All Outputs (5)

Navigating uncommon ground: Engaging and articulating the places and connectivity of older adults in rural contexts through creative practice (2013)
Thesis
Bailey, J. E. Navigating uncommon ground: Engaging and articulating the places and connectivity of older adults in rural contexts through creative practice. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/925273

This thesis is an explication of the interrelations between three components - the lived worlds of older adults in a specific rural context; the academic context of doctoral research; and an ongoing art practice. The rural context is that encountered... Read More about Navigating uncommon ground: Engaging and articulating the places and connectivity of older adults in rural contexts through creative practice.

Learning mentors: A study of identity, policy and practice (2013)
Thesis
O'Hagan, L. Learning mentors: A study of identity, policy and practice. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/929189

This study has investigated the role of learning mentoring within one secondary school with a focus on developing an understanding of practice, professional identity and policy enactment at an institutional level. Learning mentors were first introduc... Read More about Learning mentors: A study of identity, policy and practice.

The language of narrative drawing: A close reading of contemporary graphic novels (2013)
Thesis
Blair, S. The language of narrative drawing: A close reading of contemporary graphic novels. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/930772

The study offers an alternative analytical framework for thinking about the contemporary graphic novel as a dynamic area of visual art practice. Graphic narratives are placed within the broad, open-ended territory of investigative drawing, rather tha... Read More about The language of narrative drawing: A close reading of contemporary graphic novels.

Teaching polysemous words to arab learners: A cognitive linguistics approach (2013)
Thesis
Makni, F. Teaching polysemous words to arab learners: A cognitive linguistics approach. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/933781

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to compare the pedagogic efficiency of two methods for teaching polysemous vocabulary – the image-schema-based vocabulary instruction method (ISBM) and the translation-based vocabulary instruction method (TBM)... Read More about Teaching polysemous words to arab learners: A cognitive linguistics approach.

Globalisation and language policy in Tunisia: Shifts in domains of use and linguistic attitudes (2013)
Thesis
Aouina, H. Globalisation and language policy in Tunisia: Shifts in domains of use and linguistic attitudes. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/934095

This thesis builds on previous studies on the linguistic situation, attitudes and domains of language use in the Maghreb countries undertaken by Marley (2000, 2004, 2005, 2008) in Morocco, Benrabah (2007a, 2007b), in Algeria, and by Jabeur (1999) Da... Read More about Globalisation and language policy in Tunisia: Shifts in domains of use and linguistic attitudes.