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Production of written French skills by first generation immigrants in working age
2013
This paper aims to identify factors explaining the level of proficiency in written French by immigrants in working age, knowing that few research has been conducted in France on this issue. The originality of this paper is the stochastic production frontier model to explain the scores in written French and the productive performance of immigrants (considered as producers of their own skills). The main results show that mother tongue, age at immigration, social life and mother's diploma are elements which influence the effectiveness of this production. They play a crucial role in the ability of immigrants to use effectively their duration of stay in France and their length of education, cons…
Forms of Social Support and Foreign Language Attainment: The Mediating Effect of Gender
2013
This chapter analyzes the relationship between adolescents’ social support network and L2 achievement, as mediated by gender. The main sources of social support for teenagers are their families, peers and teachers, with whom they interact most frequently. These three groups play a buffering role between stress and psychological well-being by helping teenagers cope with adverse challenges (Demaray et al. 2009). Empirical studies on social support demonstrate that gender is an important factor, with female adolescents perceiving higher levels of support from the three groups (Bokhorst et al. 2010). Also, in the situation of stress caused by the necessity to learn a foreign language as a compu…
Report relativo all'indagine qualitativa effettuata nel territorio del Calatino Sud-Simeto
2019
Il capitolo è il prodotto di una ricerca quali-quantitativa che ha messo in luce, per quanto riguarda l’area del Calatino Sud-Simeto, un’economia disaggregata e riorganizzata solo in base a dipendenze esterne (economia marginale), del tutto simile a quella descritta da Bagnasco in Le tre Italie (1977). Allo scopo di favorire forme di cooperazione e reti inter-istituzionali di natura locale, la ricerca evidenzia le strategie di potenziamento delle capabilities (Sen 2000) della cittadinanza straniera residente nel Calatino Sud-Simeto attraverso lo sguardo degli stakeholder istituzionali e informali del territorio di riferimento. A fronte di condizioni cristallizzate (Boudon 1998; Elster 1989)…
The futures of offshoring FDI in high-tech sectors
2010
This paper examines what is still a relatively new phenomenon in the literature, the outsourcing/offshoring of high-technology manufacturing and services. This has become a concern for both policy makers and academics for two reasons. Firstly, policy makers have become concerned that the offshoring of high-technology sectors in the West will follow the more labour intensive sectors, and move to lower cost locations. Secondly, international business theory has tended to view low costs, and high levels of indigenous technological development as being the two main drivers of location advantage in the attraction of FDI. We show that this may not be the case for offshored high-technology manufac…
Motives, Roles, Effectiveness and the Future of the EU as an International Mediator
2018
AbstractThis article concludes this special issue on the European Union as international mediator that set out to advance our theoretical and empirical knowledge aboutEUmediation. Providing a comprehensive reflection ofEUmediation activities and the diverse settings where they take place, this concluding article identifies some connection points between the articles and discusses their findings on the motives/drivers, roles/strategies, effectiveness and institutional capacities ofEUmediation. It discusses the implications of these findings for policymaking, focusing on the conditions forEUmediation effectiveness, the advantages of the multi-layered nature ofEUmediation and the need for flex…
Intercultural Communication in Teaching Chinese to European Students
2015
Abstract The major goal of the present study is to highlight to tight connection and interdependency between language and culture from both theoretical and applied perspectives, with special focus on the reciprocal influence and impact on teaching Chinese language and literature to foreign students, particularly in the European context. Famous scholars have wisely noted the sine-quanon relation of society, culture, history, geography and language evinced in the process of communication, at large, and most notably in translation, literary studies and language learning, which are complex processes requiring a thorough and conscious immersion in the context of the language. The paper also incl…
Rīgas iedzīvotāju attieksme pret ārzemnieku apmešanos uz pastāvīgu dzīvi Latvijā
2018
Bakalaura darba nosaukums ir “Rīgas iedzīvotāju attieksme pret ārzemnieku apmešanos uz pastāvīgu dzīvi Latvijā”. Darba mērķis bija noskaidrot kāda ir Rīgas iedzīvotāju attieksme pret ārzemnieku apmešanos uz pastāvīgu dzīvi Latvijā. Pētījuma uzdevumi bija noskaidrot, 1) kas ietekmē attieksmes veidošanos pret ārzemnieku integrēšanos Latvijā, 2) kāda ir Rīgas iedzīvotāju attieksme pret ārzemniekiem Latvijā, 3) kas veicina Rīgas iedzīvotāju toleranci pret Latvijā dzīvojošajiem ārzemniekiem. Darbā tika analizēta G. Olporta starpgrupu kontakta teorija un starpgrupu konfliktu teorija, kas noderēja aptaujas anketas izstrādē un iegūto rezultātu interpretēšanai. Pētījumā tika pielietota kvantitatīvā …
Atšķirīga sabiedrības attieksme Latvijā: ārvalstu studentu pieredze ikdienas un studiju dzīvē
2017
Bakalaura darba “Atšķirīga sabiedrības attieksme Latvijā: ārvalstu studentu pieredze ikdienas un studiju dzīvē” mērķis ir noskaidrot, kādu sabiedrības attieksmi ikdienas un studiju dzīvē izjūt ārvalstu studenti Latvijā. Darba teorētiskā daļā izmantota teorija par attieksmes veidošanos un indivīda sociālās realitātes konstruēšanu sociālā konstruktīvisma perspektīvā. Pētījumā izmantotas tādas kvalitatīvās datu ieguves metodes kā ekspertintervijas un daļēji strukturētas intervijas. Ekspertintervijas veiktas ar izglītības nozares speciālistiem ārvalstu studentu jautājumos ar mērķi izpētīt situācijas raksturojumu Latvijas augstskolās. Lai izpētītu ārvalstu studentu pieredzi Latvijā attiecībā pre…
Foreign Direct Investment, Terms of Trade, and Quality Upgrading: What Is So Special about South Asia?
2016
The existing literature has highlighted the positive effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on export upgrading and associated terms of trade in developing economies. However, the FDI effect has been found to be negative in South Asia. In this paper, we elaborate on the South Asia-specific effect by emphasizing the role of human capital in the positive link between FDI and terms of trade. We argue that education levels in South Asia have lagged behind those in East Asia and other developing regions. This has resulted in a world market integration strategy in South Asia that specializes in less skills-intensive products and generates associated FDI flows. We demonstrate these patterns fo…