Search results for "Oise"

Sensitivity of bipartite network analyses to incomplete sampling and taxonomic uncertainty

2023

Bipartite network analysis is a powerful tool to study the processes structuring interactions in ecological communities. In applying the method, it is assumed that the sampled interactions provide an accurate representation of the actual community. However, acquiring a representative sample may be difficult as not all species are equally abundant or easily identifiable. Two potential sampling issues can compromise the conclusions of bipartite network analyses: failure to capture the full range of interactions (sampling completeness) and use of a taxonomic level higher than species to evaluate the network (taxonomic resolution). We asked how commonly used descriptors of bipartite antagonisti…

Teaching classic put to the test: Do tongue twisters work for L2 pronunciation?

2023

Tongue twisters are a controversial pronunciation teaching classic. Whereas some see tongue twisters difficult and frustrating for learners, others find them fun and motivating. This study was inspired by these opposing views and the fact that previous studies have failed to offer convincing proof of whether this technique works for L2 pronunciation learning. This study approaches the question with a teaching experiment. Participants were 28 learners of L2 Swedish. Half of them trained with tongue twisters and half with authentic sentences. Training focussed on two sounds typically difficult for the learners, who were tested before and after the training period. Further, the participants we…

Fighting performance as a predictor of mating success in male black grouse

2010

As a consequence of certain conflicting evolutionary interests of males and females, the sexes have taken on different reproductive roles. In many species, where females invest more in the production of offspring, males compete for the opportunities to reproduce and females attempt to choose the highest quality males to sire their offspring. Males of different species signal their quality in a variety of ways, including physical cues such as color signals or exaggerated secondary sexual characters, behavioral signals and acquisition of a dominance status through aggression towards other males. In the lekking black grouse only a few males manage to copulate and active fighting is required fo…

Tekninen analyysi sijoituspäätöksen tukena

1999

S2-oppijan mielipidekirjoituksen sujuvuus maallikoiden ja S2-opettajien arvioimana

2014

Tutkielmamme aiheena on S2-oppijan mielipidekirjoituksen sujuvuus ja sen arviointi. Sujuvuus, kompleksisuus ja tarkkuus ovat keskeisiä ja laajasti käytettyjä käsitteitä toisen kielen arvioinnissa, mutta niiden määrittely ei ole ollut yksiselitteistä tai ongelmatonta. Toisen kielen oppimisen tutkimuksessa sujuvuus on usein liitetty puheen tuottamisen tai kirjoitusprosessin nopeuteen, mutta valmiin kirjoitetun tuotoksen sujuvuuden tutkimus on ollut vähäistä. Koska sujuvuutta kuitenkin käytetään kriteerinä myös kirjoitettujen tekstien arvioinnissa, haluamme selvittää, millaisiin kielellisiin piirteisiin sujuvuus kirjoitetun kielen arvioinnissa liitetään: onko sujuvaksi arvioitu teksti esimerki…

"Absolut ingen rädsla utan nyfikenhet" : tidigareläggning av finska – Case Nykarleby

2018

Nykarleby är en av de tvåspråkiga kommunerna som våren 2017 erhöll statens specialunderstöd för att tidigarelägga språkundervisningen i finska. Finskundervisningen i staden tidigarelades år 2016 till årskurs 1 men denna har redan konstaterats vara otillräcklig i en starkt svenskspråkig miljö. Därför har man under läsåret 2017–2018 planerat Kielistigen, ett språkprogram med målsättningen att stärka den kommunikativa finskan genom att börja med barn i femårsåldern samt integrera språket som en naturlig del av verksamheten från småbarnspedagogiken till grundskolan där språket integreras i övrig undervisning. nonPeerReviewed

Mitä kielitaidon arvioinnin pilottitesti paljastaa kotoutumisvaiheessa olevien korkeakoulutettujen suomenoppijoiden kirjoittamistaidosta?

2022

This article focuses on the writing skills of L2 learners who have moved to Finland in their adulthood, and who have completed their degree prior to arrival, or are qualified for higher education. The learners aim to finish their interrupted degree studies or complement a prior degree. It is therefore important for them to acquire writing skills sufficient for academic purposes. This paper presents some results of the qualitative analysis of learners’ writing performances in a digital pilot test of the National Certificate of Proficiency examination. The focus is on the overall performance in the test, the use of impersonal constructions, and the ability to vary formal and informal register…

Sukupuoli ja filosofia

2016

Lukijalle, 5 Ilkka Niiniluoto: Sukupuoli-kollokvion avaussanat, 6 Mitä sukupuoli on? Malin Grahn-Wilder: Intersektionaalisuus, feministinen filosofia ja ymmärtämisen kehä, 14 Joonas Pennanen: Sukupuoli olennaisesti kiisteltynä käsitteenä, 29 Jaana Virta: Ohjaako sukupuolen performointia uskomus vai kenties ausomus (alief)?, 43 Joona Taipale: Varhaisten objektisuhteiden sukupuolittuneisuudesta, 58 Tiia Sudenkaarne: Suloiset oudokit: Feministisestä bioetiikasta queer-bioetiikkaan?, 71 Tieto, tiede ja sukupuoli Ilkka Niiniluoto: Onko tiedolla sukupuolta?, 80 Kristina Rolin: Tiede, arvot ja sukupuoli, 90 Leila Haaparanta: Viisaus, arvonanto ja sukupuoli: Kuka kelpaa todistajaksi?, 102 Heidi El…

Dynamic Usage-based Principles in the Development of L2 Finnish Evaluative Constructions

2021

Abstract This study investigates the formal verbalizations of evaluation used by four beginning L2 learners of Finnish from a dynamic usage-based perspective. Longitudinal data collected weekly were used to investigate what kind of constructions learners use to express evaluation and how these interact and develop over time. The results show that when a new construction is acquired in the L2, another related construction might regress. The results also point to increased variability in the construction during a phase of rapid development and reduced variability in the phases of regression or slower progress. These findings add to our understanding of a developing L2 as a system in which cha…

From conceptualization to constructions in Finnish as an L2 : a case study

2017

AbstractThis study traces the individual learning trajectories of an adult beginner L2 Finnish learner in expressing the extralinguistic concept of evaluation from a dynamic usage-based perspective. Our results provide support for the view of learner language as a dynamic system in which patterns wax and wane and in which a change in one component has the potential to affect the whole system. In the early stages of learning there was a strong preference to use lexical verbs first, and then adjectives. The study also shows that variability plays a role. Finally, the study confirms that the learning of L2 constructions is in some cases item based. However, another highly frequent and superfic…