We evaluated the effects of an instructional package on the emergence of novel intraverbals in children diagnosed with autism. Participants were two boys with a diagnosis of autism who had tact and listener repertoires for common objects and events, some intraverbal responses, and showed an ability to learn new intraverbal responses through direct instruction prior to participating in the study. Tact training, listener training, sorting training, and mixed training (listener and tact training) were conducted with each participant, with a probe to test for emergent intraverbals following each training step. If some emergence was seen during a probe following a training step, probes were conducted with the remaining sets to test for emergence in those sets as well. Multiple-exemplar training was conducted following the training steps if all targets within a set did not meet the criterion for emergence during probes. Results showed that for one participant, all four training steps, in addition to multiple-exemplar training, were needed to see emergence in all targets during probes for two sets, with the last two sets requiring only tact training before all targets had emerged during probes. The second participant required only tact training during three sets, with listener training required for one target in one set before all targets in all sets emerged during probes.

I dagsläget när studenter från Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) ska genomföra en examensarbetspresentation ska det finnas aktiva lyssnare på plats. Aktiva lyssnare är andra studenter som också utför examensarbeten och som lyssnar på presentationen och ställer frågor. Detta är ett obligatoriskt moment som alla studenter genomför under sina examensarbeten. Problemet med detta moment är att det inte genomförs på ett smidigt sätt, för att få sitt deltagande godkänt får man en underskrift på ett papper av examinatorn på plats som bevis på delaktighet. Skulle detta papper tappas bort finns inga bevis på delaktighet. I detta examensarbete ska närvaroprocessen göras smidigare, både för studenter och för examinatorer, med hjälp av digitalisering. Som student ska det vara enkelt att ställa frågor till presentatören, dessa frågor kommer vara en del av grunden för närvarokontrollen. För examinatorer ska närvarokontrollen av aktiv lyssnare deltagandet förenklas. Med hjälp av lärplattformen Canvas, som KTH använder sig av, ska det bli lättare för examinatorer att ta närvaro på studenter. Studenter ska med hjälp av en gruppfunktion i Canvas kunna välja vilken presentation de vill delta i genom att gå med i en grupp som representerar en vald presentationen. Canvas har också en diskussionsfunktion som gör det möjligt för aktiva lyssnare att ställa sina frågor om presentationen, frågorna kommer sedan vara ett underlägg för närvaro och deltagande under presentationen. Canvas kan med sitt applikationsprogrammeringsgränssnitt användas med programmeringsspråket Ruby, vilket är tänkta ska användas, för att digitalisera och förenkla aktiv lyssnare processen. Detta projekt har tagit fram en process som endast använder Canvas för bevis på närvaro och delaktighet som aktiv lyssnare under en presentation. Som aktiv lyssnare behöver man endast gå med i en grupp som representerar en presentation och publicera en fråga i en diskussionstråd i gruppen för att få delmomentet godkänt. Med denna process behöver varken studenter eller examinatorer hantera osmidigt pappersarbete. Resultatet är fullt fungerande och har testats på en fiktiv Canvasdomän och skulle i teorin kunna användas på KTH. / In today’s degree project presentations at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), there must be active listeners on site. Active listeners are other students who are also doing degree projects. They listen to the presentation and ask questions to the presenter. This is a mandatory assignment for every degree project student. The problem with this assignment is that the process of getting once attendance approved is implemented in an old-fashioned way, a signature from the examiner on site on a piece of paper is the only proof of participation. If the piece of paper is lost a student has no proof of participation. In this thesis the attendance process for active listeners will be improved both for students and examiners with the help of digitalization. As a student it should be easy to ask your questions to the presenter, these questions will then be a part of the attendance. As an examiner the attendance and active listening participation will be made easier to document and record. With the help of the learning management system Canvas, which KTH uses, attendance control for examiners will be made easier. Students will with the help of a group function in Canvas be able to choose which presentation they want to attend to by joining a group which represents a chosen presentation. With the help of a discussion function in Canvas, active listeners will post their questions to the presenter, the questions will then be used as a proof of attendance and participation during the presentation. With its application programming interface, Canvas can be used with the programming language Ruby, which is intended to be used to digitalize and simplify the active listening process. This project has developed a process that only uses Canvas for proof of presence and participation as an active listener. As an active listener, you only need to join a group representing a presentation and post a question in a discussion thread in said group to pass the assignment. With this process neither students nor examiners need to handle clumsy paperwork. The results are fully functional and have been tested against a custom Canvas domain and could in theory be used at KTH.

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Performance in isiZulu radio drama is imaginative and abstract to the listeners and radio drama writers make use of semiotic signs to convey intended action or information to the listeners. This research is meant to uncover the role of semiotics in the isiZulu radio drama and the impact it has on the culture of the isiZulu-speaking community. This study was dedicated to answer the following research questions: • How does semiotics play its role in isiZulu radio drama? • To what extent does semiotics play its role in isiZulu radio drama? • What impact it has on the culture of isiZulu-speaking community? To answer these research questions the researcher formulated the following objectives: • To identify different semiotic signs that plays a significant role in isiZulu radio drama. • To explore the role of semiotic signs in isiZulu radio drama. • To analyse the role of semiotic signs in isiZulu radio drama. • To examine the extent to which semiotic signs can influence the revival of cultural knowledge in isiZulu-speaking community. • To suggest for further research on the role of semiotics in isiZulu radio drama and the impact it has on the culture of isiZulu-speaking community. The researcher used a mixed method consisting of quantitative and qualitative approaches which examined the research problem by surveying isiZulu radio drama listeners, observing selected isiZulu radio drama scripts and conducting a telephone interview with the participant. The researcher found that semiotics play significant and different roles in isiZulu radio dramas and has the potential to revive cultural knowledge of the isiZulu-speaking community. The researcher recommended further research on the grounds that this study did not focus on the infringement that exists in isiZulu language, which is used in isiZulu radio dramas to fit the socio-economic, political, technological and demographic changes whether such infringement still restore and revive cultural knowledge of the isiZulu-speaking community. / African Languages / M.A. (African Languages)

The purpose of the present thesis is to look into the correlation between the speed of the source speech and simultaneous interpreter's performance between Czech and French from the perspective of the French listeners of the source speeches in French, of two groups of interpreters (students and professionals) and of the listeners of the speeches interpreted into Czech. The thesis consists of the theoretical and the empirical part. The theoretical part outlines Daniel Gile's Effort Model and than focuses on the delivery rate of the source speech and on various theoretical approaches of different scholars, on the errors occured in the process of simultaneous interpreting, on intrepretation strategies and on the quality of interpretation. The empirical part describes the research method, the experiment itself and the results of the experiment which focuses both on the number of occurences of different interpretation stategies in relation to the source speech delivery rate and on the number of occurences of various error categories depending on the speed of the quasi-authentic source speeches. The empirical part examines the differences between the performance of the students and of the interpreters. Their performance is then assessed by the Czech listeners. Keywords simultaneous interpretation,...

Listening with comprehension, one of the basic language skills, is an essential part of teaching Czech as a foreign language. Even though this skill is very important, it is usually not given sufficient attention. This master thesis examines how listening is processed in selected popular textbooks which are, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Language, designed for basic users on level A1 and A2. Based on a critical analysis of textbooks, the output this thesis is the design of several types of listening tasks created with the support of theoretical knowledge based on the literature processed in the introductory part of the thesis. At the same time, it seeks to fill in the gaps in existing listening tasks which are presented in current teaching materials.

The theme of the thesis, which you hold in your hands is particular situation of sermon on the occasion of December 26th with its specific topic about the first Christian martyr St. Stephen. The aim of this work is to explore, in discussion with experts and current Protestant preachers, the homiletic possibilities of how such specific situation should be addressed. Master thesis has four main parts. The first part investigates how available homiletic literature operates with the key terms: preaching, celebration and Stephen. New Testament biblical texts associated with Stephen are processed in this part as well. The second, more practical part, deals with particular sermons of contemporary Slovak and Czech ministers, and invites them into a conversation about a particular situation of both St. Stephen and the listener who is being addressed with these sermons. The third part of the thesis provides conclusion. The annex is important as well, for it provides a collection of sermons on this particular subject. Keywords Biblical text Listener Martyr Sermon Situation St. Stephen St. Stephen's Day Witness

Há ainda resultados controversos na literatura indicando a superioridade ou não do procedimento de seleção de estímulos em relação ao de emissão de diferentes topografias de respostas no ensino de comportamento verbal para indivíduos não verbais ou com repertório verbal limitado. Os resultados dos estudos publicados anteriormente, por possuírem dados conflitantes em diferentes populações com atraso no desenvolvimento, parecem não ser generalizáveis. O estudo teve por objetivo realizar comparações entre os dois procedimentos, em que diferentes tatos foram treinados, buscando com isso, caracterizar o procedimento que produzisse a) menor quantidade de respostas necessárias para atingir critério de aprendizagem e b) menor número de erros e c) maior número de respostas corretas no pós-teste de simetria. No presente estudo foram empregados três participantes, com idades entre três e treze anos, diagnosticados com o transtorno do espectro autista, sem outras comorbidades psiquiátricas. Para o estudo foram criadas duas condições experimentais divididas em duas fases cada, duas para Seleção de Estímulos e duas para Topografia de Respostas e cada uma das fases se utilizou de conjuntos de estímulos (um objeto, um símbolo não familiar e um sinal de linguagem de sinais) especialmente desenvolvidos para o estudo. A primeira condição foi a de resposta baseada em Topografia, em que o participante é exposto a um objeto e o experimentador pergunta o que é isso? . A criança tem até cinco segundos para fazer o sinal de língua de sinais arbitrária correspondente ao estímulo. A segunda condição foi a de resposta baseada em seleção de estímulos ( tais condições foram invertidas na Fase 2). O experimentador apresentava um objeto e a criança tinha até cinco segundos para apontar o símbolo não familiar correspondente, que era randomizado com outros dois estímulos arbitrários. A randomização foi produzida por sorteio dos conjuntos de estímulos e a posição dos mesmos foi alterada em posição e ordem de apresentação. Após a aplicação de C1 e C2 na fase 1 e aplicação de C2-C1 na fase 2, foi aplicado um pós-teste de simetria para os tatos treinados. Os resultados apontam que apesar de haver vantagem no procedimento baseado em Topografias de Respostas, pode haver um efeito de ordem significativo e que a direção de aplicação dos procedimentos não apresenta diferenças significativas entre si. Tais achados parecem coadunar com as ideias de Shaffer (1993) que defende a busca de métodos individualizados de acordo com os repertórios particulares de cada aluno e a união de procedimentos deve ser adotada como principal estratégia de ensino para crianças com TEA / There still are controversies in the literature regarding the superiority or not of the Selection Based procedure as compared to Topography Based in verbal behavior teaching for nonverbal individuals or individuals with limited verbal repertoire. The results of previously published studies, having conflicting data in different populations with developmental delay, do not seem to be generalizable. The study aimed to make comparisons between the two procedures in which different tacts were trained, seeking thereby to characterize the procedure that produced a) lower number of responses needed to meet criteria for learning, b) fewer errors and c) higher number of correct answers in symmetry posttest. The present study employed three participants, aged between three and thirteen, diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder without other psychiatric comorbidities. For the study were created two experimental conditions divided into two stages each, two for Stimuli Selection and two for Responses Topography. Each phase used stimuli sets (an object, an unfamiliar symbol and a speech signal signals) specially developed for the study. The first condition was the topography based response, in which the participant is exposed to an object and the experimenter asks \"what is this? \". The child had up to five seconds to make the arbitrary language sign corresponding to the stimulus. The second condition was a response based on stimuli selection (such conditions are reversed in phase 2). The experimenter had an object and the child had up to five seconds to point the corresponding unfamiliar symbol, which was randomized with two other arbitrary stimuli. Randomization was produced by drawing of the sets of stimuli and the position thereof was changed in position and presentation order. After application of C1 and C2 in phase 1 and applying C1-C2 in step 2, a symmetry post-test for trained tacts was applied. The results show that although the Topography Based procedure has its advantages, there may be a significant order effect. Also, the direction of application of the procedures does not show significant differences. These findings appear to be consistent with the ideas of Shaffer (1993) who argues for the pursuit of methods customized to the particular repertoires of each student and that a unification of procedures should be adopted as the main teaching strategy for children with ASD

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T14:19:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DALVA DE JESUS CUTRIM MACHADO.pdf: 420046 bytes, checksum: 816e073b99d0b74ec40354c6ade154af (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-01-10 / This study aimed to investigate the relationships between environmental variables and behavioral analysis that would promote relations analysis between speaker and listener. It also sought to investigate verbal and nonverbal context. From this perspective four experiments were performed: Experiment I had the following objectives: a) check if there was visual contact control variable (CV) and statement with the head (AC), which reinforce the verbal behavior of the speaker and listener in the total verbal episode b) consider whether different audiences control verbal differentiated responses between the behavior of the speaker and listener in a total verbal episode. Eight people aged 20 to 27 years of age took part of this experiment. The results showed that the control of the variable, visual contact had occured (VC) for most participants, while the variable (AC) there was no control for most participants. Experiment II aimed to systematically replicate the procedure adopted in the study of Simonassi, Tizo, Gomes and Alvarenga (2009) to see if: a) verbal contexts (instructions) and nonverbal (object) control on verbal responses in a total verbal episode b) whether the addition of a new object when presented in the presence of other existing objects controls verbal responses in a total verbal episode. This experiment was conducted with eleven participants aged 18 to 23 years. The results were similar to the experiment cited, and there was verbal control of responses when a new object was introduced: the answer had changed. Experiment III aimed to investigate: a) to test more systematically the possible influence on changing the verbal context (instructions) and verify if it would influence the control of verbal responses in a total verbal episode while maintaining the same nonverbal objects from Experiment II. Experiment III was conducted with eleven participants aged 19 to 25 years. The results showed that the change in the instructions had changed the context when compared to Experiment II. Experiment IV aimed to verify: a) what the written accounts of the participants were like with the same verbal context (instruction) from Experiment III and various contextual objects. This experiment was conducted with eleven participants aged 17 to 25 years. It was found that there was a significant reduction of responses when a different object was presented and there were changes in participants' verbal reports. It was concluded that both the verbal context (instruction) and the non-verbal context (objects) when they were changed, changed the response of the participants in the various experimental conditions. / O presente trabalho teve como objetivo investigar as relações entre as variáveis ambientais e comportamentais que favorecessem a análise das relações entre falante e ouvinte em um episódio verbal total. Também procurou investigar contexto verbal e não verbal. Foram realizados quatro Experimentos: o Experimento I teve como objetivo investigar: a) se houve ocorrência da variável contato visual (CV) e asserção com a cabeça (AC), que reforçam o comportamento verbal do falante no episódio verbal total; b) analisar se audiências diferenciadas controlam respostas verbais diferenciadas no comportamento do falante em um episódio verbal total. Participaram desse experimento, oito alunos com idades entre 20 a 27 anos de idade. Os resultados mostraram que houve controle da variável contato visual (CV) para a maioria dos participantes, enquanto a variável (AC) não houve controle da variável para a maioria dos participantes. Experimento II objetivou replicar de forma sistemática o procedimento adotado no estudo de Simonassi, Tizo, Gomes e Alvarenga (2010) com acréscimo de dois novos objetos, um lápis e uma bola, para verificar: 1) se contextos verbais (instruções) e não verbais (objetos) exercem controle sobre respostas verbais em um episódio verbal total; 2) se o acréscimo de novos objetos quando apresentados na presença dos outros objetos já existentes controlam respostas verbais em um episódio verbal total. Este experimento foi realizado com onze participantes com idades entre 18 a 23 anos. Os resultados foram semelhantes aos do Experimento citado, e houve controle das respostas verbais quando introduziu-se um novo objeto: o responder se modificou. Objetivo do Experimento III foi investigar sistematicamente a possível influencia na mudança dos comportamentos verbais que ocorreram no Experimento II, ou seja, se a modificação de estímulos verbais sob a forma de instrução em um contexto não verbal influenciaria o controle das respostas verbais em um episódio verbal total. Foi realizado com onze participantes com idade entre 19 a 25 anos. Os resultados mostraram que a mudança na instrução alterou o contexto quando comparado ao Experimento II. Experimento IV teve como finalidade investigar sistematicamente uma possível influencia na mudança dos relatos escritos dos participantes. Com o mesmo contexto verbal (instruções) semelhante ao do Experimento III. E a modificação de objetos não verbais. Este experimento foi realizado com onze participantes com idade entre 17 a 25 anos. Verificou-se que houve diminuição significativa das respostas quando o objeto diferente foi apresentado e houve alteração nos relatos verbais dos participantes. Concluiu-se que tanto o contexto verbal (instrução) quanto o contexto não verbal (objetos) quando foram alterados alteravam o responder dos participantes nas diversas condições experimentais.