A lot of people refer to mother tongue ‘influence’ on English‚ as mother tongue ‘influenza’ and have a good laugh at others’ expense. Of all the influences‚ the mother tongue influence is the most difficult to get rid of‚ or so we believe! In my Verbal Ability sessions‚ I invariably come across people who carry around an inferiority complex‚ just because they speak English with a mother tongue influence. When I tell them that I come from a vernacular medium school and couldn’t converse in
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System‚ Vol. 17‚ No. 3‚ pp. 377-384‚1989 Printed in Great Britain 0346-251X/89 $3.00 + 0.00 0 1990 Pergamon Press plc IMPROVING SPEAKING FLUENCY PAUL NATION English Language Institute‚ Victoria University of Wellington‚ New Zealand This paper examines the improvement of learners of English during the performance of a speaking activity which involves repeating the same unrehearsed talk. Improvements in fluency‚ grammatical accuracy‚ and control of the content showed that during the short
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some of your stronger public speaking skills? List and explain several examples. After completing the Demonstrative Speech‚ I feel that I had several strong public speaking skills. The first I would like to discuss‚ is my introduction. My introduction included an attention getter‚ reason to listen‚ thesis‚ and transition to the first main point. The attention getter I used was a summary of blood pressure from ATI’s Nursing Education skills module on vital signs. The summary included the definition of
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Of Speaking Tarigan (1990:3-4) defines that speaking is a language skill that is developed in child life‚ which is produced by listening skill‚ and at that period speaking skill is learned. Based on Competence Based Curriculum speaking is one of the four basic competences that the students should gain well. It has an important role in communication. Speaking can find in spoken cycle especially in Joint Construction of Text stage (Departmen Pendidikan Nasional‚ 2004). In carrying out speaking‚ students
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SKILLS OF GOOD SPEAKING If there are images in this attachment‚ they will not be displayed. Download the original attachment The Skills of Good Speaking The Skills of Good Speaking • Art of Conversation • Public Speaking • Job Interview Art of Conversation • Do’s of Conversation • Don’ts of Conversation Do’s of Conversation • Listen more than you talk. • Come to an occasion armed with topics at the ready.
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Improving Speaking skill of Grade XII students of secondary school through Role Play strategy. A. Background of the Study The language has many functions‚ Srijono (2006: 7) states that the language function is used for expressing and receiving some information‚ communication‚ persuasion‚ negotiation‚ and for socialization. We usually use language into two ways‚ verbal language and nonverbal language. It is so very important to communicate because the two components help us to speak up very
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Lucas: The Art of Public Speaking‚ 8/e PREFACE If it is true‚ as Walter Pater said‚ that “a book‚ like a person‚ has its fortunes‚” then fortune has indeed smiled upon The Art of Public Speaking. As the book enters its eighth edition‚ I am deeply appreciative of the students and teachers who have made it the leading work on its subject at colleges and universities across the United States. In preparing this edition‚ I have retained what readers have identified as the main strengths of
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1. THEORY OF SPEAKING This part‚ dealing with the theoretical background of speaking‚ aims to determine the position of the speaking skill among the other skills and to analyze the elements that speaking as a skill includes. Speaking is as a language skill used as a communication tool to share ideas‚ feelings‚ opinions‚ thoughts‚ or information by using the target language. It is an interactive process of constructing meaning that involves producing‚ receiving and processing information
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Student’s Name: Institution of Learning: Instructor’s Name: Course Name: Public Speaking Anxiety From a tender age‚ I was always nervous about speaking it public or rather being in situations where I had to address people or read in public‚ be they my peers‚ or those older or younger than me. Still‚ within me‚ I admired numerous eloquent speakers both on television and other areas of social life‚ though I could not muster enough courage to publicly address others. Consequently‚ throughout childhood
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Most people are ignorant to distinguish the concept between talking and speaking. The key of speaking is to communicate with speech‚ in a more serious and formal manner. In contrast to talking‚ speaking only include one person communicating to a certain number of audience. Meanwhile it is a norm that everyone can talk with ease‚ a public speaker may feel all jittery before or/and during a speech delivery or pass out in a middle of the function. Some speakers tend to look down the aisle rather than
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