Our theoretical-empirical thesis is dedicated to differences in the evaluation of the quality of interpreting. In the theoretical part of our thesis we describe representative studies in aforementioned field and their conclusions. We use them as a basis for the hypothesis of our own research in which we suppose that the formal aspect of an intepreter's delivery will influence the overall evaluation of the quality of his rendering and will be perceived by the respondents as a more important criterion than the logical cohesion of the speech. In the empirical part of our thesis we describe the design and development of our experiment. In this experiment different groups of respondents evaluated nine videos of an interpreter's rendering conducted under specific parameters defined beforehand. Subsequently we evaluate conclusions of our basic and test research. We conclude our work with a partial confirmation of our initial hypothesis.

This thesis addresses the issue of the interplay of product form changes and experience in simultaneous interpreting from English into Czech comparing students and graduates in Interpreting. The purpose of this study is to conduct a systematic overview of language form errors in simultaneous interpretation performed by interpreters on different stages of acquiring interpreting skills. The study is divided into two sections - theoretical and empirical. The theoretical section introduces the current state of knowledge and the findings of previous studies concerning product form changes on a language level in simultaneous interpreting. The present study is based on the assumption that growing experience and regular interpreting excercise improve interpreter's output form achieving thus a smooth and fluent interpreting perfomance without any language disfluencies unpleasant to the listener. The study also addresses listener's perception of the language form of interpreter's output with all of its potential infelicities. The empirical section consists of an experiment which is divided into two parts. The first part aims at classifying and quantifying product form changes in simultaneous interpreting performed by three groups of interpreters - beginning students, advanced students and graduates in...

Huvudsyftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka varför människor i ålderskategorin 35-49 år inte lyssnar på radiokanalen P4 Västmaland, en av Sveriges Radios 26 st P4 kanaler. Den andra punkten som analyserats är, varför P4 Västmanlands publik lyssnar på kanalen. Med hjälp av fokusgruppsintervjuer via sociala media Facebook undersöks 15 personer uppdelade i två fokusgrupper: P4s lyssnare och icke lyssnare. Det gemensamma för båda grupperna är radiolyssnande som intresse och ålderskategorin. Tillsammans har grupperna genererat ca 234 facebook-inlägg, som utgör grundmaterialet till denna studie. En kompletterande enkät finns med som stöd inför analysdelen samt en intervju med P4 Västmanlands programledare, Annika Nordin. Denna studie använder sig främst av medieteoretikern, Barbara Thomass (2003) teoretiska perspektiv om public sphere (Habermas, 1989) och knowledge society sammankopplat till Public Service. Studiens resultat visar att majoriteten i målgruppen icke-lyssnare uppfattar kanalen som omodern. Denna uppfattning delas även av P4s egna lyssnare. Studien visar att Icke-lyssnarna inte tycker att lokala nyheter är viktiga.  När det gäller hur man tar reda på nationella och internationella nyheter är det framförallt webben, inte radio, som är det prioriterade alternativet för den sistnämnda gruppen. Studien visar även att för båda grupperna är datavana avgörande för hur man interagerar med medier och konsumerar nyheter. Slutsatsen av studien är att om P4 Västmanland upplevs som omodern, så kan detta vara ett hinder för radiokanalen att rekrytera nya lyssnare. Kanalen måste hitta en balans för att främja både sin egen publik, som efterfrågar variation i lokala nyheter, och samtidigt nå flera lyssnare i åldersgruppen mellan 35 och 49 år. Båda grupperna signalerar att möjligheten till interaktion via nya medier bör tas tillvara i dessa nya tider. / The main purpose of this thesis is to examine why people aged between 35-49 years are not listening to the Public Service radio channel P4 Västmanland, one of Swedish Radio´s 26 local channels. The second point has been analyzed is why P4 Västmanland audience listens to the channel. With the help of focus group interviews via social media site Facebook we examined 15 individuals divided into two focus groups: P4 listeners and non-listeners. Listening to the radio for pleasure is common to both groups, who are in the same age category. Together the groups are generated from about 234 Facebook posts, which are the basic material for this study. A supplemental questionnaire is included as a pre-analysis portion as well as an interview with P4 Västmanland journalist, Annika Nordin. This study mostly uses Barbara Thomass' (2003) theoretical perspectives on the public sphere (Habermas, 1989) and knowledge society linked to the Public Service. Our results demonstrate that the majority of the target non-listeners perceive the channel as outdated; this view is also shared with the P4's listeners. The study shows that non-listeners do not think local news is important. When it comes to how to get in contact with national and international news, it is primarily the Web, not the radio, which is the priority choice for the latter group. The study also shows that for both groups, computer access is crucial to how people interact with media and consume news. The conclusion of this study is that if the P4 Västmanland channel is perceived as outdated, so this may be an obstacle to the radio channel to recruit new listeners. The channel must find a balance in order to promote it´s own audience, which require the variation in local news, while reaching more listeners in the  35 and 49 age group. Both groups indicate that the potential for interaction through new media should be utilized in these new times. / A função principal deste estudo é analisar a razão pela qual pessoas na faixa etária de 35 a 49 anos não têm interesse na programação da emissora pública de rádio, P4 Västmanland, um dos 26 canais locais da Suécia. Em contrapartida, a outra questão a ser analisada refere-se à razão pela qual os ouvintes do canal citado, têm interesse na programação.  Este estudo utiliza-se do método de entrevista de foco realizado através da mídia social Facebook e tem como participantes 15 pessoas divididas em dois grupos: ouvintes da P4 Västmanland e ouvintes de outras emissoras de rádio suecas. O fator comum entre os grupos é o interesse por programas de rádio e o fato de serem da mesma faixa etária. A base do material de estudo é composta por aproximadamente 234 comentários realizados através da mídia social Facebook. O estudo dispõe também de uma enquete feita com os participantes e uma entrevista com a jornalista Annika Nordin,  locutora de um dos programas da rádio P4 Västmanland. O estudo se utiliza, em primeiro plano, das perspectivas teóricas de Barbara Thomass (2003) a respeito de public sphere ( Habermas, 1989) e knowledge society acopladas ao ideal de emissoras púbicas de rádio e TV. O resultado do estudo mostra que a maioria dos não -  ouvintes da P4 Västmanlands consideram o canal como antiquado, fator que também foi verificado entre os próprios ouvintes da rádio. Além disso, os não-ouvintes relatam não considerarem importante o noticiário local. A respeito do consumo de notícias nacionais e internacionais, o estudo mostra que a internet, para o último grupo citado, é o meio de comunicação priorizado para se ter acesso à informação. O estudo mostra ainda que o acesso à internet define o modo de interação com os meios de comunicação  e consumo de notícias, de modo geral. O estudo chega à conlusão de que se a emissora de rádio P4 Västmanland é vista como antiquada, torna-se, assim, difícil o recrutamento de novos ouvintes. A emissora em questão necessita de um equilíbrio para agradar seus próprios ouvintes , que estão em busca de um conteúdo variado no que diz respeito à abordagem de notícias locais e, ao mesmo tempo, adquirir novos ouvintes na faixa etária de 35 a 49 anos. Os dois grupos de participantes mostram também que as novas possibilidades de interação mediática precisam ser utilizadas em maior escala na atualidade.

This diploma thesis has been focused on the relationship of pupils in the 1. -3. grade of elementary school to the contemporary fairy tales. The theoretical part of my work is focused on the fairy tale as a genre (classic folk and modern fairy tale), on the media influence of the fairy tale, on its current status, development trends, the influence of recipient etc. My work has an investigative character too. It has been focused on the reading behavior of pupils, their behavior, the influence of family and school, on the development of reading, respectively focusing on this genre, on the influence of media etc. Based on questionnaires and interviews with pupils and their parents I will try to capture the current status. The research results are compared with the theoretical part and are supported with the attachment. The results are interpreted in the conclusion.

Kersti Ståbi Performing poems from the Poetic Edda I am a folk singer and oral storyteller. In my Masters project I have made a series of concerts performing the poem Vǫluspá from the Poetic Edda in its original Old Norse. Building on the musical elements in the Eddic poems, I’ve been searching the borderlands between speech and singing, using melodic material in the modern Swedish and Norwegian languages. As a method I have imitated singers in different living epic singing traditions from around the world, basing the creative process on mimicry and improvisation. This was a fast route to performances of great diversity: the Manas singer from Kyrgyzstan gradually enters a trancelike state, while Pansori from Korea made me think "unmelodic folk opera" and the Indian Pandvani is all-or-nothing storytelling with music serving as an engine. One specific perspective I have researched is the concept of a ”First Listener” - a representative of the audience on stage that can, but doesn’t necessarily have to, contribute musically. Traditionally the First Listener in Pandvani is very active; singing, shouting and challenging the teller, while the Pansori First Listener is a supporting commenting percussionist. As a storyteller and lead singer I found the presence of a First Listener highly fruitful in the process leading up to the performances. As a stage concept it offers forceful dynamics between the singer, the listeners and the poem. The poems of the Poetic Edda were created and performed in an oral tradition, but survived to modern times only via written text. I regard myself a performer formed in a literate culture but in an oral music tradition. With that in mind I have explored performance of this epic material and its metres. Translation has become a keyword with many facets.

Listening comprehension and listening strategies plays a crucial role in the process of acquiring a language. This study aims to investigate to what extent the listening skill is practised in upper secondary schools in the south of Sweden. Research studies within the field of listening are few which indicates that the listening skill is not considered as essential in second language teaching as the other three skills: reading, writing and speaking. Previous studies indicate that teachers should educate students metacognitive awareness when teaching listening. The results summarize the teachers’ answers, reflections and attitudes conducted from semi-structured interviews. The analysis of the results focuses on the four categories distinguished from the teachers’ answers: Teaching Approaches, National Exams, The Individual Student and Metacognitive Awareness. Some of the teachers do not possess the knowledge of how to teach listening that develops students' listening proficiency. As a conclusion, the study shows that a hierarchy exists among the four skills to which teachers adjust to, and this may be detrimental in achieving educational aims.

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are commonly used as indicators of an organism's health, among other factors. Traditionally, gas chromatographs (GC) are used to classify these but are prohibitively expensive and impractical for field use. This thesis outlines the motivations, design, construction, and characterization of a portable GC. This proof-of-concept uses off-the-shelf components to show that the production of a device is feasible. It was able to successfully generate carrier gas from the surrounding air via filtration by activated carbon fiber filters. It was also able to reliably produce distinguishable peaks for acetone and hexane at retention times that were reasonable for a prototype system. With some modifications, this system has the strong potential for long-term implementation in the field.