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- Fredholm, Kent
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Google Translate search strategies used by learners of Spanish L3 : A complex lexico-morpho-syntacticweave of trial and error
- 2021
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In: Estudios de Lingüística Aplicada. - : Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. - 0185-2647. ; 30:72, s. 9-48
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article presents a study on Google Translate search strategies among 16 Swedish senior high school students (age 17–18) engaging in writing tasks during their sixth year studying Spanish L3. The students wrote on laptops with Internet access and were allowed to use Google Translate to search for Spanish words. Analyses of approximately 43 hours of screen recordings covering the writing of 57 essays reveal a complex weave of Google Translate search strategies performed in Swedish, English, and Spanish. The strategies combine lexical and morphosyntactic searches, ranging from single words to longer sequences of words. The searches were frequently characterised by trial-and-error-based approaches that comprised numerous control translations of already known words. The observations also reveal search behaviors interpreted as lack of trust among the students in the search results and in their own language skills.
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- Fredholm, Kent
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När språket flyttar ut på nätet : Exempel på gräsrotsinsatser för att revitalisera ladino
- 2023
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Ladino eller sefardisk spanska är ett judiskt minoritetsspråk baserat på senmedeltida spanska uppblandad med andra romanska språk, turkiska, grekiska och hebreiska. Antalet modersmålstalare beräknas ligga mellan tio och femtio tusen. De flesta är över 60 och språket har i mycket liten utsträckning överförts till yngre generationer. Talarna lever utspridda i östra Medelhavsområdet, Nord- och Sydamerika och andra delar av världen, vilket försvårar kontakten mellan dem som ännu kan språket. Dess möjligheter att överleva beskrivs av alla dessa anledningar som små. Under covid-pandemin inleddes dock en stor mängd insatser online för att revitalisera språket och för att ge dess talare nya möjligheter att mötas. I föredraget ges exempel på sådana insatser. Med utgångspunkt i en nyligen avslutad intervjustudie med lärare i ladino diskuteras också behov för fortsatt språkrevitalisering.
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- Matscheck, David, et al.
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Beyond formalized plans : User involvement in support in daily living - users' and support workers' experiences
- 2020
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In: International Journal of Social Psychiatry. - : SAGE Publications. - 0020-7640 .- 1741-2854. ; 66:2, s. 156-162
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Background:User involvement, based on respect and carried out through dialogue, has been shown to lead to increased self-respect, self-confidence and positive identity. In Sweden, the Social Service Act requires that interventions be designed and implemented together with the individual concerned. The basic criterion for social support is prolonged severe mental illness (usually at least 6 months), with no criteria for specific diagnosis or institutional history. The most common form of social support is ‘support in daily living’, a community care intervention for people aged 18 years or older who have their own homes and living arrangements.Aim:This article aims to deepen our understanding of user involvement at the individual level in the provision of an ongoing social work intervention. What elements of user involvement can be found in users’ and support workers’ descriptions of helpful support in daily living?Method:Qualitative interviews were conducted with 18 users, who had experienced support in daily living as helpful, and 16 interviews with the users’ support workers.Results:Three major, interconnected themes emerged: Constant dialogue; Framing the flexibility, in relation to formalized intervention plans and regulations; The importance of ‘small things’, decisions concerning daily life.Conclusion:Both users and support workers described user involvement at the individual, micro-level to be an integral part of helpful support in daily living. It was possible to create a space for dialogue and co-creation in which users were involved in formulating and deciding the contents of their support at an informal level, to influence their own everyday lives. While a formal framework of rules, restrictions and plans surrounds meetings between users and professionals, a facilitating factor may be the absence of too detailed plans and regulations, leaving trust to users and professionals and their capacity to manage most of the choices they have to make.
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