Essays about: "speech fluency"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 13 essays containing the words speech fluency.

1. 6. “if you have really good ease then you’re extremely fluent.” : An Exploration of Swedish Upper Secondary EFL Teachers’ Views on Teaching Fluency in Speech and Writing

   University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Whilma Almqvist; [2021]
   Keywords : EFL Teaching; Fluency; Teacher’s Attitudes Toward Fluency; Classroom Teaching;

   Abstract : The aim of this project was to analyse Swedish EFL teachers’ methods and opinions regarding teaching fluency in their classrooms. Furthermore, the project aimed at exploring the attitudes towards the importance of including fluency in their language teaching. READ MORE

3. 7. Portraying characteristics in English translation of Japanese : A case study of the speech of Kobayashi Midori in Murakami Haruki's Norwegian Wood

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Japanska

   Author : Philippa Mattsson; [2019]
   Keywords : Japanese; translation; characteristics; dialogue; speech; gendered language; domestication; Murakami Haruki; Haruki Murakami; Norwegian Wood; Midori;

   Abstract : The distinguishing traits of characters in novels may appear to change in translation. One of the main means of conveying the individualities, personalities and moral qualities of characters is through dialogue, using the possibilities opened by, for example, the selection of register and use of gendered language. READ MORE

4. 8. Caregiver language : a study of caregiver interaction and their impact on children's fluency

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Besarta Statovci; [2018]
   Keywords : First language acquisition; caregiver language;

   Abstract : This paper aims to examine caregiver responses to children's utterances and how the caregiver's responding speech varies during the child's three critical years of language development. The methodology of this paper is a longitudinal study that focuses on how the caregiver uses the language during the child's first three and most important language-wise years. READ MORE

5. 9. Words have power: Speech recognition in interactive jewelry : a case study with newcome LGBT+ immigrants

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Medieteknik

   Author : Anton Poikolainen Rosén; [2017]
   Keywords : Interactive jewelry; speech recognition; wearable computing; affective computing; LGBT ; migration; LED-lights.;

   Abstract : This paper addresses a design exploration focusing on interactive jewelry conducted with newcome LGBT+ immigrants in Sweden, leading to a necklace named PoWo that is “powered” by the spoken word through a mobile application that reacts to customizable keywords triggering LED-lights in the necklace. Interactive jewelry is in this paper viewed as a medium with a simultaneous relation to wearer and spectator thus affording use on the themes of symbolism, emotion, body and communication. READ MORE

6. 10. Background speech : disparate impact on job performance, depending on the language?

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för bygg- energi- och miljöteknik

   Author : Mira Rutanen; [2015]
   Keywords : Background speech; language production; speech intelligibility; interference-by-process; distraction; working memory;

   Abstract : Background speech is annoying and distracting when working on tasks that require focus, and according to previous research, background speech is a common cause of reduced work performance. According to the interference-by-process theory, distraction is a function of the similarity between the processes involved in the involuntary analysis of the background speech and the voluntary processes involved in the task. READ MORE