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Traces of the past: an interview study with Finnish war children who did not return to Finland after the Second World War

2017

ABSTRACTThis paper is an in-depth qualitative study based on interviews with 10 Finnish children who were evacuated to Sweden during Second World War and who did not return to Finland after the war. The interviewees were asked to tell about their lives. Nine of them were between 2 and 5 years and one was 7 years old at the time of evacuation. The aim was to study how their childhood experiences were reflected in adult memories, how they remembered or did not remember. This paper focuses on the consequences of not knowing about one’s early life and also on whether it is possible to observe signs of the Finnish mother. She did not appear explicitly but could be sensed in the tendency of the i…

Somu jēgeru tēls Somijas presē no 1915. līdz 1920. gadam

2020

Bakalaura darbā „Somu jēgeru tēls Somijas presē no 1915. līdz 1920. gadam” tiek apskatīta Somijas presē publicētā informācija minētaja laikā posmā, kā arī šo publikāciju ietekme uz somu jēgeru tēla veidošanos. Darba mērķis ir apkopot un analizēt medijos publicēto informāciju, lai noteiktu to ietekmi uz jēgeru tēla veidošanos Somijas presē. Šī mērķa sasniegšanai tika izmantoti vēsturiskie materiāli, lai gūtu priekšstatu, kāda ir bijusi jēgeru loma un nozīme sabiedrībā vēstures kontekstā. Tika apskatītas un analizētas arī preses publikācijas, pateicoties kurām, tika iegūta atbilde uz jautājumu – kā Somijas presē tika attēloti somu jēgeri.

Finnish education system as seen from an Indonesian perspective

2021

The aim of this paper is to discuss the Finnish education system from an Indonesian perspective, and consider what citizens, notably from middle-income countries, may learn from the Finnish system. The source material is the author’s book, which provides an Indonesian perspective on the Finnish education system, supplemented by discussions from webinars and weekly Instagram Live discussions on the topic. It is known that education is part of a country’s culture, thus the Finnish education system cannot simply be implemented as such in another place. Yet there certainly are elements that can be adopted to the local culture, in this case, in Indonesia. The different models of education in Fi…

Mehrsprachigkeit und Rolle des Deutschen im Studium aus der Sicht finnischer Studierender

2010

Die Bedeutung anderer Fremdsprachen als Englisch ist in Finnland in den letzten Jahrzenten kontinuierlich gesunken. Als besonders drastisch ist der Rückgang von Deutschlernern an finnischen Schulen einzuschätzen. Die vorliegende Studie ist Teil des Projekts Deutsch als Verkehrssprache in Finnland, das auf die Untersuchung der Rolle des Deutschen in akademischen und wirtschaftlichen Kontexten in Finnland abzielt. Um die Meinungen von Studierenden an finnischen Universitäten zu Mehrsprachigkeit und Rolle des Deutschen zu untersuchen, wurde 2008 eine Online-Umfrage unter 20400 Studierenden der Universitäten Jyväskylä und Tampere sowie der Technischen Universität Tampere durchgeführt. Der Rückl…

Changes in Language Assessment Through the Lens of New Materialism

2022

AbstractIn this chapter, we analyze English tests that are part of two computerised assessment systems, the Finnish Matriculation Examination and the Danish National Tests. Language assessment is a fruitful field to explore from the perspective of materiality, to better understand what materialities exist in modern language tests and how students interact with such systems. Within the assessment and test-taking space, material objects exist that are imbued with political values and force test-takers to perform in specific ways. We explore what new materialism has to offer for interpreting current trends in language assessment and to what extent these perspectives allow for new insights to e…

Does spoken language proficiency reflect foreign accent and ease of understanding?

2021

Finnair competitive advantage through environmental responsibility

2011

Air transportation plays a vital role in many aspects of our every day life. Due to strong growth and the increasing amount of green house gases released, the aviation industry cannot be considered as operating sustainable. To change this all stakeholders of the aviation industry have to act. A special role hereby play the airlines as they can most directly influence the amount of green houses gases released e.g. by operating modern and fuel efficient aircraft. Offering flights that are producing less emissions has its price as e.g. acquiring modern aircraft can be very costly. At the same time competition between airlines is getting continually tougher forcing also established airlines to …

The use of social media for knowledge acquisition and dissemination in B2B companies: an empirical study of Finnish technology industries

2019

Scholars and practitioners of knowledge management have paid increasing attention to the adoption of social media in business-to-business (B2B) setting for knowledge sharing; however, both the theoretical and empirical research in this domain are quite fragmented. The aim of this research is to deepen the understanding about the B2B companies’ awareness of the potentials of social media in improving their absorptive capacity and, consequently, if and how such companies deploy knowledge strategies based on social media adoption. We carried out an empirical survey of Finnish technology companies operating purely in B2B markets. Results highlight that social media adoption is still in a prelim…