Essays about: "ENGLISH AS A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 26 essays containing the words ENGLISH AS A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION.

1. 16. Skills and competencies employers require from supply chain graduates : A job advertisements content analysis

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO)

   Author : Nikolaos Grigoriadis; [2014]
   Keywords : supply; chain; supply chain; logistics; graduates; skills; competencies; employers; job advertisements; quantitative; content analysis; cluster analysis;

   Abstract : Background: The skills and competencies of the professionals in the supply chain sector have been highlighted since the 1960s as an area of academic interest. In modern days there are reports and articles highlighting a “skills-gap” between employers’ requirements and business graduates. READ MORE

3. 17. World of Warcraft-English - An Investigation of the Language of the English-speaking European Realms and its Differences to other kinds of Computer-Mediated Communication

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Jacob Nolskog; [2012-02-20]
   Keywords : World of Warcraft; Computer-Mediated Communication; realms; computer game;

   Abstract : Over the last decade or so, there have appeared several computer games where one plays over the internet as a digital character with and against a large number of other players, interacting in more or less fantastic environments and cooperating to achieve goals in the game. The most successful by far of these MMORPGs (short for Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game), in terms of how many people are playing it, is World of Warcraft (WoW), released by Blizzard Entertainment in 2004 (MMOGchart. READ MORE

4. 18. Spoken Lingua Franca English in an International Church in Sweden : An investigation of communicative effectiveness and attitudes in relation to deviation from Standard English in SOS Church

   University essay from Engelska institutionen

   Author : Linnea Hagenfors Rafail; [2012]
   Keywords : English as a Lingua franca; attitude; communicative effectiveness; adaptation; irritation and language background.;

   Abstract : This study is an investigation of communicative effectiveness and attitudes in relation to deviation from Standard English in an international church in Stockholm. This church is an English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) setting as the congregation consists almost entirely of people who use English as a means of communication with people who do not share their own first language. READ MORE

5. 19. Speech Translation into Pakistan Sign Language

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikation

   Author : Ahmed Abdul Haseeb; Asim Ilyas; [2012]
   Keywords : Sign language; Pakistan sign language; Speech to sign language converter; speech and Pakistan sign language; Sign language interpreting machine; user centric; prototype validation;

   Abstract : ABSTRACT Context: Communication is a primary human need and language is the medium for this. Most people have the ability to listen and speak and they use different languages like Swedish, Urdu and English etc. to communicate. Hearing impaired people use signs to communicate. READ MORE

6. 20. Na Nga Def, Sumole or How are You? : A Field Study Regarding Language of Instruction in the Gambia 

   University essay from Lärarutbildningen

   Author : Famata Sey; [2011]
   Keywords : Language of instruction; bilingual education; learning process; communication; interaction; the Gambia; Undervisningsspråk; tvåspråkig undervisning; inlärningsprocess; kommunikation; interaktion; Gambia;

   Abstract : A field study was conducted in order to enquire which languages the teachers and the students were using, both during lessons and on breaks, and if and how several languages were used to instruct. Since colonialism, the  Gambia has experienced many European influences, which has led to English as the official language and also the language of instruction. READ MORE