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1. Bildung in the language classroom. Reading literature to stimulate young people's desire to learn English
University essay from Göteborgs universitet / LärarutbildningsnämndenAbstract : The power of reading literary texts to stimulate language learning, critical thinking and communicative competence is well established, yet young people are reading less literature than they did ten years ago. The aim of my research is to find out what teachers and other educational professionals can do in order to support young people to take up the habit of regular deep reading. READ MORE
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2. We Can’t Do It Unless We Put Our Minds to It : A Study on L3 Learners’ Motivation to Learn English
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This study examines what motivates newly arrived students to study English while atthe same time immersed in and studying Swedish as a second language, both coresubjects and necessary to attend higher education. The question arises since manystudents fail to pass the English course in secondary school but at the same time manageto pass the course in Swedish as a second language. READ MORE
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3. “As long as there are Sweden Finns then there should be a need” : A Qualitative Study of Finnish Revitalisation Initiated by the Sweden Finnish Youth Organisation
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologiAbstract : Young people are a central group in revitalisation efforts that aim to turn the tide of language shift for speakers of endangered languages. In the context of the five national minorities of Sweden, this thesis looks at the motivation of young Sweden Finns to participate in or lead revitalisation efforts for Finnish in Sweden. READ MORE
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4. EVALUATING PERFORMANCE OF GENERATIVE MODELS FOR TIME SERIES SYNTHESIS
University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för innovation, design och teknikAbstract : Motivated by successes in the image generation domain, this thesis presents a novel Hybrid VQ-VAE (H-VQ-VAE) approach for generating realistic synthetic time series data with categorical features. The primary motivation behind this work is to address the limitations of existing generative models in accurately capturing the underlying structure and patterns of time series data, especially when dealing with categorical features. READ MORE
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5. ”Slåttermarken var troligtvis stängslad, och korna fick bo i skogen” : en jämförande studie av skogsbeten i Örebro och Västerbottens län
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and ManagementAbstract : En studie som jämfört skillnader i skogsbeten i två delar av Sverige, Örebro län och Västerbottens län. Genom interjuver med lantbrukare och tjänstemän har denna studie samlat in data gällande deras drivkraft till att bevara traditionen bakom skogsbeten. READ MORE
