Essays about: "sfi"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 40 essays containing the word sfi.

  1. 36. Breaking social and cultural borders : A study on immigrant social integration and intercultural appreciation in Gävle, Sweden.

    University essay from Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi

    Author : Mattis Malinen; [2011]
    Keywords : social work social exclusion social integration immigrant racism culture borders sfi gävle sweden intercultural appreciation mattis malinen;

    Abstract : Immigration has over the years been looked upon in many different ways: At times, as something positive, bringing in manpower and new influences, but at other times as something negative – something bringing problems along with it. I have for a long time been interested in social interaction in general, and when it was time for meto write my thesis, I decided to narrow that phenomenon down and write about the socialintegration of immigrants. READ MORE

  3. 37. SFI...why not EFI? : A study of the teaching practices applied when teaching English to immigrants in Sweden

    University essay from HLK, Ämnesforskning

    Author : Elaine Draper; [2010]
    Keywords : Swedish for Immigrants; SFI; Second language acquisition; SLA; Cross Linguistic Influence; CLI; Teaching English; English as a second language; ESL.; Svenska för Invandrare;

    Abstract : My aim with this study is to investigate the teaching strategies applied in teaching English to students with another mother tongue than Swedish. According to Second Language Acquisition (SLA) theory, factors such as age, language competence and mother tongue influence can affect language acquisition. READ MORE

  4. 38. SFI - as an Agenda for Internalizing Swedish Norms and Values

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Mette Schou; [2010]
    Keywords : SFI; language education; immigrants; integration; system theory; infantilization; stereotypes; norms; values;

    Abstract : This study examines the adult Swedish language education for immigrants, SFI, as a system with functions in the Swedish society. The practical teaching of the Swedish language is lifted out and the remaining knowledge is studied. READ MORE

  5. 39. Facilitating Immigrants' Employability: Educational borrowing and lending in the context of Swedish for Immigrants

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Pedagogik

    Author : Jenny Sjöblom; Charlotte Wernesten; [2007]
    Keywords : comparative education; educational borrowing and lending; Swedish for Immigrants SFI ; indigenous Australians; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Pedagogy and didactics; Pedagogik; didaktik; Adult education; permanent education; Vuxenutbildning; livslångt lärande; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the Swedish context Swedish language skills are considered to be a crucial factor for an individual's ability to establish him/herself in society as well as on the labour market. Despite this, the Swedish organisation Swedish for Immigrants (SFI) has been exposed to extensive critique: Not enough students manage to establish themselves on the labour market, but get trapped in SFI. READ MORE

  6. 40. The attitudes of SFI-teachers and their importance for the integration of immigrants : A phenomenological study in the context of introductory programmes in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Louise Håkansson; Maja Warnstam; [2005]
    Keywords : invandrare; integration; lärarrollen; språkundervisning; acculturation; SFI-teacher; introductory programmes; immigrants; host society; Psychology; Psykologi; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this phenomenological study was to explore what role teachers at introductory programmes (SFI-schools) play in the integration of immigrants, how the teachers experience their work and what they feel about the situation in which their students, the immigrants, are. To what extent and in what way do the teachers contribute to facilitating the integration of the immigrant students? The study was conducted at two different schools, Lernia and Världens Hus (n=17), located in Malmö, Sweden. READ MORE