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The vocabulary of aviation radiotelephony communication in simulator emergencies and the contradictions in air traffic controller beliefs about language use

Drayton, Jennifer (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)

This thesis encompasses a mixed methods enquiry into the language used in air traffic control in simulated emergency situations in the United Arab Emirates. The workplaces studied employ pilots and controllers from a diverse ...
Written Feedback In Second Language Writing: Perceptions Of Vietnamese Teachers And Students

Nguyen, Phuong Anh (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)

Writing can be very challenging for ESL students since they need to overcome the changes associated with academic writing styles and their mechanics in order to improve their writing skills (Hyland & Hyland, 2006). In ...
Developing fluency with multi-word expressions

Thomson, Haidee (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

This three-part study was motivated by the need for empirically tested methods for teaching and learning multi-word expressions to develop fluency in language learning classrooms. Using an action research paradigm in an ...
Incidental and intentional acquisition of multiword expressions from audio-visual input: The effects of typographically enhanced captions and repetition

Majuddin, Elvenna (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

This research project aims to extend the line of inquiry on pedagogical interventions intended to help second language (L2) learners make better progress of their mastery of multiword expressions (MWEs). Existing studies ...
The communicative competence of Samoan seasonal workers under the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme

Salanoa, Honiara (Victoria University of WellingtonVictoria University of Wellington, 2020)

The Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme is New Zealand’s first contract labour migration programme aimed at enhancing development in the Pacific and assisting employers in New Zealand (Gibson & McKenzie, 2010). The ...
Storytelling and Teaching English to Young Learners: A Vietnamese case study

Le, Hong Phuong Thao (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Storytelling, which is often promoted as a suitable methodological approach in teaching young learners, has been under-used and under-researched in EFL primary schools. This study introduces a storytelling innovation to ...
Prosodic and syntactic focus in speech processing in Mandarin Chinese

Yan, Mengzhu (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

It is well established that focus plays an important role in facilitating language processing, i.e., focused words are recognised faster and remembered better. In addition, more recent research shows that alternatives to ...
Implementing a Culture of Thinking in Lao EFL Pre-Service Teacher Education: A Case of Reading

Phonekeo, Say (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

This study has two phases. Phase 1 aimed at: (1) investigating pre-service teachers’ prior experiences of reading and learning to read in English, (2a) exploring the current state of reading instruction, and (2b) finding ...
O le Aso Ma le Filiga, O le Aso Mata’igatila. A qualitative study looking at Samoan language maintenance within second generation households

Paongo-Parsons, Leitumalo (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Samoan language within Aotearoa New Zealand has been labelled as “at risk” of becoming an endangered language if language shift continues (Hunkin, 2012; Wilson, 2017). Language shift or language loss is defined as when a ...
Developing learner autonomy in language learning: A study in the Thai EFL secondary school context

Chinpakdee, Muthita (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Learner autonomy, primarily defined as “the ability to take charge of one’s own learning” (Holec, 1981, p. 3), has gained much research interest in the field of language learning and teaching due to its potential contribution ...
Novice Teachers' Thinking Development from Practicum to Early Career

Hoang, Anna Trang Ngoc (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Teacher education programmes have focused on training student teachers with knowledge of teaching methodologies and good teaching performance. What is going on inside student teachers’ minds in their processes of learning ...
Non-Māori teachers teaching Māori language in English-medium primary schools: We are all in this together - He waka eke noa

Patrick, Alice (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

This thesis reports the findings of original research examining the role that non-Māori teachers can play teaching te reo Māori in English-medium¹ primary schools, as per the expectation in the New Zealand Curriculum ...
The Power of Pleasure: Contributions from Embodied Sociolinguistics

Couper, Shannon (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

In this thesis I argue that foregrounding young women’s intersectional voices through an embodied sociolinguistic approach can afford a contribution to empowering sexual scripts. In doing so I demonstrate the political ...
Gesture, Prosody and Information Structure Synchronisation in Turkish

Turk, Olcay (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

This thesis investigates the synchronisation of gesture with prosody and information structure in Turkish. Speech and gesture have a close relationship in human communication, and they are tightly coordinated in production. ...
The emerging understandings and practices of task-based language teaching (TBLT) by Thai EFL student teachers

Jaruteerapan, Paweena (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Despite substantive empirical evidence for the efficacy of task-based language teaching and learning (TBLT), research shows that the classroom implementation of TBLT has often met with mixed success, especially in Asian ...
Dot the pill down: Investigating the linguistic needs of foreign rugby players and lexicon of spoken rugby discourse

Benson, Stuart (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Traditionally a sport which is played predominantly in English speaking countries such as New Zealand, England, and Australia, rugby is gaining in popularity in other countries such as Japan. International rugby competitions, ...
Intercultural Language Teaching in Vietnamese Tertiary EFL Classes: A Participatory Action Research Study

Tran, Thao (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

In 2008, Vietnam introduced a new English language policy based on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), and subsequently in 2014 adopted a Vietnamese version of this, referred to as CEFR-V. In adopting the ...
Multilingual Practices and Identity Negotiation among Multilingual Heritage Language Learners in New Zealand

Nofal, Mohammed (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

While heritage languages (HLs) have been receiving much research attention, there is still a scarcity of studies conducted on local HL communities. However, researchers in New Zealand have been actively engaged with various ...
Metadiscourse in postgraduate writing

Prommas, Pansa (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

This thesis investigates metadiscourse in master’s theses and the relationship between metadiscourse frequencies and quality of thesis writing. Metadiscourse has been a major research focus in various genres and contexts, ...
Applying cognitive linguistics to second language idiom learning

Wang, Xinqing (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Idioms are known to cause great difficulty for second language (L2) learners, who may understand the literal meanings of the constituent words of idioms like (be) waiting in the wings, but often fail to interpret the ...