ... -
Attitudes towards accents in the United Kingdom: a sociophonetic analysis
Landivar Landa, Nadia (2022-03-07)The United Kingdom is widely known for having a large number of accents, but what is the social attitude towards them? In order to answer this question, we need to analyse the importance of accents on identity. Accents ... -
Attitudes towards Basque, Spanish and English in the Basque Country: a cross-sectional study
Gurrutxaga Etxeberria, Itxaso (2018-12-03)English is considered to be the current lingua franca due to its global status. Several factors such as prestige and its widespread use have enabled English to become one of the most spoken languages in the world. Whilst ... -
Australian English: a linguistic description
Gorjón González, Uxue (2023-04-17)The aim of this paper is to provide a general description of the linguistic features of Australian English (AusE). For this purpose, the paper first focuses on the sociohistorical context that explains how and why the ... -
Back-formed compound words
Asensio Garciandia, Amaia (2020-05-20)Back-formation and compounding constitute two morphological processes of word-formation that, on the one hand, can coalesce, and on the other hand, can collide. The central aim of this paper is to explain back-formation ... -
Beliefs about Individual Differences and Instructional Settings in Secondary Education Learners
Gámez Patiño, Eva (2017-11-21)During the last few decades, social-psychological theories have gained popularity in Second Language Acquisition (SLA), as they consider individual differences, which are often disregarded by linguistic approaches, relevant ... -
Benefits and Drawbacks of Collaborative Writing for Young Foreign Language Learners: A Case Study on Teachers' Perspective
Alvarez Sanvicens, Uxue (2020-05-20)Collaborative Writing (CW) and its benefits and drawbacks for language learning have been studied by many scholars, mainly concerning adult learners (ALs). Nevertheless, its potential applications to young learners (YLs) ... -
Beyond stereotypes: the image of basque immigrants in Robert Laxalt's "The Basque Hotel" and Martin Etchart's" The Last Shepherd"
Basterra Colino, Ainhoa (2022-03-07)Early attempts to bring the Basque-American experience to literature were not rewarded until the success of Robert Laxalt, whose recognition helped to organize the public display of the Basque identity and culture in the ... -
Blossoming into Monsterhood: a comparison of J.S. Le Fanu’s "Carmilla" and Emily Harris's 2019 film adaptation
Larrad Ramírez, Guacimara (2023-04-17)[EN] Vampires have often been used in Gothic fiction as a reflection of diverse concerns regarding sexuality, both in the form of decadence and corruption, and as a celebration of marginal sexual identities. In this essay, ... -
Challenging meaning types: a study on direct and indirect refutation
Ruiz Olazabal, Ainhoa (2017-11-21)Refutations, the expressions of disagreement in dialogue, are part of our everyday conversations. Arguments and discussions are present in our daily lives since every possible subject that anyone could speak about embraces ... -
Challenging the Coming-Of-Age: Similitudes and Divergences of Contemporary Female Bildungsroman with Traditional Instances
Matas Herrero, Maider (2017-11-21)The Bildungsroman is a literary genre that embraces those narratives dealing with the process of formation and self-development of its protagonist, narrating his or her journey from childhood to adulthood. The Bildungsroman, ... -
Challenging traditional religious views of sexual identity: "Angels in America" by Tony Kushner
Etxeberria Olea, June (2022-03-07)Angels in America’s success represents recognition and visibility for LBTQ+ communities in mainstream American drama. The paper aims to explore the interaction between religion and sexuality in Tony Kushner’s play, ... -
Characterizing and dealing with anxiety in the foreign language classroom
Dieguez Bergara, Amaia (2018-12-03)Foreign Language Anxiety has been defined as the feeling of nervousness that may appear in the process of acquiring a new language. Although it may have beneficial effects on students’ performance, the presence of anxious ... -
Children's fantasy literature in Britain I. Lewis Carroll: Alice’s Highway to Puberty
Sebastián García, JanireEste trabajo de fin de grado es un estudio sobre la evolución del personaje principal en la famosa novela del escritor Lewis Carroll: Alicia en el País de las Maravillas. El trabajo está redactado en inglés y se titula ... -
Children'sendstate neglect: agentive vs. causative subjects
García Sanz, AinaraFirst language acquisition studies (e.g. Gentner,1978; Gropen, Pinker, Hollander & Goldberg, 1991; Wittek, 2002; van Hout,2005;2008) have reported that children accept perfective change-of-state predicates, which ... -
Classical Tradition in Elizabethan Theatre: The Influence of Latin Comedy on Shakespeare’s "Comedy of Errors".
Martinez Maritxalar, Usua (2019-03-26)Comedy plays have been part of our society at least for two thousand years. Such a rich theatrical culture implies that, historically, many different works have been written by various authors worldwide. Hence, in a bigger ... -
Collaborative writing In L2 learning and teaching
Arias Izquierdo, María (2023-04-17)In recent decades, there has been a growing interest in and recognition of collaborative writing (CW) in many classroom contexts around the world. The current view of language learning and teaching has suggested the use ... -
Comparative Literautre: Religion and Religious Symbolism in the Tale of the Grail by Three Authors
Lancho Diego, Asier (2017-11-21)The myth of the Grail has long been recognised as the cornerstone of Arthurian literature. Many studies have been conducted on the subject of Christian symbolism in the major Grail romances. However, the aim of the present ... -
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and Language Motivation
Cobo Hernández, AnderThe demand of learning languages has been constantly increasing in the last decades. The reasons behind might be different, such as better job opportunities, getting to know new people or travelling, among others. The fact ... -
Corrective feedback in english as a foreign language: a literature review
Moyano Chantar, Eider (2020-11-18)Over the last few decades, corrective feedback has been a major area of interest within the language acquisition field. In particular, its role has been subject of controversy due to its questionable effectiveness. To ...