scholarly journals Omani Graduates’ English-language Communication Skills in the Workforce: Employees’ Perspectives

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Communication

Alive and Kicking: Reflections on the Evolving Role of Subject Support Librarians at UWE Bristol

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 236-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Shreeve ◽  
Julie Hamley
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
English Language ◽  
Academic Skills ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
Language Communication ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Role Profile

AbstractIn this article Sue Shreeve and Julie Hamley give an overview of how the subject support librarian role at UWE Bristol has evolved over the last five years, broadening from subject information specialist to encompass academic skills support and English language/communication skills support. They outline how they have implemented this change in role profile by evolving the skills set of the subject librarians and share some of the student online learning materials that have been created during this evolution in role.

Nursing as a Global Career

2018 ◽  
pp. 412-426
Author(s):  
Hadina Habil ◽  
Rohani Othman ◽  
Rohayah Kahar
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
English Language ◽  
Private Hospital ◽  
Global Environment ◽  
Nursing Profession ◽  
Work Demands ◽  
Spoken English ◽  
Language Communication

In today's global environment, the nursing profession is regarded as a noble, challenging and competitive profession. Malaysian trained nurses are highly in demand due to their training and on-going efforts are made to ensure that the standards are well-maintained. This paper describes a part of a larger study. It reports the findings of a study pertaining to the needs of English language communication skills for nurses in a private hospital in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The study focused on the needs of English language communication skills at the workplace. These skills were written and spoken English communication, reading, listening, and interpersonal communication. By identifying these communicative competency needs, the study has given insights into helping the nurses to increase their work performance, meet their work demands and help the employability of the nurses globally.

scholarly journals English Language in Medical Informatics Teaching: Opinion of Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (11) ◽  
pp. 55-61
Author(s):  
Anastasiya V. Andreeva ◽  
Ksenia A. Mitrofanova ◽  
Valery A. Teleshev ◽  
Felix A. Blyakhman
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
English Language ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
General Medicine ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Language Communication ◽  
And Mathematics

The paper describes an interdisciplinary experience of teaching one of the modules of medical informatics in English. The interdisciplinary approach was introduced in the Ural State Medical University (USMU). During 2015–2017 academic years, the interdisciplinary team including teachers of the biomedical physics, informatics and mathematics department and foreign languages department of USMU were developing and introducing integrative classes on medical informatics in English. In total, 287 students of general medicine, pediatrics, dentistry and preventive medicine faculties participated in the survey concerning integrative training in medical informatics in English. Evaluation of both foreign language communication skills and abilities to search medical information in international databases was performed during practical studies. 76% of medical students responded positively to the opportunity to improve foreign language communication skills for professional purposes. We find it possible to develop some modules of professional disciplines in English to teach medical students.

scholarly journals Sociocultural Factors Involved in the Oral Competency of the ESL Students at Graduate Level

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadia Ayub
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Cultural Variation ◽  
Esl Students ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Language Communication

The current research is aimed to highlight the obstructing sociocultural factors that influence the undergraduate students’ English language communication skills in Pakistan. Undergraduates’ English language communication skills are strongly affected by various sociocultural factors such as the environment, cultural variation, societal rank, and self-identity. In particular, the current research emphasizes the interconnectedness of language and culture and their influence on the English language communication skills of the undergraduate students. The investigation was carried out in the public institutions of Bahawalpur, Pakistan. It was based on simple random and cluster random sampling. Forty highly proficient ESL / EFL instructors and 498 ESL students contributed to the current investigation. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were followed throughout the research. Data analysis revealed that among all the contributing factors, the environment was the most prominent factor, which affected the learner’s oral competency. The overall conclusion is that sociocultural issues affect the learners’ communication skills in Pakistan where English is most often the third language. The study also recommends that instructors should recognize the source(s) of language anxiety to facilitate the learners and to make the language acquisition process more successful.

Nursing as a Global Career

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 62-74
Author(s):  
Hadina Habil ◽  
Rohani Othman ◽  
Rohayah Kahar
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
English Language ◽  
Private Hospital ◽  
Global Environment ◽  
Nursing Profession ◽  
Work Demands ◽  
Spoken English ◽  
Language Communication

In today's global environment, the nursing profession is regarded as a noble, challenging and competitive profession. Malaysian trained nurses are highly in demand due to their training and on-going efforts are made to ensure that the standards are well-maintained. This paper describes a part of a larger study. It reports the findings of a study pertaining to the needs of English language communication skills for nurses in a private hospital in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The study focused on the needs of English language communication skills at the workplace. These skills were written and spoken English communication, reading, listening, and interpersonal communication. By identifying these communicative competency needs, the study has given insights into helping the nurses to increase their work performance, meet their work demands and help the employability of the nurses globally.

Exploring Foreign Language Communication Apprehension among the English Language University Students in the English Language Classroom Setting

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-39
Author(s):  
Draženka Molnar ◽  
Gabrijela Crnjak
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Communication Apprehension ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
General View ◽  
Total Level ◽  
Foreign Language Acquisition ◽  
The Social ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Language Communication

Abstract Over the past few decades the interest in communication apprehension has increased among researchers and teachers in the field of second/foreign language acquisition (SLA/FLA).The present paper is set between the macro perspective of the social-psychological period - by giving a general view of communication apprehension (CA) - and the situation-specific period - by taking into consideration the immediate educational context.The paper focuses on the phenomenon of communication apprehension among the Croatian university level students in a foreign language classroom setting.In particular, it investigates if there is a difference in the total level of communication apprehension between undergraduate and graduate students of English Language and Literature.Furthermore, it explores whether there is a relationship between different aspects of communication apprehension and the total level of communication apprehension and which background factor is the best predictor of communication apprehension among the students.The first part of the paper brings a theoretical background of the main concepts in this research, whereas the second part of the paper reports on the research itself.Two sets of instruments, questionnaires completed by the students and in-depth interviews conducted among the teachers, were used for the purpose of this study.The results show that the year of study is not a significant predictor of the communication apprehension level which students experience.Among all variables included in the analysis, the only significant predictors of communication apprehension are evaluations.

scholarly journals Communication and language skills pay off, but not everybody needs them

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Balcar ◽  
Lucie Dokoupilová
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
English Language ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Standard Deviation Increase ◽  
Job Requirements ◽  
Wage Returns ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Basic Level

Abstract The importance of communication skills is increasing on the labour market and a further strengthening of this trend is expected due to Industry 4.0. This development will have significant consequences for individuals’ employability, requirements on educational outcomes and gender equality. This article employs data from a representative survey of Czech employees (N = 1,500) replenished with information on requirements on their communication skills (Effective communication, Czech language and English language) in order to explore (a) the distribution of communication skills requirements on the labour market, (b) personal and job characteristics related to work positions requiring highly developed communication skills, and (c) wage returns to these skills. The results show that one standard deviation increase in job requirements on communication skills is connected with 5.8% wage premium. However, not everybody needs well-developed communication skills. Only a quarter of employees needs highly developed effective communication, Czech and English languages, while there is also a quarter of employees that needs only a very basic level of communication skills. The results also revealed that females perform more communication-intensive occupations than males do. Cognitive skills and the need to excel represent other significant factors correlated with higher job requirements on communication skills.

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