scholarly journals Technology in Support of Developing Speaking Skills in ESP Courses

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-69
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Dzięcioł-Pędich ◽  
Agnieszka Dudzik
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Business English ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Oral Production ◽  
Human Interactions ◽  
Communicative Abilities ◽  
Speaking Skills

Nowadays, when face-to-face human interactions are restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students have fewer opportunities to put their oral communicative abilities to the test. Under these circumstances, technology becomes an ally of both teachers and learners. While synchronous tools enable students to communicate with one another in real time, asynchronous tools allow them, among others, to record their utterances for review and self-evaluation. This paper aims to indicate which technological solutions could help teachers increase learners’ oral production in the ESP classroom (with particular emphasis on Medical and Business English) and which ones could help students improve their speaking skills independently.

scholarly journals Investigating EFL Students’ Language Politeness in Their English-Speaking Practices: A Study on Grade X Students of SMA 1 Parangloe Gowa District

Tamaddun ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-72
Author(s):  
Nurfathana Mazhud ◽  
Ihramsari Akidah
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
School Level ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
High School Level ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Character Assessment ◽  
Speaking Skills

The importance of language politeness is not just refining words, but conveying things that honestly reflect the pattern of civilized society. Language politeness is a very important aspect in shaping students' language and character. Assessment of language politeness is the ability of children to speak and with whom they speak. Speaking skills in students' language politeness can be seen when they communicate daily in both formal and non-formal environments. The age of children at the high school level is a period when thinking is full of idealism, so that this period requires personality formation to achieve positive behavior change, one of which is good communication behavior in the surrounding environment. Therefore, research on speaking skills in fostering language politeness among class X SMA Negeri 1 Parangloe becomes very meaningful for saving, habituation, and developing character values in realizing a civilized nation. This study aims to determine the language politeness of class X students of Sma Negeri 1 Parangloe during their learning interactions in class.  The data analysis technique used with a qualitative approach is literature study to analyze the results of the student's conversation transcription in the learning process. Based on the results of research and discussion, it can be concluded that 1) The learning process at SMA Negeri 1 Parangloe, in general, students have high self-confidence to speak in public so that vocabulary is needed to be balanced with language politeness. 2) The most typical form of language behavior occurs during face-to-face conversations between people who come from the same culture so that the principles of politeness are applied in the learning process.

THE ANALYSIS OF EFFECTIVENESS OF ON-SITE TAX AUDITS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

2021 ◽  
pp. 52-60
Author(s):  
S. I. Chuzhmarova ◽  
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E. N. Zvereva ◽  
A. A. Chuzhmarova ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Electron Interaction ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Tax Management ◽  
Tax Audit ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Tax Reporting ◽  
Accounting Reports

In economic literature, the analysis of the effectiveness of on-site tax audits is underrepresented both with regard to the economic and mathematical calculation and within the behavioral context. On-site tax audits, as one of the forms of tax management, affect budget incomes and expenditures. Effective audits promote budget replenishment. Ineffective audits cause budget expenditures for their execution without fiscal payoff. The study aimed at the development of a technique and using it for the analysis of the effectiveness of on-site tax audits in the Russian Federation. The analysis of normative base, statistical tax reporting, and summation of the practice of on-site tax audits formed the basis for the proposed technique of analysis of the effectiveness of on-site tax audits. The analysis technique is characterized by the revised structure of criteria, dynamic and static parameters. The authors determined and considered in real-time the percentage of on-site tax audits, which identified violations of law; carried out the analysis of payments additionally accrued according to the results of on-site tax audits. The study identified and analyzed in real-time the effectiveness of one on-site tax audit, as well as the ratio of payments additionally accrued according to the results of on-site and desktop tax audits. The authors analyzed the transformation of the structure of on-site tax audits. The paper proposes organizational ways of improvement of the effectiveness of on-site tax audits: the development of electron interaction of tax authorities and taxpayers with possible temporary access to tax and accounting reports and other documents, implementation of digital control of tax bases at the stage of pre-inspection analysis; the expanding of welcoming face-to-face and remote contacts with taxpayers as the participants of the process of the national economy development.

Challenges in speaking classrooms among non-English majors

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-31
Author(s):  
Ngoc Boi Trinh ◽  
Duy Thuy Thi Pham
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
English Majors ◽  
The Face ◽  
Topical Knowledge ◽  
Speaking Skills

As a great challenge to most English learners, speaking skills have aroused the interest of numerous researchers in many countries where English is taught as a foreign language. This study aimed to investigate some difficulties that students faced in speaking classrooms. A group of 57 participants at Tra Vinh university was selected to complete the questionnaires to find out students’ speaking problems from psychological and linguistic perspectives and 12 of them participated in the face-to face interviews. The results from the questionnaire revealed that non-English majors encountered more linguistic difficulties than psychological ones. Also, students’ psychological problems identified includes: pressure to perform well, being overpowered by more competent students, fear of making mistakes in front of the class and fear of criticism or losing face. The linguistic difficulties are lacking vocabulary and topical knowledge, being uncapable of arranging ideas logically, insufficient sentence formation skills and inappropriate vocabulary. The findings from the interview also showed that learners encountered more linguistic difficulties. Based on the findings above, some possible solutions are suggested to assist students in improving their speaking skills when acquiring English.

Epidemic Response: Follow-up and lessons learned from the US response to the evolving and conflicting risk information, focusing on education and clinical environments

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 1584-1587
Author(s):  
Alison G. Vredenburgh ◽  
Gail L. Sunderman ◽  
Rodrigo J. Daly Guris ◽  
Sreekanth R. Cheruku
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Us ◽  
Hospital Systems ◽  
Clinical Environments ◽  
New Type ◽  
Response Decisions ◽  
Epidemic Response

In this follow-up panel, we discuss what we have learned over the last year about responding to an epidemic or pandemic that has demonstrated a level of transmission unprecedented in the modern era. Two medical doctors that have worked on the front of this pandemic share their experiences transitioning from the “sharp end” of the response. Decisions about how to mitigate hazards have occurred at the personal, institutional, and health policy levels, in real-time, with frequent adaptation, and often in advance of concrete evidence. Over the course of the pandemic, hospital systems revised existing protocols to manage perceived risks in real time using emerging information from other centers. With the introduction of vaccines, there is a new type of risk perception. Is the vaccine perceived to be safe? Is there a disparity in perception among different population groups? That said, analyses are also complicated by emerging viral mutations with unclear implications. What factors increase or decrease public compliance with precautions? How are US education policymakers deciding about face-to-face classroom instruction? This panel includes a warnings expert, an expert on education policy, and two practicing physicians.

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