Describes infusing a non-western form or style of theatre into a play from the traditional American or European canon. Notes that the intention was not necessarily to accurately re-create complex and beautiful cultural theatre, but to spur the interest of the audiences and encourage them to delve deeper into those cultures. (SG)

"The Capeman" Paul Simon's first and only Broadway musical that embodies a peculiar authenticity unique in the history of Latino-themed musicals that stem from its reception by Latino audiences during its limited run is described. Capeman's music, dialogue and narrative gave authenticity for Latino audiences starved for representations of their…

This paper compares the development of linguistic fluency in the writing of 5th-8th grade, U.S. students enrolled in English as a Second Language (ESL, n=189) and regular language arts (RLA, n=546) classes. Linguistic fluency is defined as the use of linguistic structures appropriate to rhetorical and social purposes and is measured using five…

This study explores the communication experiences of two volunteer groups involved in the production of community theater musicals. Based on social exchange theory, it examined what group members perceived to be the positive benefits (primarily meeting people and having an opportunity to perform) and the negative costs (primarily disorganization,…

The study investigated the effectiveness of self-modeling as an intervention for public speaking anxiety. The participants were six high school students with elevated levels of self-reported public speaking anxiety. Students presented public speeches to randomly selected peer audiences. Direct observations measured the behavioral manifestations of…

Objective: To select a charitable organization to receive the class monetary donation. Type of speech: Persuasive. Point value: 100 points, which is 20% of course grade. Requirements: (a) References: 5; (b) Length: 5-7 minutes; (c) Visual aid: Yes; (d) Outline: Yes; (e) Prerequisite reading: Chapter 15 (Lucas, 2001), Chapter 7 (McKerrow, Gronbeck,…

The value of an academic conference lies in its ability to engage attendees in ongoing scholarly conversations. Such engagement depends on presentations that are intellectually sound and effectively delivered, but it also requires thoughtful participation by discussants, session chairs, and audience members. Shared understanding of the…

In this paper, the author presents ten rules for keeping an audience engaged during conference presentations: (1) Think of your talk as an "advertisement" for your paper; (2) Choose your data selectively; (3) Present slides with boldfaced print no less than 32-point type size; (4) Never project a quotation without reading it to your audience; (5)…

In the context of debates on place, space, and identity in a period of globalisation, this article asks whether collaborative arts projects are a means to identity formation for participants. This is of interest, not least, because such projects are outside consumption, the latter more often discussed in work on identity in sociology. Situated…

Narrative construction is an approach to social research in which data are configured into any of a variety of diachronic, or storied, formats. Having recently gained popularity, this approach is now in danger of marginalization (along with other qualitative and quantitative forms of social research) as a result of politically charged attempts to…

The science of education has focused on alternative educational approaches for years with a view to meeting the needs of wide student audiences in classes. One of the sources of the differences in learning performance at class environment is the learning styles. This study has been conducted to develop a learning styles scale for students at the…

The author reads with great interest Rhoda Bernard's (2005) article "Making Music, Making Selves." Bernard's concerns about the multiple identities that she holds, and people's tendency to compartmentalize their various identities according to audience and role are issues for the author as she designs and teaches within music teacher education…

The Maine Learning Results (MLR) expects the state's students in prekindergarten through grade 2 to describe two-dimensional shapes as well as use positional language. Requiring translations of two-dimensional shapes supports this expectation. Students in grades 3-4 are expected to "use transformations," while students in grade 5-8 are…

Use of evaluation findings is a valued outcome for most evaluators. However, to optimize use, the findings need to be disseminated to potential users in formats that facilitate use of the information. This reflective case narrative uses a national evaluation of a multisite National Science Foundation (NSF) program as the setting for describing the…

This work presents a self-help, Internet-based telepsychology program for the treatment of public speaking fears. The system is comprised of 3 parts: The "assessment protocol" gives the patient information about his or her problem (i.e., amount of interference it creates in his or her life, severity, degree of fear and avoidance). The…