Mirall trencat, del llibre a la televisió: anàlisi comparativa dels personatges femenins

Treball de recerca realitzat per una alumna d'ensenyament secundari i guardonat amb un Premi CIRIT per fomentar l'esperit científic del Jovent l'any 2009. Partint de l’obra ‘Mirall trencat’ de Mercè Rodoreda, una de les més grans escriptores catalanes de tots els temps nascuda enguany fa un centenari, hem pretès fer una anàlisi interdisciplinària en relació amb l’adaptació televisiva duta a terme per J. M. Benet i Jornet. Amb la documentació prèvia com a antecedent, hem pres els personatges femenins principals (aquells més ben dibuixats en la novel•la) com a objecte del nostre estudi de manera que el treball pugui ser el més rigorós possible. Així doncs, el nostre resultat és una extensa anàlisi comparativa que parteix dels trets més característics de Teresa, Sofia, Maria i Armanda per arribar a reflectir la manera com aquests mateixos personatges són retratats a la sèrie.

Juguem amb la Wii!: telemesura d'acceleracions en 3D : desenvolupament d'un projecte informàtic de codi lliure

Treball de recerca realitzat per un alumne d'ensenyament secundari i guardonat amb un Premi CIRIT per fomentar l'esperit científic del Jovent l'any 2009. Aquest treball de recerca és un projecte sobre el disseny i la creació d’un programa informàtic de codi obert amb l’objectiu de mesurar acceleracions en tres dimensions utilitzant el comandament de la wii, també conegut com a wiimote. Per tant, s'ha creat un programa que es connecta amb el wiimote, en rep les dades, les guarda i les representa per analitzar posteriorment diversos tipus de moviments i les seves acceleracions. Per tal de fer això es va aprofitar una biblioteca de funcions de codi obert ja existent que aporta les funcions principals per a la comunicació i control del comandament. El codi obert és un concepte que s’utilitza per als projectes informàtics, el codi dels quals està a la disposició de qui el necessiti. La biblioteca utilitzada està escrita en llenguatge C i per a plataforma Linux, i per tal d’aprofitar-la es va haver d’aprendre a utilitzar tant el llenguatge com la plataforma ja que no s'hi havia treballat mai abans. Gràcies a aquest projecte s'ha tingut la possibilitat de veure el funcionament d’algunes tecnologies alternatives i veure’n els avantatges sobre les convencionals o propietàries. Així doncs, des del punt de vista de l'autor, ha estat útil i enriquidor el fet de realitzar-lo.

Language knowledge and earnings in Catalonia

In this paper we are aimed to investigate the relationship between Catalan knowledge and individual earnings in Catalonia. Using data from 2006, we find a positive earning return to Catalan proficiency; however, when accounting for self-selection into Catalan knowledge, we find a higher language return (20% of extra earnings), suggesting that individuals who are more prone to know Catalan are also less remunerated than others (negative selection effect). Moreover, we also find important complementarities between language knowledge and completed education, which means that only more educated individuals benefit from Catalan knowledge.

Language knowledge and earnings in Catalonia

This paper investigates the economic value of Catalan knowledge for national and foreign first- and second-generation immigrants in Catalonia. Specifically, drawing on data from the “Survey on Living Conditions and Habits of the Catalan Population (2006)”, we want to quantify the expected earnings differential between individuals who are proficient in Catalan and those who are not, taking into account the potential endogeneity between knowledge of Catalan and earnings. The results indicate the existence of a positive return to knowledge of Catalan, with a 7.5% increase in earnings estimated by OLS; however, when we account for the presence of endogeneity, monthly earnings are around 18% higher for individuals who are able to speak and write Catalan. However, we also find that language and education are complementary inputs for generating earnings in Catalonia, given that knowledge of Catalan increases monthly earnings only for more educated individuals.

Analyzing complexity in foreign language monologic oral production in a CLIL context

The study tested three analytic tools applied in SLA research (T-unit, AS-unit and Idea-unit) against FL learner monologic oral data. The objective was to analyse their effectiveness for the assessment of complexity of learners' academic production in English. The data were learners' individual productions gathered during the implementation of a CLIL teaching sequence on Natural Sciences in a Catalan state secondary school. The analysis showed that only AS-unit was easily applicable and highly effective in segmenting the data and taking complexity measures

La sintaxis del lenguaje de los textos científicos: los tipos oracionales y los giros de participio y gerundio: estudio de un corpus ruso-español de textos médicos

Aquest treball analitza, mitjançant un petit corpus de textos mèdics especialitzats publicats en llengua espanyola d'Espanya (13.470 paraules) i llengua russa (12.318 paraules), els usos i freqüències dels tipus oracionals i dels girs de participi i gerundi en el llenguatge científic. L'objectiu del treball és descriure aquests aspectes sintàctics de la prosa científica original en aquestes dues llengües per tal de conèixer i evitar els calcs sintàctics en la traducció dels textos mèdics. Una sintaxi sense calcs ajuda a adequar el text meta a les expectatives del lector, en aquest cas l'especialista mèdic

AIDS prevention: consensus and dissension regarding the meaning

Aim: In Western Europe, HIV/AIDS prevention has been based on the provision of information intended to lead the public to voluntarily adapt their behaviour so as to avoid the risk of virus transmission. Whether conveyed in a written or oral form, the messages of prevention are essentially verbal. Sociolinguistic research confirms that, even within a given culture, the meaning attributed to lexical items varies. It was hypothesised that understandings of the terms used in HIV/AIDS prevention in French-speaking Switzerland would vary, and research was undertaken to identify the level and nature of this variation both between and among those who transmit (prevention providers) and those who receive (the public) the messages. Method/issue: All HIV/AIDS prevention material available in French-speaking Switzerland in 2004 was assembled and a corpus of 50 key documents identified. Two series of lexical items were generated from this corpus: one composed of technical terms potentially difficult to understand, and the other, of terms used in everyday language with implicit, and therefore potentially variable, meaning. The two lists of terms were investigated in qualitative interviews in stratified purposive samples of the general public (n=60) and prevention providers (n=30), using standard socio-linguistic methodology. A further quantitative study (CATI) in the general population (17 - 49 yrs.; n=500) investigated understandings of 15 key prevention terms found in the qualitative research to have been associated with high levels of dissension. Results/comments: Selected aspects of the results will be presented. In illustration: meanings attributed to the different terms in both the public and the providers varied. For example, when a relationship is described as "stable", this may be understood as implying exclusive sexual relations or long duration, with an interaction between the two traits; the term "sexual intercourse" may or may not be used to refer to oral sex; "making love" may or may not necessarily include an act of penetration; the pre-ejaculate is qualified by some as sperm, and by others not... Understanding of frequently used "technical" terms in prevention was far from universal; for example, around only a half of respondents understood the meaning of "safer sex". Degree of understanding of these terms was linked to education, whereas variability in meaning in everyday language was not linked to socio-economic variables. Discussion: Findings indicate the need for more awareness regarding the heterogeneity of meaning around the terms regularly used in prevention. Greater attention should be paid to the formulation of prevention messages, and providers should take precautions to ensure that the meanings they wish to convey are those perceived by the receivers of their messages. Wherever possible, terms used should be defined and meanings rendered explicit.

Speech, Language and Communication Therapy Action Plan (2011/12 - 2012/13) - Easy Read (PDF 454 KB)

Easy Read version of Speech, Language and Communication Therapy Action Plan (2011/12 - 2012/13)