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- Petrov, Kristian, 1975
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Kårverksamheten i den svåra nutiden
- 2008
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Ingår i: Tidningen Kulturen. - 2000-7086. ; :5 juli
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Petrov, Kristian, 1975
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Construction, Reconstruction, Deconstruction: The Fall of the Soviet Union from the Point of View of Conceptual History
- 2008
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Ingår i: Studies in East European Thought. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0925-9392 .- 1573-0948. ; 60:3, s. 79-105
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The fall of the Soviet Union is analysed in conceptual terms, drawing on Reinhart Koselleck’s Begriffsgeschichte. The author seeks to interpret the instrumental role of the concepts perestrojka, glasnost´, reform, revolution, socialist pluralism, and acceleration in the Soviet collapse. The semantics and pragmatics are related to a wider intellectual and political context, and the conceptual perspective is used to help explain the progress of events. The author argues that the common notion of the reform policy concepts as clichés is not valid.
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- Kjellén Simes, Marika, 1966-
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Room for Improvement? : A comparative study of Swedish learners’ free written production in English in the foreign language classroom and in immersion education
- 2008
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The present study examines the effects of immersion education on the English of two groups of advanced Swedish learners at upper secondary school. In immersion education, or CLIL, subject content is taught through a second language as a means of enhancing target language competence. In this study, language proficiency was measured in terms of the ratio of low frequency vocabulary (LFV) and the ratio of motivated tense shift (MTSh) in the learners’ free written production in English. An additional aim was to see whether the results were related to the students’ motivation as reported in a questionnaire. This longitudinal study was based on three sets of narratives, written by 86 students, half of them enrolled at the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB) where English is the medium of instruction, and the other half at national programmes (NP), where English is studied as a foreign language. At the outset, the IB and NP groups had similar results on a general diagnostic test, which was the basis for the formation of three subgroups: I, II and III, with above average, average and below average scores respectively. Mean LFV and MTSh ratios as well as different kinds of motivation were compared, both overall and in the subgroups. The IB students overall, and those in subgroup III in particular, showed the best results. As to the overall results, the IB students used significantly higher mean ratios of LFV and MTSh than the NP students in the final set of compositions. There were also a number of motivational factors that were stronger in the IB students. As to the subgroups, the most interesting results were found in subgroups I and III. While the IB students in subgroup I had high mean ratios already in the first composition, and retained them over time, their use of MTSh tended to grow subtler. The NP students had lower mean results initially, and while their mean MTSh ratio increased and ended up on a level similar to that of the IB students, their mean LFV ratio remained low. In subgroup III the results of the IB and NP students diverged over time. While the IB students progressed as reflected in their mean LFV and MTSh ratios, the NP students tended to regress. The difference in mean LFV ratios was statistically significant. The IB students were also better motivated than their NP peers. In all, this study suggests that immersion education has positive target language effects, especially on less proficient but motivated students.
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- Sätre Åhlander, Ann-Mari, 1957-, et al.
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Från reserv till reserv. Genusaspekter på den regionala arbetsmarknadspolitiken.
- 2008
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- I Sverige har vid olika tidpunkter lanserats satsningar för att skapa förutsättningar för en mer jämställd arbetsmarknad. Både politik och arbetsmarknad har genomgått betydande förändringar, något som i denna rapport studeras på regional nivå utifrån ett genusperspektiv. Studien placeras i skärningspunkten mellan arbetsmarknadspolitik, jämställdhetspolitik och regionalpolitik. Arbetsmarknadspolitiken har länge varit ett av de starkaste medlen för att uppnå målen med jämställdhetspolitiken. I den här rapporten undersöks den del av arbetsmarknadspolitiken som samverkar med den regionala utvecklingspolitiken och hur den utformas i relation till de jämställdhetspolitiska målen. Rapportens huvudsyfte är att utifrån två tidsbilder diskutera möjligheter och problem som är förknippade med den politik som uppmuntrar och stimulerar kvinnor att övergå från hemarbete till lönearbete, respektive från lönearbete till företagande. Genom två nedslag i tiden i Jämtlands län illustreras en förskjutning i den politiska retoriken från lönearbete till företagande som avspeglas i olika arbetsmarknadssatsningar för att öka kvinnors förankring på arbetsmarknaden. Med en maktordning som underordnar kvinnor återkommer ett synsätt som leder till att politiska åtgärder gång på gång utformas utifrån synen på kvinnors arbetskraft som en reserv.
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- Estling Vannestål, Maria, et al.
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IKT i språkundervisningen i teori och praktik
- 2008
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Ingår i: Fönster mot språk och litteratur. - Karlstad : Karlstads universitet: Centrum för Språk- och litteraturdidaktik. - 9789170632150
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Sundqvist, Pia
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Extramural input : 9th graders' exposure to English outside the classroom
- 2008
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Ingår i: Fönster mot språk och litteratur. - Karlstad : Karlstad University Press. - 9789170632150
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The present paper is based on data from an ongoing research project aiming to investigate possible effects of Exposure to Extramural Input (EEI) on oral proficiency in English. Extramural input is defined as linguistic input that students come in contact with outside the classroom (books, TV, films, videogames, music etc.). The study includes quantitative data (a background questionnaire and language diaries) of 80 students' EEI of English. In addition to EEI of English, the language diaries also cover EEI of Swedish and other languages. The students are 9th graders from four classes at three different schools. Furthermore, the study includes speech data (~ 45 hrs) collected on five occasions during one school year. Speech was elicited using five interactional speaking tests, and students were assigned to random dyads on these occasions. For each one of the five tests, each student was assessed qualitatively by three external raters. A total of 1140 assessments were collected. The present paper primarily aims to present results of the analysis of students' EEI of English and preliminary findings regarding potential effects of 'English EEI' on students' oral proficiency in English
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- Ahnfelt, Vigdis, 1958-
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La recuperación de la identidad en la novela Sefarad de Antonio Muñoz Molina
- 2008
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The purpose of the present study is to examine the signification of identitary discourses in the novel Sefarad: Una novela de novelas by Antonio Muñoz Molina and determine to what extent these discourses represent and respond to identitary discourses in contemporary Spanish society. The analysis focuses on three principal questions: how is the narrative constructed, what is conveyed as a result, and what is the aim of the narrative. Identity is understood as a social construction, an individual and continuous process of assuming, defining, negotiating and maintaining cultural identities, elements of the surrounding world that provide the individual with a sense of meaning (Fromm 1956; Castiñeira 2005; Marsella 2008). The novel consists of different stories that manifest the social impact of the totalitarian regimes in Europe during the twentieth century, told by a diversity of voices. First, the analysis deals with the structure of the text, examined through the model of mise en abyme (Dällenbach 1989). Secondly, the significations of transition, transgression (Lotman 1978) and, analogically, stigmatization are deduced (Goffman 1972), processes that are related to the effects of the frontier as a metaphor (Pratt Ewing 1998) and to limit situations (Jaspers 1974). Thirdly, the study stresses the representation of the past, in which trauma, melancholy and mourning are significant (Benjamin 1992; Freud 1986). The conclusions confirm the claim that the novel corresponds to humanity’s treasure of suffering (Leidschatz), a cultural possession that thematizes the processes of memory and oblivion (Assmann 1999), represented through stories told by the victims of intolerance at different levels. The text is accordingly conceived as a mirror through which the narrator constructs his identity as a writer and transmits meaning to the reader by providing the opportunity to reflect upon identity issues today.
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