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Showing 1 to 20 of 77 for “"Oral communication"”.
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An Experimental Investigation of Common Ground in Oral Communication
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The Operation of Congruity in The Oral Communication Situation
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Teaching strategy use for oral communication tasks to ESL learners
… on ESL learners' strategy use and performance on oral communication tasks. Research into the teaching and learning of speaking in the ESL context is relatively neglected and strategy training is unheard of in very many L2 oral classrooms. A review of strategy research pertaining to the speaking …
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Assessing Undergraduate Business Students' Oral Communication Apprehension: Implications of Stakes and Situations
Modern businesses place a premium on employees' oral communication skills. Business schools are meant to develop future employees and leaders with the requisite skills for success. Industry representatives, however, consistently express dissatisfaction with business graduates' oral communication …
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The Impact of Teaching Oral Communication Strategies on English Language Learners in Libya
Communication strategies (CSs) have been the focus of an increasing number of L2/FL studies. Some pedagogically-oriented studies indicate that teaching would be more effective if it were based on what learners actually did while learning a given language, including their use of CSs. However, the …
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A Descriptive Study of Informative Oral Communication Skills in Early and Late Adolescence
… informative discourse and to provide a basis for oral informative communication training.
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Methodologies used in teaching oral communication skills in secondary schools in Lusaka urban,Zambia
… that English Language teachers use to teach Oral Communication Skills (OCSs) to Grade 10 pupils. The study adopted Vygotsky’s (1978) theory of social interaction and Eisenhart’s (1990) Five Components of Effective Oral Language Instruction for its theoretical and conceptual frameworks, …
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An Analysis of the Effectiveness of the Alameda County Oral Communication Program in Listening
… or should be. As a result of this concern an oral communication program was developed in Alameda County, California to improve students' listening skills. It was the purpose of the study to determine the effectiveness of the Alameda County Oral Communication Program in an itinerant speech and …
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Emotion in English as an additional language oral communication: Vietnamese English language teachers and students
… highlights the role of emotion in their English oral communication. This study employed a qualitatively-driven mixed methods research design. Two phases of data collection using initial and exploratory self-designed questionnaires, followed by semi-structured interviews and reflective journals …
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The Effects of Immersive Virtual Environments on Motivation, Oral Communication, and Instructional Strategy in EFL Classrooms
… (IVE) on EFL learners’ motivation and oral communication in EFL learning. 12 empirical studies were analyzed closely while other sources were used to provide additional information and theoretical insights. The findings indicate that IVEs offer novel ways to connect EFL learners to …
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An Exploration of the Theory of Identification, With An Experimental Investigation of Its Operation in Oral Communication
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An examination of the effectiveness of an oral communication apprehension reduction program in an ESL class for graduate student
Oral performance skills are essential to success in graduate school. However, many non-native students indicate a lack of confidence when speaking English. This anxiety may cause avoidance or poor performance. Given this situation, would a communication apprehension (CA) reduction program like …
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Developing Life Skills : Perceptions of Graduates of the Adult, Non-Traditional Business and Management Programs at Indiana Wesleyan University
… skills as "very important": Problem Solving, Oral Communication, Writing Effectively, and Ethics. Six skills were perceived as "important": Teamwork, Lifelong Learning, Critical Thinking, Reading Materials, and Christian World View. Graduates further perceived themselves as evidencing …
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Profile of Health Educators in Virginia Institutions of Higher Education: The Value Attached to Work-related Competencies
… CHES certification status, health educators rank oral communication skills and interpersonal skills as being in the top five 'soft skills' related to career success. Oral communication and interpersonal skills are among the competencies addressed by the CHES exam. Interestingly, however, 76% …
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A Corrective Feedback Intervention in a Minority French Language School
… with the task of increasing their students’ oral linguistic ability in French within their predominantly English-speaking surroundings. Additionally, teachers wonder how they can provide guidance without discouraging students’ efforts and negatively affecting their self-efficacy. The purpose …
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The aesthetic and efferent pedagogical stances and perspectives of high school English teachers during the study of literature
… Findings of the teachers' classroom oral communication overwhelmingly indicated the preponderance of an efferent stance within a traditional transmission classroom with limited attention given to an aesthetic stance. Analyses of interview transcripts rendered the teachers' reported …
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Strategies for ESL Students in Community Colleges to Develop Their Public Speaking Skills
… develop their public speaking skills. Effective oral communication skills are commonly needed by employees in the workplace at all different levels. The project focused on three key areas: 1) ways to reduce the fear and anxiety associated with public speaking; 2) the role of small groups in …
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Jesus' parables, language and the common world: A response to Dominic Crossan's theology of story
… reflection on the spoken word and on the temporal and relational characteristics of oral communication leads to a more appropriate linguistic/theological context for interpreting reversals in the parables.
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