Essays about: "sfi"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 40 essays containing the word sfi.
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16. When performance-based financial rewarding fails: A case study of SFI Bonus policy introduction and abolishment
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This study investigates the implementation failure of the pay-per-performance SFI Bonus scheme implemented in the adult language education in Sweden. The study builds on the synthesis of a top-down and bottom-up approach by employing the 'ambiguity and conflict' model for carrying out the investigation. READ MORE
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17. Ethnic Discrimination : A Study on Swedish Municipalities
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)Abstract : This paper analyzes whether there are differences in treatment for Western-Balkan and Arabic sounding names when requesting information about the Swedish for Immigrants (SFI) program by Swedish municipalities. To answer this question, a correspondence test was conducted in which all 290 municipalities in Sweden were contacted via emails from two fictitious inquirers. READ MORE
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18. Alien Octopodes: Öyvind Fahlström's Du gamla, Du fria, and the Institutional Practice of Swedish Experimental Feature Films
University essay from Lunds universitet/FilmvetenskapAbstract : The aim of this master’s thesis is to investigate the discursive networks and production contexts of the rare and insular phenomena of Swedish experimental features. As a point of departure, the tentative and limited filmography of Swedish artist Öyvind Fahlström is expanded upon, as the thesis present a unique case study on his first and only feature film Du gamla, Du fria (“Provocation”, 1972). READ MORE
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19. Learner feedback on robot-led language cafés
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : This study intends to further investigate the fitness for robot assisted learning in language cafés. Through conducting dialogues with two learners of swedish, moderated by the robot Furhat and later interviewing the participants, the aim is to identify what areas work well and what needs to improve upon with robot assisted learning in general, and Furhat in particular. READ MORE
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20. Creating Dynamic Robot Utterances in Human-Robot Social Interaction : Comparison of a Selection-Based Approach and a Neural Network Approach on Giving Robot Responses in Conversations
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : This study examines two different approaches to dialogue management system in order to achieve dynamic utterances in human-robot social interactions. This was done in order to determine whether Robot Assisted Language Learning is viable as a solution to the current teacher shortage situation in Sweden. READ MORE