Activities

Current activities

The language committee meets three or four times each semester. The committee would like a translator from Swedish to English to become employed by KTH. During the Fall semester 2013 a seminar on subject-specific terminology was organized in cooperation with TNC, and a workshop on parallel terminology in the education will be held. The language committee monitors that the process of automatic translation of course plans using the Convertus system works well.

The language committe tries to spread awareness and knowledge of the language policy at KTH, for example by informing through theses web pages and by inviting to discussions on the use of language.

The members of the committee regularly go to conferences on language in higher education and research.

Activities 2011-2012

The activities of the language committee 2011-2012 are summarized (in Swedish) here.

The language committee has constructed a Swedish-English dictionary of KTH terms. The dictionary can be downloaded at the page Language resources and tools.

Questionnaires

The language committee has carried out two questionnaires on the language use at KTH, one directed to teachers in 2011, and one directed to students and PhD students in 2012.

Questionnaire to the teachers at KTH

During Spring 2011 the questionnaire was sent out. All teachers, including teaching PhD students, were invited to answer. 524 teachers answered the questionnaire. 434 of them answered the Swedish version and 90 answered the English version. This meand that about a third of all active teachers answered.

Summary of the results of the Swedish questionnaire.

Summary of the results of the English questionnaire.

Questionnaire to the students at KTH

During Spring 2012 a similar questionnaire was sent to all students and PhD students at KTH. 2480 answered the Swedish version and 797 answered the English version.

Summary of the results of the Swedish questionnaire.

Summaryy of the results of the English questionnaire (most of the open answers removed).

Answers to the question about the outcome of the teaching.

Answers in Swedish and in English on language courses in the education.

Other comments in  Swedish and in English.