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“Hopefully nähdään” : North American Finnish language learners building community through virtual conversation hours
2020
In the Finnish Studies Programs at two North-American universities, Finnish language students have collaborated online and participated in informal virtual conversational coffee hour meetings. These meetings are offered to complement students’ collaboration conducted during regular language classes. This article investigates what students talk about when they meet each other virtually and how they build a shared sense of community during these meetings. nonPeerReviewed
Applying Axial Symmetries to Historical Silk Fabrics: SILKNOW’s Virtual Loom
2020
Symmetry is part of textile art in patterns and motifs that decorate fabrics, which are made by the interlacement of warp and wefts. Moreover, the 3D representation of fabrics have already been studied by some authors
Toimijuus korkeakoulutettujen suomen oppijoiden visuaalisissa narratiiveissa
2018
This socioculturally informed study explores how highly educated Finnish language learners represent their agency in visual narratives. Learners (n=59) were asked to draw two pictures of themselves as Finnish language users and provide verbal interpretations of the drawings. The aim of using visual narratives is to reach aspects such as feelings and beliefs which might be difficult to express verbally. The data were analyzed first by using visual grammar set out by Kress and van Leeuwen (2006) and secondly by content analysis. The findings suggest that learners saw Finnish language as a tool for oral communication. However, difficulties with speaking and listening appeared to restrict learn…
Hungarian private linguistic landscape in South-West Slovakia
2014
In the field of Linguistic Landscape research little attention has been paid to the situations where a minoritized group gives the regional majority, such as South-‐West Slovakia where Hungarians form the majority. A clear majority of public signs, also in the region with a Hungarian majority, are only in Slovak, especially in the ‘official’, public sphere. In rural communities, signs posted by private citizens can be relatively frequent, too. In the truly non-‐ commercial private sphere, minorities have autonomy in public language choice. I present the local practices and interpretations of the private linguistic landscape in two ‘Hungarian’ villages in South-‐West Slovakia in the light…
Finnish Matriculation Examination computer-based : the impact of pictures and video in assessing listening comprehension
2016
Poster at 33rd Summer School and Conference of Applied Language Studies. CoDesigns: Envisioning Multi-sited Language Education Policies. Jyväskylä, Finland, June 20-22, 2016. This research is about using visual support like videos and pictures in testing foreign language listening comprehension. The study limits to the foreign language testing in the Finnish Matriculation Examination, which is a final examination of the upper secondary school. There is a need for this research because the way people live and communicate has totally changed in this decade. The Finnish Matriculation Examination is becoming computer-based which opens new possibilities and challenges for language testing. Also …
Dzimuma loma valodas lietojumā lietišķajās prezentācijās
2018
Šajā bakalaura darbā tiek pētīta dzimumu loma valodu lietojumā lietišķajās prezentācijās, jo mūsdienu sabiedrībā cilvēkiem tagad ir jārunā publiski vairāk nekā jebkad agrāk. Bakalaura darba mērķis ir izpētīt, kā valodas lietojumu lietišķajās prezentācijās ietekmē runātāja dzimums. Autore ir pētījusi vairākus teorētiskos avotus par komunikāciju, lietišķajām prezentācijām un dzimuma atšķirībām runā. Autore ir izpētījusi piecas vīriešu un piecas sieviešu ar uzņēmējdarbību saistītas prezentācijas. Lai analizētu atšķirības starp vīriešu un sieviešu valodas lietojumu izvēlētajās lietišķajās prezentācijās, tiek izmantota kvalitatīva gadījumu izpētes pieeja. Tiek secināts, ka valodas lietojumu liet…
Kielitietoiset käytänteet tukemassa maahanmuuttotaustaisten opiskelijoiden kiinnittymistä ammatilliseen koulutukseen
2021
Tässä artikkelissa tarkastellaan pedagogisia käytänteitä, jotka tukevat kiinnittymistä sekä kielen ja sisältöjen rinnakkaista oppimista ammatillisessa koulutuksessa. Tiimietnografinen haastattelu- ja havainnointiaineisto kerättiin ammatillisessa oppilaitoksessa kahtena lukuvuonna. Osallistujat ovat myöhään suomalaiselle koulupolulle tulleita maahanmuuttotaustaisia nuoria aikuisia. Näiden seitsemän opiskelijan lisäksi haastateltiin neljäätoista opetus- ja ohjaushenkilökunnan jäsentä. Aineisto analysoitiin teoriaohjaavalla sisällönanalyysilla, jossa hyödynnettiin ekologista, osallistumista painottavaa lähestymistapaa kielen ja sisältöjen oppimiseen. Tulokset osoittavat, että kielellinen tuki …
Relations between representational consistency, conceptual understanding of the force concept, and scientific reasoning
2012
Previous physics education research has raised the question of “hidden variables” behind students’ success in learning certain concepts. In the context of the force concept, it has been suggested that students’ reasoning ability is one such variable. Strong positive correlations between students’ preinstruction scores for reasoning ability (measured by Lawson’s Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning) and their learning of forces [measured by the Force Concept Inventory (FCI)] have been reported in high school and university introductory courses. However, there is no published research concerning the relation between students’ ability to interpret multiple representations consistently (i.e.,…
Decoupled control scheme of grid-connected split-source inverters
2017
Grid-connected power conversion systems for renewable energy sources must fulfill several requirements, e.g., the high efficiency, the reduced cost and complexity, and, quite often, the boost capabilities that is usually achieved using a front-end dc–dc boost converter before the inversion stage, leading to a two-stage architecture. Meanwhile, single-stage power conversion systems, which perform the boosting operation within the inversion one, offer some potential advantages, in terms of reducing the complexity and the volume of the whole system. Among several proposed options, the split-source inverter (SSI) has been recently proposed by Abdelhakim et al. as an alternative option with some…
Voluntary Private Investments Role in Pension System in Latvia
2021
Pension systems have become one of the main priorities for the national governments. Developed countries population is getting older by putting the pressure on the state budgets and work age people tax load. The current pension system in Latvia performs according to regulation of state compulsory unfunded pension scheme since 1996 and regulation of the state funded or accumulated pension scheme since 2001. The third pension system pillar is private voluntary pension schemes realized in form of people contributions into pension funds and life insurance policies. Aim of the research – deeper analyses of voluntary private investments as the pension system part and its development challenges in…