Browsing Doctoral Theses by Thesis Supervisor "Bell, Allan"
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Family factors in bilingual children's code-switching and language maintenance: a New Zealand case study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)The purpose of this study is to investigate family factors in relation to young Chinese immigrants' code-switching and language maintenance. Specific attention is given to children's code-switching behaviour and how parents ... -
I understand it well, but I cannot say it proper back: language use among older Dutch migrants in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)The purposes of this study were (a) to examine two groups of healthy older Dutch English bilingual migrants in a New Zealand setting to investigate whether they were showing signs of L2 attrition with accompanying L1 ... -
The Iran-US Nuclear Standoff in American Newspaper Opinion Pieces: A Study in Critical Discourse, Classical Rhetoric and Securitisation Theory
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Achievement of the 2015 nuclear agreement deal between Iran and the world powers was officially praised as a remarkable victory in the history of diplomacy by most of the world. However, elites’ reactions to it within Iran ... -
Making sense in Zephaniah: an intertextual reading
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)The question this thesis answers is, “How does an intertextual reading contribute to interpreting the book of Zephaniah?” To answer this question the thesis examines the ways in which Zephaniah takes up other texts as it ... -
A malu i fale le gagana, e malu fo'i i fafo. The Use and Value of the Samoan Language in Samoan Families in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)New Zealand census data indicates Samoan language use has declined rapidly in the last 20 years, particularly among the New Zealand-born Samoan population. The aims of this qualitative and family-based study were to identify ... -
Negotiating the Filipino in cyberspace: New Zealand-based Filipinos’ identity construction in social media
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)The study aims to understand how Filipinos in New Zealand construct their identity as diasporic subjects when they talk about their lives on Internet-based social media platforms. Examining how individuals work out their ... -
New Zealanders on the net: discourses of national identities in cyberspace
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)The New Zealand Government’s assertion, in the early years of the 21st century, of the emergence of a new and inclusive national identity reflected a political strategy to unify the nation amidst fears about its increasing ... -
The making of a journalist: the New Zealand way
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)This study is a first of its kind for New Zealand journalism education, following 20 students at two different schools throughout a year-long training programme. It used two methods to gain a deeper understanding: a discourse ... -
Vietnamese University EFL teachers' code-switching in classroom instruction
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)This study examines the under-explored phenomenon of code-switching practised by EFL teachers in classroom instruction in a Vietnamese setting. Among the foreign languages taught and learned in Vietnamese universities, ...