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The Usability of the Annotation
2016
Several corpus projects for sign languages have tried to establish conventions and standards for the annotation of signed data. When discussing corpora, it is necessary to develop a way of considering and evaluating holistically the features and problems of annotation. This paper aims to develop a conceptual framework for the evaluation of the usability of annotations. The purpose of the framework is not to give conventions for annotating but to offer tools for the evaluation of the usability of the annotation, in order to make annotations more usable and make it possible to justify and explain decisions about annotation conventions. Based on our experience of annotation in the corpus proje…
Corrigendum: ExGUtils: A Python Package for Statistical Analysis With the ex-Gaussian Probability Density
2018
Learning to read for the first time as adult immigrants in Finland : Reviewing pertinent research of low-literate or non-literate learners’ literacy …
2018
Against the backdrop of increasing global humanitarian migration to highly literate countries and the resulting necessity and challenge to provide language and literacy education to non-literate or low-literate adult second language (L2) learners, this article calls for more research on a new population of late literacy learners, particularly in Finland. The article begins by outlining the pressing necessity for research on this special group of L2 learners who has traditionally been ignored by Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research. It will then go on to illuminate essential components of developing reading literacy, drawing on relevant previous research on pre-literates. Further, the …
Käsityksiä kansainvälisesti rekrytoitujen hoitajien ammatillisesta kielitaidosta ja sen kehittymisestä. Mediakeskusteluiden ja asiantuntijan haastatt…
2013
Terveydenhoitoalan henkilöstön kansainvälinen rekrytointi ja kielitaito ovat herättäneet paljon julkista keskustelua. Tässä artikkelissa tarkastellaan kansainvälistä työvoimaa – etenkin filippiiniläisiä hoitajia – ympäröiviä käsityksiä. Teoreettinen lähestymistapa pohjautuu dialogisuuteen ja sosiokulttuurisuuteen, joissa kieli ja käsitykset nähdään jaettuina, varioivina ja dynaamisina ilmiöinä. Aineisto koostuu sanomalehtiartikkeleista, verkkokeskusteluista ja suomi toisena kielenä -opettajan haastattelusta, joiden analyysissa etenkin äänen ja toimijuuden käsitteet ovat keskiössä. Tulokset osoittavat, että julkisessa keskustelussa kaiutetaan sellaisia autoritaarisia ääniä, joissa hoitajat o…
Evaluation and Self-Evaluation in Simultaneous Translation: Assessments Methods
2012
Abstract The nature of evaluation and self-evaluation in simultaneous interpretation is based on the close connection between the main text (the version proposed by the speaker) and the interpreter's version. Between these two elements a number of variables emerge, that can damage the efficiency and the accuracy of simultaneous interpretation. The intention of our study is to propose a set of scientific methods and tools in order to offer to the interpreter the possibility of a self-assessment and the benefit of an appropriate evaluation of his work. In order to achieve these goals we used several methods, including experiments, case studies, questionnaires, evaluation scales. Research subj…
Constructing co-presence through shared VR gameplay
2021
This study analyzes how participants playing VR games construct co-presence and shared gameplay. The analysis focuses on instances of play where one person is wearing the VR equipment, and other participants are located nearby without the ability to directly interact with the game. We first show how the active player using the VR equipment draws on talk and embodied activity to signal their presence in the shared physical environment, while simultaneously conducting actions in the virtual space, and thus creates spaces for the other participants to take part in gameplay. Second, we describe how other participants draw on the contextual configurations of the moment in displaying co-presen…
Difficiles nugae: costrutti impersonali riflessivi e non riflessivi
2009
“Congratulations, you’re on TV!”: Middle-space performances of live tweeters during the FIFA World Cup
2018
Social television has transformed the traditional role of the television viewers by providing ‘ordinary people’ access to the public stage. This article describes how public access to television affected the dialogues of Finnish tweeters on Twitter during the massive media event of the FIFA World Cup. Through the lens of digital conversation analysis, the study shows how the media publicity of tweets changed the direction of the interaction between tweeters and transformed their roles vis-à-vis the television show, making one of them into a ‘media flasher’ and the others viewers of his or her performance. The publicity was constructed as important through noticings, congratulations, and com…
Uzdevumos balstīta prezentācijas prasmju pilnveide augstskolā
2017
Mūsdienās prezentēšanas prasmes ir kļuvušas par aktuālu tematu. Prasme prezentēt auditorijas priekšā augstskolās ietekmē ne tikai personīgo izaugsmi, bet arī karjeru nākotnē. Lai sniegtu pārliecinošu prezentāciju, prezentētājam būtu jāzin pārliecināšanas paņēmieni. Maģistra darba mērķis bija izpētīt prezentācijas prasmju pilnveidi augstkolās, koncentrējoties uz uzdevumiem, kas aptver konkrētus pārliecināšanas paņēmienus. Pētījuma rezultāti parāda, ka studenti apzinās konkrētu pārliecināšanas paņēmienu nozīmi, bet ir piesardzīgi to lietojumā sniedzot prezentāciju, kas var tikt pamatots ar zemu angļu valodas prasmi.
Smart and valued? ICT urban (transport) solutions in the city official communication
2022
To optimize the everyday functioning of a city, urban authorities can implement smart city tools and solutions. Mobility is a typical field associated with the concept of a smart city. It is interesting to take a closer look at the solutions applied through the information accessible on the official websites, while exploring, at the same time, the possibilities offered by new research tools. The main objective of this work is to establish the significance of the information and communication technologies (ICT) in the process of creating smart mobility in a smart city, based on the texts posted on official websites. Using the natural language processing (NLP) methods and tools offered by the…