Objective: to evaluate the perception of medical students from two institutions in north Minas Gerais regarding fear public speaking and association with sociodemographic, economic anxiety level variables. Materials Methods: cross-sectional, analytical study, consisting 346 using identification data, Self-Statements during Public Speaking Scale (SSPS) Beck Anxiety Inventory. Results: mean age w...

As patient advocates, nurses are responsible for speaking up against unsafe practices. Nursing students must develop the confidence to speak up for patient safety so that they can hold themselves, as well as their peers and coworkers, accountable for patients' well-being. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a senior practicum course on confidence for speaking up for patient ...

Initiated from in-depth observations on the performance of English teachers at junior high school level, this study analysed teachers’ ways integrating teaching materials and implementing learning strategies that empowered critical thinking frameworks. A case design was employed to investigate how Plus-Minus-Interesting (PMI) in telling daily life stories improved students’ speaking skill (CSS)...

Research on multiword clusters (chunks) is based on the assumption that native speakers use plenty of chunks in their everyday language and they are considered as fluent speakers of language. Therefore the present study was an attempt to investigate the impact of using chunks on speaking fluency of Iranian EFL learners. In the first phase of the study, the students of two intermediate classes s...