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1. 1. Gamification for technology-enhanced mineral value chain teaching and learning: serious gaming for geometallurgy concept

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser

   Author : Lilian Schleret; [2024]
   Keywords : Gamification; Malmberget; Geometallurgy; Synthetic model;

   Abstract : The concept of gamification is being increasingly explored and applied to offer new teaching or training tools to teachers, students or employees. The field of geology and geometallurgy wasn’t particularly discussed in the topic of gamification. READ MORE

3. 2. Intercultural (mis)communication in Swedish Workplaces from the Perspective of Brazilian Employees

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Ana Paula Viera de Carvalho; [2023-08-10]
   Keywords : Intercultural Communication; Politeness Strategies; Brazilian Employees; Swedish Workplaces; Power Distance; Masculinity Femininity.;

   Abstract : This study explores politeness and linguistic strategies in intercultural workplace communication in Sweden from the perspective of Brazilian white-collar employees. Employing Brown and Levinson's (1987) politeness framework and Hofstede's (2001; 2011) dimensions of Power Distance and Masculinity/Femininity. READ MORE

4. 3. Is it enough to be understood? A study of teacher attitudes towards accent in the EFL classroom

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

   Author : Martin Silva; [2023]
   Keywords : accents; teacher attitudes; pronunciation; English as a lingua franca; World Englishes; nativelikeness; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This study investigates teacher attitudes towards accent in the EFL classroom. The central theoretical base for this study is English as a lingua franca (ELF), which proposes that intelligibility is the key to communication in English between people from different backgrounds. READ MORE

5. 4. Bienvenue   A Qualitative Study on How Identity of Foreign-Born Teachers Is Constructed in the French Classroom

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande

   Author : Johanna ERIKSSON; [2023]
   Keywords : Keywords: Professional Identity; Social Identity; Cultural Identity; Adaptation; Foreign -born teachers; French University;

   Abstract : With the intention of understanding the opportunities, challenges, and construction of identity that foreign teachers encounter through their work in France, my study is grounded in the theory that identity is changeable, ongoing, and influenced by both past and current living situations. Furthermore, the professional, social and cultural theories propose that identity is constructed through our work and our place within a group or a culture. READ MORE

6. 5. Improving accuracy of speech recognition for low resource accents : Testing the performance of fine-tuned Wav2vec2 models on accented Swedish

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Arash Dabiri; [2023]
   Keywords : Speech-to-text; deep learning; accents; wav2vec; tal-till-text; djupinlärning; brytningar; wav2vec;

   Abstract : While the field of speech recognition has recently advanced quickly, even the highest performing models struggle with accents. There are several methods of improving the performance on accents, but many are hard to implement or need high amounts of data and are therefore costly to implement. READ MORE