INCREASING ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILLS USING YOUTUBE

Phonological skills in predominantly English-speaking, predominantly Spanish-speaking, and Spanish-English bilingual children.

PURPOSE There is a paucity of information detailing the phonological skills of Spanish-English bilingual children and comparing that information to information concerning the phonological skills of predominantly English-speaking (PE) and predominantly Spanish-speaking (PS) children. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between amount of output (i.e., percentage of time each...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH LISTENIG AND SPEAKING SKILLS

Clinically speaking: A communication skills program for students from non-English speaking backgrounds.

This paper reports on the design, delivery and evaluation of an innovative oral communication skills program for first year students in a Bachelor of Nursing degree at an Australian university. This program was introduced in 2004 to meet the needs of first year undergraduate students from non-English speaking backgrounds who had experienced difficulties with spoken English while on clinical pla...

the development of english listenig and speaking skills

this article clarifies the importance of listening and speaking in language development. both represent two of the most difficult components of english language fores/ (eglish as a second language) learners to acquire listening comprehension is central to second lani,r,uge aquisition. it also appears to be crucially important for advanced level learners. the main aspect of speaking is communica...

Using Trialogues to Measure English Language Skills

We explored the use of technology-assisted, trialogue-based tasks to measure the English language proficiency of students learning English as a second or foreign language. A presumed benefit of the system for language assessment is its suitability for use in scenario-based tasks that integrate multiple language skills. This integration allows test developers to simulate real-life language use s...