All Outputs (6)

Investigating the predictive validity of IELTS for a teacher education program in UAE (2016)
Thesis
Khemakhem, S. (in press). Investigating the predictive validity of IELTS for a teacher education program in UAE. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/914712

This research study investigates the predictive validity of IELTS test scores as a graduation requirement for a Teacher Education Program in the UAE. The argument is that the use of the IELTS cut-off score (band 6) as a predictor of post-graduation p... Read More about Investigating the predictive validity of IELTS for a teacher education program in UAE.

The translation of children's literature: Ideology and cultural adaptations. Captain Underpants as a case study (2016)
Thesis
Asiain, T. The translation of children's literature: Ideology and cultural adaptations. Captain Underpants as a case study. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/907767

The aim of this research is to explore cultural differences in the children’s publishing industry in the USA and Spain and the impact these have on translation, and to develop a case study of the translation of Dav Pilkey’s Captain Underpants series... Read More about The translation of children's literature: Ideology and cultural adaptations. Captain Underpants as a case study.

Thomas Hardy’s tragic vision: Writing towards proto-modernist modes of fiction (2016)
Thesis
Prentice, N. (in press). Thomas Hardy’s tragic vision: Writing towards proto-modernist modes of fiction. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/914817

This thesis offers a narratorial and textual examination of the tragic in Hardy’s fiction and uncovers how his tragic vision of a changing world led him into proto-modernist forms of writing. By first positing Hardy within his milieu and exploring th... Read More about Thomas Hardy’s tragic vision: Writing towards proto-modernist modes of fiction.

An Imperialist at bay: Leo Amery at the India Office, 1940 - 1945 (2016)
Thesis
Whittington, D. An Imperialist at bay: Leo Amery at the India Office, 1940 - 1945. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/914353

Pressure for Indian independence had been building up throughout the early decades of the twentieth century, initially through the efforts of the Indian National Congress, but also later, when matters were complicated by an increasingly vocal Muslim... Read More about An Imperialist at bay: Leo Amery at the India Office, 1940 - 1945.

Art, aesthetics and supplementarity: Re-evaluating the distinctions between the work of art and supporting material (2016)
Thesis
Walton, J. S. Art, aesthetics and supplementarity: Re-evaluating the distinctions between the work of art and supporting material. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/914340

This thesis analyses the importance of supplementary material for art history and philosophy by addressing its shifting and problematic relationship to the ‘work of art’. Through the use of philosophical and critical theories, including Heidegger, Be... Read More about Art, aesthetics and supplementarity: Re-evaluating the distinctions between the work of art and supporting material.

Predicting IELTS ratings using vocabulary measures (2016)
Thesis
Demetriou, T. Predicting IELTS ratings using vocabulary measures. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/918329

This thesis addresses the relationship between vocabulary measures and IELTS ratings. The research questions focus on the relationship between measures of lexical richness and teacher ratings. The specific question the thesis seeks to address is: Whi... Read More about Predicting IELTS ratings using vocabulary measures.