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Minichino, Mario; Berson, Michael J. – SRATE Journal, 2012
This article is an exploration of the available applications for speech to speech real-time translation software for use in the classroom. Three different types of machine language translation (MLT) software and devices are reviewed for their features and practical application in secondary education classrooms.
Descriptors: Translation, Computer Software, Courseware, Computational Linguistics
Palmerton, Patricia R. – 1988
"Speaking Across the Curriculum" (SAC) has become a catch-all label for a variety of programs aimed at teaching oral communication skills to a large body of students in settings other than the typical public speaking class. Such programs offer both threats and opportunities to the speech field. In many programs, faculty in other…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Speech Communication
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Paulson, Stanley F. – ACA Bulletin, 1986
Discusses the report "Integrity in the College Curriculum," the institutional response to the report, and the implications for communication programs. (PD)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Instruction, Educational Change, Higher Education
Rolls, Judith A. – 1998
This paper aims to show how Canadian hiring policies affect, and actually impede, the creation and maintenance of "speech" communication programs in Canada. The paper notes that when Canadians think "communication" they think media or mass communication--which makes sense since few Canadian universities teach courses in speech…
Descriptors: Employment Practices, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Program Development
Willmington, S. Clay – 1989
A study examined procedures used to test the oral communication skills of students between the ages of 15 and 18 in the United Kingdom, with special attention given to strategies which might be of value to adopt in the United States. Subjects were 4 pairs of students tested from a randomly selected sample of 112 schools. Twenty-two assessors were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Communication Research, Foreign Countries, Persuasive Discourse
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Backlund, Phil; And Others – Communication Education, 1982
Reports the findings of a survey commissioned by the Speech Communication Association's Task Force on Assessment and Testing. Concludes that many states are including speaking and listening skills in curriculum and assessment programs but that much work still needs to be done to develop an integrated oral communication program. (PD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Listening Skills
Thomlison, T. Dean; Ledingham, John – 1989
The integration of the undergraduate communication curriculum is a growing national challenge. Mergers of curriculum programs from different subdisciplines have occurred over time because of economic pressures and erroneous judgments about student and university needs. Student interest in the social sciences has declined, and communication…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Integrated Curriculum, Journalism Education