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Rose, Céline; McBride, Adam F. – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
As an overwhelming amount of research has demonstrated that educator preparation programs do not adequately prepare instructors to teach pronunciation, this study aims to help teachers of foreign languages to implement and improve pronunciation instruction (PI) in their classroom by adapting PACE (Presentation, Attention, Co-construction, and…
Descriptors: French, Pronunciation, Speech Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Chelsea Slack – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2023
This paper advocates for using critical intercultural and participatory pedagogy as the basis for an introductory communication course. Communication programs are often concerned with the basics -- teaching students to communicate effectively through writing and speaking. Yet the methods for teaching these two classic competencies diverge widely,…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Teaching Methods, Communications, Intercultural Communication
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Thomas, Nathan – rEFLections, 2019
Speaking is often considered one of the most difficult skills to develop in a second or foreign language. Many traditional approaches to language teaching focus on text-based skill development or emphasize aural receptive skills. However, as English continues to grow as a global language, learners want and need to be able to express their ideas…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Speech Instruction, Holistic Approach
Williams, David E.; Hart, Russell D. – 1992
Motivating students is one of the primary challenges facing public speaking instructors. Numerous techniques can be used to generate a stronger desire among students to excel in their presentations. For example, instructors can increase motivation through a rather simple process of manipulating the speaker order to create an environment in which…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Peer Influence, Public Speaking
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Haynes, W. Lance – Communication Education, 1990
Asserts that media systems and pedagogy affect each other, that electronic media increasingly dominate the society, and that pedagogy must respond. Outlines a heuristic model for talking and thinking pedagogically about the process of speech in the electronic media environment. (MG)
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Communication Skills, Higher Education, Mass Media Effects
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Church, Ruth Breckinridge; Ayman-Nolley, Saba; Mahootian, Shahrzad – International Journal of Bilingual Education & Bilingualism, 2004
Studies investigating the role gesture plays in communication claim gesture has a minimal role, while others claim that gesture carries a large communicative load. In these studies, however, the role of gesture has been assessed in a context where speech is understood and could easily carry the entire communicative burden. We examine the role of…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Speech Instruction, Spanish Speaking, Bilingual Education
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Skelton, Steven L. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2004
Phonologic treatments have traditionally been designed to teach a target speech sound starting with presumed easy teaching tasks and progressing to harder tasks. This investigation evaluated the effects on single-phoneme acquisition, generalization, and maintenance of Concurrent Treatment, which randomly intermixed presumed easy and hard teaching…
Descriptors: Phonology, Phonemes, Difficulty Level, Articulation Impairments
Bast, Cathy; And Others – 1990
A panel of instructors in the Speech Communication program at the University of South Dakota presented five papers containing the findings from an extensive analysis of their introductory course, the Fundamentals of Speech. The purpose of the analysis was to determine the result of adapting the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) to specific…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement
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Kay, Jack, Ed. – Speaker and Gavel, 1986
Focusing on how computers can and should be used in intercollegiate forensics, this journal issue offers the perspectives of a number of forensics instructors. The lead article, "Applications of Computer Technology in Intercollegiate Debate" by Theodore F. Sheckels, Jr., discusses five areas in which forensics educators might use computer…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Research, Computer Assisted Instruction, Debate
Dickson, W. Patrick; Patterson, Janice H. – 1979
Drawing from recent research, this paper focuses on communication games and activities that can be used to teach speaking and listening skills ("referential communication skills"). Following a brief review of the research, the paper offers a set of eight criteria for evaluating curriculum materials intended to teach speaking and listening, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development