Essays about: "Public speaking"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 53 essays containing the words Public speaking.

1. 1. Navigating Social Sustainability: : Revealing Contemporary Laws and Policies in Public Procurement

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Mirjam Chahed; [2024]
   Keywords : Socially Sustainable Public Procurement; EU Directive 2014 24 EU; The Swedish Public Procurement Act; The National Public Procurement Strategy; Sweden; WPR-approach; Poststructuralism;

   Abstract : The thesis is about Sweden’s approach on social sustainability in public policy. The Swedish New Reform derives from the EU Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement, including policies and legislations on social aspects, labor-law, and environmental considerations. READ MORE

3. 2. Proficient speakers : A literature review on what it means to be orally proficient as a speaker of English

   University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Kim Fahlström; [2023]
   Keywords : Fluency; speech; oral proficiency; assessment;

   Abstract : An increasing amount of people use the English language, even those with other first languages. Therefore, there is an interest in investigating various aspects of the English language. The present study aims to investigate what it means to be orally proficient as a speaker of English. READ MORE

4. 3. Flodnära utveckling i en social kontex : hur städer kan skapa gröna rekreationsområden på före detta trafikinfrastruktur vid floder

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Olivia Espinosa; [2023]
   Keywords : trafikinfrastruktur; grönyta; flodnära utveckling; rekreation; stadsutveckling; kulturell hållbarhet; friyta;

   Abstract : I denna uppsats har flodnära platsers utvecklingspotential för rekreationsvärde undersökts för att få en större förståelse för flodens roll i staden, hur projekt som främjar rekreation kan se ut och vilka rekreationsvärden som ingår, och hur erfarenheter från internationella projekt och vägledande dokument skulle kunna appliceras i en svensk kontext med en tillämpning i Göteborg. Syftet med uppsatsen är att ge ett underlag som planerare kan använda sig av när de undersöker olika möjligheter i städer som har en låg andel parkmiljöer, men som har tillgång till flodnära mark med potential att utvecklas till urbana parker. READ MORE

5. 4. Violence at the border: Exploring portrayals of violence in news articles reporting the border conflicts between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Susanna Mäkelä; [2023]
   Keywords : Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; border conflict; slow violence; news media;

   Abstract : Using Nixon’s (2011) conceptualisation of slow violence, this study explores how violence is portrayed in English-language news articles reporting the Kyrgyz-Tajik border conflicts in April 2021 and September 2022. This study aims to discover the ways in which violence is communicated to English-speaking audiences, and, in a larger context, it contributes to the understanding of violence produced in border conflicts. READ MORE

6. 5. “But as a deeper dive, I want to focus on this” : Discourse reflexivity in TED talks

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

   Author : Eidvilė Poškė; [2023]
   Keywords : metadiscourse; reflexivity; TED talks; discourse functions; monologic discourse;

   Abstract : Metadiscourse, or discourse about discourse, manifests itself in both spoken and written genres. However, the focus of existing studies of spoken metadiscourse remains mainly on academic speaking (Hyland, 2017), whereas research on metadiscourse in spoken non-academic genres is much less common. READ MORE