Search results for "speaking"

Developing and using tasks for the assessment of speaking

2019

This article provides an overview of the development and use of tasks for the assessment of speaking. It first addresses the key role of the assessment of the skill of speaking within language assessment in general and in the context of teaching and learning foreign languages. Then, it discusses how social changes and research have reshaped the way speaking is defined and operationalized, and focuses on how speaking can be assessed more validly and reliably today. The central role of tasks is also discussed, together with the importance of taking into consideration the implications and impact of different task characteristics. Some recommendations for the development of useful and meaningfu…

Virtual reality acceptance and commitment therapy intervention for social and public speaking anxiety : A randomized controlled trial

2023

Virtual reality (VR) offers new and flexible ways to provide psychological interventions. The aim of this study was to develop and investigate the effectiveness of a VR intervention based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for social and public speaking anxiety. ACT is a process-based approach that aims to (a) increase individuals’ abilities to handle difficult emotional and cognitive experiences and (b) develop the motivation required for change to occur. In this study, a sample of university students with social interaction or communication anxiety (N = 76; age M = 24.95, SD = 6.50, 69.7% females) was blindly randomized into a total of 2 h of VR ACT training (VRACT; n = 37) or a w…

Publicación de artículos en inglés en revistas médicas en español: ¿Realmente no aumenta el número de citaciones en revistas indexadas?

2013

Sr. Editor: Hemos leido con interes la carta publicada por Vega y cols. (1) , que retoma el debate sobre publicar o no en ingles en revistas medicas editadas en paises de habla hispana, tomando como criterio el grado de citacion. Aunque la carta se esfuerza por mostrar resultados, hay que ser cauto y fundamentar solidamente las conclusiones en relacion con la metodologia aplicada y el alcance de los resultados obtenidos para evitar decisiones aventuradas o que podrian llevar a conductas inadecuadas, sea por parte de investigadores o editores de otras revistas. A pesar de que Vega y cols. senalan que no existen diferencias significativas segun el idioma de publicacion, los resultados present…

Baltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture, N. 3

2013

Powtoon animēto video skolēnu runāšanas precizitātes pilnvedei angļu valodas stundās 7. klasē

2019

Runāšanas prasmes tiek uzskatītas par vienām no vissvarīgākajām valodas prasmēm. Turklāt, valodas precizitāte parāda svešvalodas līmeņa lietpratību. Skolās būtu nepieciešams likt lielāku uzsvaru uz pareizu gramatikas un vārdu krājuma pielietošanu svešvalodas apguvē visos vecuma posmos. Darba autors veica 12 nedēļu ilgu gadījuma izpēti Rīgas 64. vidusskolā. Pētījumā piedalījās 17 skolēni, kuri veidoja PowToon video ar teksta ierunāšanas funkciju valodas precizitātes pilnveidei. Tika izmantotas tādas datu vākšanas metodes kā fokusgrupas intervija, vērtēšanas lapas un anketa. Izanalizējot skolēnu darbus, tika secināts, ka, kaut arī daži skolēni iespējams uzlaboja valodas precizitāti, kopējie r…

An Internet-Based Self-Help Program for the Treatment of Fear of Public Speaking: A Case Study

2008

ABSTRACT This article discusses the development of the first totally self-administered online CBT program for the treatment of a specific social phobia (fear of public speaking) called talk to me. The online program includes three parts. The assessment protocol gives the patient information about the problem, including impairment, severity, and the degree of fear and avoidance regarding the main feared situations. The structured treatment protocol ensures that the patient does not skip any steps in the treatment. The treatment protocol is a CBT program that provides exposure to the feared situation using videos of real audiences. Finally, the control protocol assesses treatment efficacy, no…

Developing and Testing Speaking Skills in Academic Discourse

2014

Teaching speaking is an essential aspect of developing students’ sociolinguistic competence in a foreign language at any level. English studies at the tertiary level offer a variety of courses for practicing speaking and helping students reach the C1 and C2 level in BA and MA studies, respectively. However, it is not only the level that differentiates between BA and MA studies, but also aspects of register and style. Beginning with the subjects generally called Conversation, Speaking, Oral reproduction, Argumentation skills, Debating or Public speaking (BA studies), students gradually advance to Conversation based on academic texts (MA studies). This transition requires students to raise th…

Il fattore personale dell'argomentazione: una prospettiva retorico-antropologica

2014

Dans le cadre d’une approche philosophique et épistémologique, qui privilège le point de vue rhétorique sur l’argumentation et la ligne de pensée Aristote-Vico-Perelman, la thèse essaye d’analyser la construction de la subjectivité dans le discours argumentatif. Je cherche à montrer qu’il est possible de tracer une théorie de l’argumentation dans laquelle subjective n’est pas synonyme de fallacieuse.En général, la thèse analyse le rôle de celui qui parle et de celui qui écoute dans l’argumentation et dans tous les discours. Je vais soutenir est que la dimension personnelle n’est pas un élément qu’il faut supprimer mais, au contraire, un élément essentiel du discours argumentatif.Une approch…

Quantifying connected discourse in Spanish-speaking individuals with aphasia: The case of mixed aphasias

2017

• Characterization of mixed cases of aphasia, the most commonly attested in clinical practice.

Efficacité comparée de l'enseignement public et privé au Cameroun

2010

In this thesis, we treat with the efficiency compared by the state education and by the private education in Cameroon. The current educational system carries the marks of colonial period. The school is crossed by three stages the school before the colonization, the school during the colonization and the school after the colonization. The current educational system is characterized by a strong educational request and an insufficient educational offer. The redoubling and the abandonments are frequent and raised. The educational system is little effective in general. Two educational sub-systems inherited from colonial period work, the one French speaker and the other English speaker. Two secto…