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- Beers Fägersten, Kristy, 1968-
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A Case Study of a Distance Degree Program in Vietnam : Examples from a Learner-Centered Approach to Distance Education
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Ingår i: Cases on Professional Distance Education Degree Programs and Practices. - Hershey, PA : IGI Global. - 9781466644861 - 9781466644885 ; , s. 233-257
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The English Department at Högskolan Dalarna, Sweden, participates in a distance-learning program with the Faculty of Education at Vietnam National University. Students who enroll in this program are teachers of English at secondary or tertiary institutions, and will study half time for two years to complete a Master’s degree in English Linguistics. The distance program, adapted specifically to accommodate the Vietnamese students in terms of cultural differences as well as inexperience with distance methodology, is characterized by three design features: testing, technical training, and fostering a community of learners. The design of the courses also reflects a learner-centered approach that addresses common problem areas in distance education by promoting interactivity. Central to the overall program is the maintenance of different channels of communication, reflecting an effort to support the students academically and socially, both as individuals and members of a learning community. In this way, the effects of physical and cultural distances are minimized.
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- Beers Fägersten, Kristy
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A case study of a distance degree program in Vietnam: Examples from a learner-centered approach to distance education.
- 2010
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Ingår i: Cases on Professional Distance Education Degree Programs and Practices: Successes, Challenges and Issues. - Hershey, PA : Information Science Publishing. - 9781615206889
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The English Department at Högskolan Dalarna, Sweden, participates in a distance learning program with the Faculty of Education at Vietnam National University. Students who enroll in this program are teachers of English at secondary or tertiary institutions, and will study half-time for two years to complete a Master’s degree in English Linguistics. The distance program, adapted specifically to accommodate the Vietnamese students in terms of cultural differences as well as inexperience with distance methodology, is characterized by three design features: testing, technical training, and fostering a community of learners. The design of the courses also reflects a learner-centered approach that addresses common problem areas in distance education by promoting interactivity. Central to the overall program is the maintenance of different channels of communication, reflecting an effort to support the students academically and socially, both as individuals and members of a learning community. In this way, the effects of physical and cultural distances are minimized.
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- Beers Fägersten, Kristy, 1968-
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Comic strips
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Ingår i: Encyclopedia of Humor Studies. - Thousand Oaks, California : Sage Publications. - 9781412999090 ; , s. 155-156
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- Beers Fägersten, Kristy, 1968-
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Fucking Svenska!
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Ingår i: Språktidningen. - 1654-5028. ; :4, s. 54-56
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Beers Fägersten, Kristy, et al.
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Multimodal Communication and Meta-Modal Discourse
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Ingår i: Handbook of Research on Discourse Behavior and Digital Communication. - Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference. - 9781615207732 ; , s. 145-163
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter presents an analysis of recordings of workplace interactions conducted with videoconferencing software. Video-conferencing offers users the widest variety of channels, or modes, of interaction, combining video with voice chat, text chat, whiteboard capabilities and collaborative document manipulation. The video-conferencing environment is therefore conducive to multimodal communication, defined in this chapter as the collaborative use of any one of these modes or combination of modes within one communicative event. The standard form of multimodal communication is a combination of video, voice chat and whiteboard application. The use of other modes is shown to reflect distinct communicative functions. Communicating via multiple modes can be technologically demanding and consequently affect usability, potentially necessitating the use of meta-modal language among video-conference participants. Overtly attending to the modes of communication during online interaction is therefore shown to be part and parcel of video-conferencing, serving to initiate repairwork and facilitate the progression of communication.
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- Beers Fägersten, Kristy, 1968-
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Teacher discourse and code choice in a Swedish EFL classroom
- 2012
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Ingår i: Teachers' Roles in Second Language Learning. - Hershey, PA : IGI Global. - 9781617358470 ; , s. 81-98
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this chapter, examples from classroom interaction are presented to illustrate how languagefunctions in and is influenced by the sociocultural setting of the EFL classroom. The chapterfeatures two distinct focal points: First, the predominant use of English by the teacher and theminimal use of English by the students are proposed as instrumental activities where English canbe considered a mediating semiotic tool. I suggest that English-language interaction in the EFLclassroom represents Vygotsky‘s concept of a social semiotic tool that is specifically related to aninstitutional context (Wertsch 1998). Conversely, the second focus of the chapter is on theinverse use of Swedish, which mainly features as the students‘ language of social speech and theteacher‘s language of regulatory, disciplinary discourse. The teacher‘s code choice and theestablished practice of code-switching thus serve to redirect the students‘ focus, either toengaging in the learning of English, or to behaving according to the institutional context.
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- Beers Fägersten, Kristy, 1968-
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The use of English swear words in Swedish media
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Ingår i: Swearing in the Nordic Countries. - Copenhagen : Dansk Sprognævn. - 9788789410517 ; , s. 63-82
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper I present, analyze and consider the implications of the use of English swear words in Swedish media. First, I investigate the relationship between language and the media, focusing on the role of standard language forms in media discourse. I continue by exploring, within an Anglophone context, the use of swear words in the media. Next I present a brief survey of the use of English in Swedish. Finally, I present examples of the use of English-language swear words in Swedish media, showing how English-language swear words are appropriated by speakers of Swedish and suggesting that the use of English swear words in the media ratifies this appropriation, in turn establishing this practice as standard. I discuss the implications of this development in terms of the use of English swear words within a non-native speaker speech community, how usage may be in conflict with English native-speaker norms, and how the use of English swear words might come to characterize modern Swedish as well as a Swedish variety of English.
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