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1	Der Sprachbedarf schwedischer Exportunternehmen / The language requirement of Swedish export companies Lösche, Martha January 2018 (has links) Abstract Language skills are becoming increasingly important for international trade and the aimof this study is to investigate the language needs of Swedish exporting companies.The study was conducted, taking into account the fact, that there is a decreasing interestin learning foreign languages. As Sweden and Denmark are both small neighbourcountrise, comparions were also made with Denmark. Eight questionnaires and four interviews were conducted in different exportingcompanies in the southern part of Sweden. The results of the questionnaires and interviews indicate that the participatingcompanies encounter problems due to a lack of language skills, which leads to lostbusiness. The comparison between Swedish and Danish companies shows that Denmarkachieves better results as Danish companies have a language strategy. The present study also shows that Swedish companies need several and improvedlanguage skills to survive and to compete on the international market German language export- and import trade language competences Languages and Literature Språk och litteratur
2	Teaching Yoga in an EMI Setting: Bridging Communication Gaps between Teaching and Learning Borodina, Karina January 2024 (has links) This study aims at investigating the communication and language competences of teachers in an English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) context and examining how these competences influence teacher-student communication and subsequently impact students’ learning experiences. To reach this aim, the research questions focused on what teachers and students find necessary about EMI yoga teacher competences, how these affect students’ learning experiences, how the teachers adapt their teachings and what challenges they face. The study was qualitative and conducted with online interviews. As a result, teachers and students identified several competences to do with building rapport, creating an inclusive environment, language proficiency and language instruction pedagogy. Students state that teachers’ authenticity, adaptability, and ability to being open to non-judgemental communication alongside with other competences significantly affect their learning experience. There are four strategies which help teachers to adapt to the group, namely code switching, demonstration, asking students for help and slowing down the pace. Teachers encountered challenges such as translation issues, fears and lack of confidence, lack of general English proficiency and specialized vocabulary in the beginning of their careers, but over time these challenges were overcome. The study can be of help in yoga teacher training courses to help students master the communication and language competences quicker, or these can be used to create a self-study student book which can help teachers to improve their communication and language skills inteaching yoga using EMI. EMI communication and language competences language instruction pedagogy teacher-student rapport inclusive environment learning experiences in EMI setting yoga instruction Humanities and the Arts Humaniora och konst
3	Vícejazyčná komunikace a kvalita tlumočnických a jazykových služeb ve zdravotnických zařízeních v Praze (empirická studie) / Multilingual communication and quality of interpreter-mediated interaction in healthcare setttings in public and private hospitals in Prague Kostelníková, Dita January 2015 (has links) The thesis focuses on multilingual communication in healthcare centres in Prague. One of its main objectives is to compare and contrast the situation in the public- and the private sector. The theoretical part of the thesis presents interpreting in healthcare settings as one of the most important and most frequent types of community interpreting. The authors focus mainly on the current state of research in diverse world regions, and subsequently analyse the specific aspects of interpreting situations in the setting in question. An integral constituent of the theoretical part of the thesis is a global overview of the current situation in terms of quantity of foreign patients in Prague hospitals, including selected relevant demographic data. In conclusion of the theoretical part, the authors briefly elaborate on the phenomenon of medical tourism. The empirical part of the thesis is based on a questionnaire survey carried out among hospital employees in Prague, the aim of which was to analyse the current situation in terms of communication with foreign country nationals and to compare and contrast the public- and the private sector in this respect. The main focus of the research is to find out how the respondents perceive the situation and whether they are satisfied with it and to what extent this is...
4	Rozvoj jazykových kompetencí u dětí s odlišným mateřským jazykem v předškolním věku / Development of language competencies of children with different mother language in preschool Starková, Michaela January 2020 (has links) The diploma thesis deals with the development of language competencies by children with different mother language in preschool age in a regular kindergarten. The theoretical part of the work is focused on defining the basic terminology and mapping the issues of a child with a different mother language in kindergarten based on the analysis of professional literature. The subject of the empirical part of the work is the diagnosis of individual language levels and individual preparation for entering primary school for a specific child with a different mother language. The empirical part is processed in the form of case studies. The survey was conducted in a selected kindergarten, where the level of language competences of seven children-foreigners of preschool age was evaluated and the results of tests after six months were subsequently compared. The aim of the diploma thesis was to analyze the level of language competencies in children with different mother language, identify their communication difficulties in individual language levels, find suitable methods and procedures for working with these children and evaluate the benefits of regular individual intervention. The results of the research show that all monitored children with a different mother tongue have communication difficulties at all...
5	El inglés y el español - ¿asignaturas en igualdad de condiciones? : Diferencias en cuanto a la actitud, la percepción de habilidad y el input en el tiempo libre de los alumnos. / English and Spanish - Subjects on equal terms? : Differences in students´ perceived abilities, attitudes and input outside the classroom Billqvist, Anna January 2015 (has links) The objective of this study is to examine various aspects of the difference between the acquisition of English and Spanish by Swedish learners in compulsory education and its causes. The two subjects have the same syllabus, with the difference that English studies start 3 years earlier, but studies of the competences of the Swedish students in these two languages (see f.ex. First European Survey of Language Competences, 2012)suggest that the gap between the languages is bigger than what could be expected and that there is an existing difference in attitude towards the two languages. The conclusion is that the predominance of English in the immediate environment of the surveyed students is considerable. The study has shown large differences between the input in English and Spanish. Students receive input in Spanish, communicate in Spanish and acquire knowledge of Spanish / Latin American cultures almost exclusively at school. On the other hand, they acquire knowledge, receive input and interact in English both in school and in their spare time. We also found considerable differences in attitudes towards the two languages and the perceived ability of the students. The Spanish is perceived as more difficult, less necessary, less fun and less useful in their future lives. New technologies create new platforms for communication that allow students to participate in interaction in the target language. This study shows that these situations occur mostly in English but also in Spanish, which in our opinion could be more used in teaching. input motivation language acquisition authentic interaction attitude towards Spanish online games Swedish learners of Spanish modern languages language competences perceived ability learning by doing input motivación adquisición de lenguas interacción auténtica actitud hacia el español juegos online aprendientes suecos lenguas modernas competencias lingüísticas percepción de habilidad aprender mediante la tarea.

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