1 BA thesis topics offered by the Department of English Applied Linguistics Updated 2015.05.05 Albert, Ágnes 1. Age effects in first language attrition 2. New approaches in conceptualising language aptitude 3. Investigating the relationship between working memory and language learning success 4. Task-based language learning from a psycholinguistic perspective 5. Contrasting speech production models Brózik-Piniel, Katalin 1. What determines language learners' willingness to communicate? 2. How does language anxiety exert its influence at the different stages of learning? 3. The experience of flow in the foreign language classroom. 4. What determines self-efficacy in language learning? 5. How do individual variables in language learning interact? Choose two ID variables. 6. Why should teachers be aware of individual differences in the language classroom? Csizér, Kata 1. The second language learning motivation of special needs students 2. Second language learning motivation in different educational contexts 3. Globalization and second language learning motivation: comparison of various L2 motivation theories 4. The role of self-concepts in second language learning 5. Taking responsibility for the learning process: self-regulation and motivation Dóczi, Brigitta 1 The role of word associations in SLA research 2. Features of spoken and written grammar 3. Aspects of testing vocabulary 4. The role of lexical chunks in language learning 5. Exploring the L2 mental lexicon Eitler, Tamás 1. Social class and language use across Inner-Circle Englishes (NZ, Australia, UK, USA, Canada, Rep. of SA) 2. Dublin English social varieties: fashionable Dublin 4/DART, RTE/standard, traditional local north of Liffey and the Liberties 3. Tendencies in urban dialects in Britain/Australia/the USA 4. East Asian New Englishes: Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong, India 5. Social networks and language use 6. Multicultural London English ELTE, DEAL, BA Thesis topics 2015 2 Illés, Éva 1. The pragmatics of business communication 2. English as a lingua franca in various fields of inquiry, including business, translation and the teaching of English 3. Linguistic landscape 4. Cultural issues in translation 5. The role of English within the EU Kontra, Edit 1. Special Needs Learners in Foreign Language Education 2. The Two-facedness of Waivers in Foreign Language Teaching 3. Deaf learners of English developing speaking skills Öveges, Enikő 1. Language policy in the EU: Trends and strategies 2. Language policy in Hungary: Trends and strategies 3. Students' needs in language learning Németh, Nóra 1. Using mobile technology in language learning. 2. ICT and motivation in language learning. 3. Gamification theory and language learning. 4. Language learning via e-learning. 5. The connectivist theory of learning languages. Frank Prescott 1. The representation of Hungary in the English-language media: A critical analysis 2. Using social media to promote learner autonomy 3. What are 21st century learning skills? 4. Visionary or madman? Sugata Mitra and the future of education 5. Autonomy in the Hungarian language classroom – a real possibility? 6. Does feedback make a difference in students’ writing development? Tankó, Gyula 1. Writing for academic purposes 2. Beneficial effects of summarisation skills development 3. Summary writing as a language test task 4. A contrastive analysis of global and guided summarisation 5. Developing summary writing skills: A comparative analysis of approaches Tiboldi, Tímea 1. Advertising in English 2. Self-regulation in the media ELTE, DEAL, BA Thesis topics 2015 3 3. Censorship in the media 4. Media manipulation Katya Dunajeva 1. The politics of language, language and politics. 2. Discourse and identity, citizenship and belonging -- how discursive practices define and redefine belonging 3. Language and state - the role of language in nation-building processes ELTE, DEAL, BA Thesis topics 2015