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Speaking up about Oracy: The Contribution of Drama Pedagogy to Enhanced Oral Communication
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Madonna Stinson – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to consider the growing interest in oracy and to propose the pedagogy of process drama as an ideal model for the dialogic classroom. Design/methodology/approach: This paper takes the form of an explanatory case study where the author draws on a successful drama/oracy project in a primary school in Brisbane,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Drama, Oral Communication Method
Analysis and Validation of a Rubric to Assess Oral Presentation Skills in University Contexts
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Garcia-Ros, Rafael – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2011
Introduction: The main objective of this study was to analyze users' perceptions and convergent validity of peer- and teacher summative assessment using a rubric for students' oral presentation skills in a university context. Method: Peer- and teacher-assessment convergence was analyzed from an analytical and holistic perspective. Students'…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Validity, Program Effectiveness, Cognitive Processes
Beliefs, Practices, and Expectations of Oral Teachers of the Deaf
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Brown, P. Margaret; Paatsch, Louise – Deafness and Education International, 2010
This study investigated the beliefs and practices of 28 teachers of the deaf about their practices. The teachers were all working in oral settings either as visiting teachers or teachers in a mainstream school facility supporting groups of students with hearing loss. Teachers who used an Auditory Verbal approach largely adopted a positivist…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Deafness, Oral Communication Method, Educational Practices
The Academic and Social Inclusion of Oral Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children in Cyprus Secondary General Education: Investigating the Perspectives of the Stakeholders
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Hadjikakou, Kika; Petridou, Lenia; Stylianou, Chryso – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2008
This paper reports the results of a study which has been carried out for the first time in Cyprus, with the aim of exploring the views of deaf and hard-of-hearing (D/HH) children (who attend secondary general schools, and use an auditory/oral approach), as well as the perceptions of their parents, teachers and head teachers on their academic and…
Descriptors: Deafness, Academic Standards, Foreign Countries, Oral Communication Method
British Aid for Hungarian Deaf Education from a Linguistic Human Rights Point of View.
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Kontra, Miklos – Hungarian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2001
This paper discusses the issue of oral versus sign language in educating people who are deaf, focusing on Hungary, which currently emphasizes oralism and discourages the use of Hungarian Sign Language. Teachers of people who are hearing impaired are trained to use the acoustic channel and view signing as an obstacle to the integration of deaf…
Descriptors: Deafness, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
The Referential Communication Skills of Deaf Children from Different Educational Environments.
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Breslaw, P. I.; And Others – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1981
Two studies of the communication skills of orally educated, deaf elementary school children are reported. Severely and profoundly deaf children performed as well as hearing children on limited referential communication. Differences in performance were found among deaf children from three schools with different linguistic philosophies. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Children, Communication Skills, Deafness, Elementary Education