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Direct linkAnna McGuiness; Lara Travethan; Kylie Irvin; Yvette Black; Jessica Apps; Kathleen Corinth; Jessica Kennedy; Verenna Zenay Brown; Carla Morgan; Greg Quartly-Scott; Pieter Van Rensburg; Kim Rusten; Chloe Gott; Julia Lappin; Nicole Sugden; Julaine Allan; Frances Dark; Heidi Gray; Grace Thomas; Ashley Hollow; Matt Thomas – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Impairment in aspects of communication is a core diagnostic feature of schizophrenia and other psychotic spectrum disorders. These communication difficulties inhibit participation in a range of daily activities and affect relationships and quality of life. There has been little research focussed on communication outcomes in relation to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Schizophrenia, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills
Katherine Byrne; Kyle Sterrett; Alison Holbrook; So Hyun Kim; Rebecca Grzadzinski; Catherine Lord – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
The current study investigated the utility of the Brief Observation of Social Communication Change-Phrase Speech Young Fluent (BOSCC-PSYF) as an outcome measure of treatment response by analyzing the measure's psychometric properties and initial validity. The BOSCC coding scheme was applied to 345 administrations from 160 participants diagnosed…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Communication (Thought Transfer), Speech Communication, Children
Rachel J. Ellis; Jerker Rönnberg; Charlotta Plejert – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: The impact of hearing impairment is typically studied in terms of its effects on speech perception, yet this fails to account for the interactive nature of communication. Recently, there has been a move towards studying the effects of age-related hearing impairment on interaction, often using referential communication tasks; however,…
Descriptors: Age, Hearing Impairments, Communication (Thought Transfer), Aging (Individuals)
Yi Zhang; Caixia Liu; Yana Xing; Zhongling Pi; Jiumin Yang – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2024
This study investigated the effects of two types of oral explanations (ie, self-explanation vs. instructional explanation) and drawing activity (no drawing vs. drawing) on video learning outcomes. These outcomes were measured by visual attention to the video (indexed by fixation time on text and diagram areas), explanation quality (indexed by…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Video Technology, Audiovisual Aids, Undergraduate Students
Guadalupe Remigio Ortega – Community Literacy Journal, 2023
This article draws from interviews with two Mixtec migrant farmworkers whose life experiences demonstrate how communication, language, and community, across time and borders, impact the ways Indigenousmigrants choose to practice literacy and non-literacy. Using their stories, I disrupt and decenter the Western definition of literacy and instead…
Descriptors: Literacy, Migration, Agricultural Laborers, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Ephraim A. Okoro; Peter Cardon – Journal of Education for Business, 2024
This study explored communication apprehension at the beginning and end of a business communication course. Nearly 200 students completed pre-class and post-class assessments of their communication apprehension in speech situations, class discussions, and group discussions. This study showed that a single business communication course…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Anxiety, Public Speaking, Group Discussion
Kaplan-Rakowski, Regina; Gruber, Alice – Smart Learning Environments, 2023
Public speaking, especially in a foreign language, is associated with increased anxiety. Research has shown the potential of virtual reality (VR) for simulating real-life experiences, allowing for public speaking practice in an ecological and safe environment. This between-subjects study investigated the effect of VR on foreign language anxiety…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Videoconferencing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Download full textMauricio Véliz-Campos; Carola Villegas; Leonardo Veliz – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2023
Foreign language anxiety (FLA) is a distinct form of anxiety that plays a significant role in the process of acquiring a foreign language. This study aimed to assess the anxiety levels of Chilean undergraduate learners and investigate the potential correlations between foreign language anxiety and oral performance in two distinct learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning, Anxiety
Feenaughty, Lynda – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Purpose: This cross-sectional observational pilot study investigated egocentric social networks for 10 paired sex- and age-matched adults with and without multiple sclerosis (MS). This study also investigated the relationship between social network measures and various disease factors associated with MS. The relationship between social network…
Descriptors: Adults, Neurological Impairments, Social Networks, Speech Communication
Maltman, Nell; Lorang, Emily; Venker, Courtney; Sterling, Audra – Journal of Early Intervention, 2023
This study examined the extent to which early intervention (EI) speech-language pathologists (SLPs) use and recommend language input strategies for caregivers of children with language delays and the child factors associated with these decisions. Participants included 213 SLPs who completed an online survey. Wilcoxon signed-rank tests, Friedman's…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Early Intervention, Linguistic Input
Abdur Rahman; Prajeesh Tomy – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
Speaking in a second/foreign language, especially in English, is one of the most anxiety-provoking tasks for language learners. Anxiety provoked while speaking in a second language distresses the learners and further affects their oral proficiency in English. This article focuses on investigating the presence of anxiety among (n = 86) first-year…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Speech Communication
Fulford, Amanda; Mahon, Áine – Oxford Review of Education, 2020
As a host of published books, journal articles and opinion pieces attest, the university lecture is now distinctly out of step with contemporary Higher Education discourse. Academics across university disciplines confidently proclaim the format's obsolescence, arguing that only inertia and familiarity could satisfactorily account for the lecture's…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Educational Benefits, Higher Education, Educational Philosophy
Ersanli, Ceylan Yangin; Ünal, Tugba – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2022
There has been a rise of interest in mindfulness and its effects on the educational context during the last several decades. The research study aims to investigate the effects of mindfulness training on EFL students' level of speaking anxiety, willingness to speak in the target language, and their levels of mindfulness awareness. The perceptions…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, English Language Learners, Metacognition
Ducker, Nathan Thomas – Modern Language Journal, 2022
Willingness to communicate (WTC) is an important individual learner difference that can help account for varying rates of language-learning success across individuals. As learner talk is considered to be a key pedagogical activity, instructors and researchers often strive to identify and manipulate key variables that will increase and arouse a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Communication (Thought Transfer), Classroom Communication
Amanda C. Bradford – English Teaching Forum, 2022
The author describes a challenge that is familiar to many language teachers: trying to get students to speak up independently, share thoughts, and participate authentically in the target language. The article includes general and specific tips for creating a comfortable, communicative classroom environment.
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Speech Communication, Classroom Environment, Second Language Learning
