Research activities School of Applied Linguistics
The latest publications and projects from the School of Applied Linguistics.
Publications
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Fernando, Daniela; Matic, Igor; Schnatz, Nina Isabelle,
2022.
Digital German assessment for Swiss engineering students.
In:
CercleS 2022 Conference "The Future of Language Education in an Increasingly Digital World: Embracing Change", Porto, Portugal, 15-17 September 2022.
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2022.
Strategische Unternehmenskommunikation als Basis für Sicherheit und Gesundheit am Arbeitsplatz.
In:
4. suissepro Fachtagung Interdisziplinarität und Unternehmenskultur, Bern, Schweiz, 15. September 2022.
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Rosenberger Staub, Nicole; Schneider Stingelin, Colette,
2022.
In:
Semaine internationale de l’éducation, Université de Lausanne, Suisse, 12-16 Septembre 2022..
Available from: https://www.conftool.pro/sief2022/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=81&mode=list
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2022.
In:
10. Swiss Green Economy Symposium (SGES), Winterthur, Schweiz, 7.-8. September 2022.
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Klopfenstein Frei, Nadine; Wyss, Valery; Gnach, Aleksandra; Weber, Wibke,
2022.
“It’s a matter of age” : four dimensions of youths’ news consumption.
Journalism.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849221123385
Projects
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Machine translation for crisis communication
This project investigates how machine translation services can help employees from administrations, NGOs and education to communicate with refugees. Providing public services to newly arrived refugees is a linguistic challenge: interprets are expensive and not available for all languages. Although machine ...
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The augmented interpreter- a pilot study on the usability of augmented reality in interpreting
Simultaneous interpreting depends on auditory and visual information. This pilot study investigates whether a seamless integration of visual and auditory information, achieved by displaying translations of technical terms on augmented reality glasses (AR), can lower cognitive load in interpreting. ...
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Accessibility of ZHAW Webpages
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Experience the Consequences of Affective Computing - Immersive Science Fiction Prototyping for Responsible Innovation
Since future applications and consequences of Affective Computing are still vague and hard to imagine, we rely on Science Fiction (ScFi) Prototyping as a central method for our communication concept. A SciFi Prototype allows the target group, adolescents and young adults, to experience a fictional future life with ...
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Use of machine translation in healthcare
The current migration crises as well as the necessity to recruit healthcare staff from abroad highlight the need for healthcare providers to deal with language barriers in a way that is efficient and patient-centred. Machine translation (MT) opens up new possibilities for multilingual communication and is ...