Previous MA theses in English GLU

2025

(working titles)

• Bjørtvedt, O. N. & Lindland, S. H. (2025). The role of AI in formative self-assessment in English.
• Støylen, D.-O. H. & Jacobsen, S. F. (2025). Tracking agreement errors in learner texts in years 8 to 10.
• Kvinlaug, I. & Rustad, S. J. (2025). Effect of feedback on pupil writing.
• Hyni, P. G. & van Ditshuizen, V. W. (2025). Gaming and gamification as tools to reduce FLA.
• Andersen, V. (2025). The effect of out-of-school gaming on pupils’ vocabulary.
• Ekelund, J. M. K. (2025). The effect of traditional and game-based grammar instruction on agreement errors.
• Finstad, V. U. (2025). Reacting to the past as a teaching method.
• Hansen, R. D. T. (2025). Indigenous peoples in textbooks for 5-7 vs. 8-10.
• Nika, F. (2025). The use of songs in the EFL classroom.
• Ramthun, V. K. (2025). Gender and diversity in the EFL textbooks.

2024

• Bjørkmann, W. (2024). Students’ Attitudes Towards Speaking English in the Classroom [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3135380
• Eriksen, J. (2024). Textbook Tasks and Linguistic Diversity [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3134127
• Grevsen, A. (2024). Teachers Written Feedback Commentary Practices based on the Proficiency of the Learner [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3134128
• Hauglid, P. (2024). Foreign Language Anxiety in Norwegian L2 Classrooms: A study about student’s oral anxiety in the classroom, what makes them nervous and how teachers can help [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3135765
• Henriksen, J. Å. (2024). Portrayal of African American history in EFL textbooks: A mixed methods study of the representation of African American history in Norwegian lower secondary school EFL textbooks [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3135083
• Osorio, L. M. (2024). The Digital Classroom: Exploring Pedagogical Approaches to Technology in Southern Norway’s Primary Schools [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3137401
• van Dijk, R. B. J. (2024). English learners’ code-switching during gameplay: Analyzing Norwegian lower-secondary students’ communication during gameplay in the ESL classroom [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3137400
• Kjær, J. (2024). The Effect of Role-Playing on Students’ Foreign Language Anxiety and Oral Participation [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3134129

2023

• Haver, A. (2023). Words In the World: Vocabulary learning in and out of class [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3075731
• Kolstad, J. (2023). Commercial-off-the-shelf games in the English classroom: Adapting a COTS game as a language learning tool for English language learning in an 8th-grade class [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3076241
• Rosseli, R. (2023). Digital Escape Room as a Tool to Teach Grammar [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3075730
• Jørgensborg, M. (2023). Lexical Richness in the Texts of Norwegian Lower Secondary School Students: The Effect of Specific Extramural English Activities [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3075729
• Nordby, M. N. (2023). Student’s Oral Language Production – Peer Interaction vs. Student-Teacher Interaction [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3072736
• Nord, M. E. (2023). Indigenous Peoples in the English-Speaking World [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3074492
• Ørnholt, T. (2023). Enjoyment of Interactive Fiction Compared to Non-Interactive fiction, in a Norwegian EFL Classroom [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3073034
• Larsen, K. A. (2023). Exploring The Impact of Gaming on L2 English Proficiency [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3076233
• Aamodt Bårnes, C. (2023). How the Civil Rights Movement is Taught in Norwegian Lower Secondary School [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3072947

2022

• Alsaker, K. (2022). Using Songs to Teach History, Culture, and Society in the English Classroom: Student and teacher experiences of using protest songs from the 1950s and 1950s to learn about the struggle for civil rights in the United States [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://uia.brage.unit.no/uia-xmlui/handle/11250/3036545
• Andersen, S. F. K. (2022). Reacting to the Past and Willingness to Communicate [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://uia.brage.unit.no/uia-xmlui/handle/11250/3036544
• Ask, P. F. (2022). Students’ Perceptions of Using L1 in the L2 Classroom [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://uia.brage.unit.no/uia-xmlui/handle/11250/3036537
• Bengtson, K. (2022). Gaming in the English Classroom [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://uia.brage.unit.no/uia-xmlui/handle/11250/3036540
• Gulli, I. M. S. (2022). Investigating the use of L1 in the L2 classroom: A mixed method study on pupils’ perspective on the use of Norwegian in English teaching [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://uia.brage.unit.no/uia-xmlui/handle/11250/3036542
• Karlsen, E. S. (2022). Reacting to the Past and student motivation [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://uia.brage.unit.no/uia-xmlui/handle/11250/3036539
• Kielland, C. E. (2022). CLIL in lower secondary school: Uncharted territory [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://uia.brage.unit.no/uia-xmlui/handle/11250/3036543
• Moen, T. (2022). Second Language Acquisition and Verb Second: Norwegian Pupils Learning English Word Order [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://uia.brage.unit.no/uia-xmlui/handle/11250/3036572
• Mong, K. L. (2022). The effect of teaching phonetics to reduce mistakes in pronunciation [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3069008
• Odland, A. & Stensvand, H. (2022). Role Play in the Norwegian EFL Classroom: Adapting a Reacting to the Past Game to the Norwegian 10th Grade Classroom in Accordance with the Subject Renewal 2020 [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://uia.brage.unit.no/uia-xmlui/handle/11250/3036538
• Rusnes, R. A. (2022). A lot on their plates; using Foodways to Develop Intercultural Competence in Norwegian schools: A mixed-method approach, targeting the teaching of culture and intercultural competence in the subject of English in Norwegian Lower Secondary Schools [Master’s thesis]. University of Agder. https://uia.brage.unit.no/uia-xmlui/handle/11250/3036546