Italian undergraduate students comprehending economics and business texts in English as a foreign language : a case study of language-conceptual transfer strategies used in reading domain-specific texts

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dc.contributor.advisorYoung, Douglasen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorPaxton, Moraghen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorRochford, Kevinen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorDunne, Timen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSamson, Christina Murielen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-08T09:47:24Z
dc.date.available2014-10-08T09:47:24Z
dc.date.issued2009en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 236-258).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study, within the Vygotskyian constructivist socio-cultural developmental framework, investigates the interdependence of general and domain-specific conceptual knowledge, cognitive and metacognitive strategies, attitude, motivation and context in the process of bidirectional ItalianΓåöEnglish transfer in Italian undergraduates comprehending domain-specific texts in the Faculty of Economics, University of Florence, Italy. The method adopted is primarily qualitative, with quantitative support.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSamson, C. M. (2009). <i>Italian undergraduate students comprehending economics and business texts in English as a foreign language : a case study of language-conceptual transfer strategies used in reading domain-specific texts</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8274en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSamson, Christina Muriel. <i>"Italian undergraduate students comprehending economics and business texts in English as a foreign language : a case study of language-conceptual transfer strategies used in reading domain-specific texts."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8274en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSamson, C. 2009. Italian undergraduate students comprehending economics and business texts in English as a foreign language : a case study of language-conceptual transfer strategies used in reading domain-specific texts. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Samson, Christina Muriel AB - This study, within the Vygotskyian constructivist socio-cultural developmental framework, investigates the interdependence of general and domain-specific conceptual knowledge, cognitive and metacognitive strategies, attitude, motivation and context in the process of bidirectional ItalianΓåöEnglish transfer in Italian undergraduates comprehending domain-specific texts in the Faculty of Economics, University of Florence, Italy. The method adopted is primarily qualitative, with quantitative support. DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2009 T1 - Italian undergraduate students comprehending economics and business texts in English as a foreign language : a case study of language-conceptual transfer strategies used in reading domain-specific texts TI - Italian undergraduate students comprehending economics and business texts in English as a foreign language : a case study of language-conceptual transfer strategies used in reading domain-specific texts UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8274 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8274
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSamson CM. Italian undergraduate students comprehending economics and business texts in English as a foreign language : a case study of language-conceptual transfer strategies used in reading domain-specific texts. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2009 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8274en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Educationen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEducationen_ZA
dc.titleItalian undergraduate students comprehending economics and business texts in English as a foreign language : a case study of language-conceptual transfer strategies used in reading domain-specific textsen_ZA
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