Šiandieninėje ugdymo teorijoje ir praktikoje pabrėžiama asmens kompetencijų ugdymo svarba. Viena iš mokykloje ugdytinų kompetencijų yra komunikavimo kompetencija. Darbe analizuojama specialiosios mokyklos 7 klasės mokinių kalbėjimo gebėjimų ugdymas skaitomo negrožinio teksto pagrindu, taikant mokymosi bendradarbiaujant metodus. Remiantis edukologijos mokslo atstovų įžvalgomis kalbėjimo gebėjimai šiame darbe apibrėžiami kaip atsakingas verbalinės kalbos vartojimas, teksto supratimui, informacijos radimui ir tinkamam jos pateikimui kitiems. Aptariamas bendraamžių mokymas(is) atsižvelgiant į tikslą, situaciją, naujos veiklos apmąstymą, socioemocinę aplinką. Siekiant kokybinio tyrimo tikslo – įvertinti mokymosi bendradarbiaujant poveikį ugdant sutrikusio intelekto mokinių kalbėjimo gebėjimus, skaitomo negrožinio teksto pagrindu, buvo keliami uždaviniai: 1. Teoriniu aspektu išanalizuoti intelekto sutrikimą turinčių vaikų kalbinių gebėjimų ypatumus; atskleisti mokymosi bendradarbiaujant sampratą. 2. Ugdomuoju eksperimentu įvertinti mokymosi bendradarbiaujant poveikį nežymiai sutrikusio intelekto mokinių kalbėjimo gebėjimų ugdymuisi skaitomo negrožinio teksto pagrindu. 3. Pusiau struktūruoto interviu metodu atskleisti nežymiai sutrikusio intelekto mokinių požiūrį į savo kalbinius gebėjimus ir mokymosi bendradarbiaujant poveikį. 4. Apklausos metodu išsiaiškinti nežymiai sutrikusio intelekto mokinių požiūrį į mokymąsi bendradarbiaujant. 5. Parengti rekomendacijas ugdymo proceso... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The thesis analyses the problem of development of speaking skills of school-aged children with slight mental decline. The subject of the research: Development of speaking skills of pupils with slight mental decline on the basis of the non-fiction reading text. Hypothesis: Pupils with slight mental decline will develop their speaking skills more actively if the methods of learning while communicating are combined with the playing methods. The goal of the research: to show the impact of learning while communicating on the development of speaking skills of pupils with slight mental decline. The methods of the research: The impact of learning while communicating on the development of speaking skills of pupils with slight mental decline is assessed using the development experiment method. By using the interview method, the viewpoints of pupils with slight mental decline to their speaking skills and the impact of learning while communicating are shown. Based on the method of questionnaire survey, the viewpoints of pupils with slight mental decline on learning while communicating are found out. Respondents and scope of the research: 8 (4 girls and 4 boys) pupils of 13 to14 years old of special school Form 7 were selected for the qualitative research. The research was carried out in the period of February – May, 2010. Important conclusions of the research: 1. Learning while communicating has a positive impact on the development of speaking skills of pupils with slight mental decline... [to full text]

With the rapid development of the tourism industry in China, the need to train more and more competent tour guides has become more urgent than ever. These tour guides require a sophisticated level of spoken English, but, at present, their English-speaking proficiency is far from satisfactory. It is this problem that has inspired the writing of this paper. The paper attempts to search for appropriate teaching techniques that would be useful for improving the speaking skills of Chinese tour guide students. The paper is divided into six chapters. Chapter 1 will outline the problem being discussed. Chapter 2 then aims to suggest solutions to the problem stated in Chapter i After discussion of relevant issues, it is decided that Mim-Mem, Dialogue and Role-playing might be appropriate techniques for teaching the speaking skills to Chinese tour guide students. Chapters 3, 4, and 5 deal with the Mim-Mem Technique, the Dialogue Technique and the Roleplaying Technique respectively. After an examination of the three suggested techniques, Chapter 6 discusses material preparation and provides practical suggestions for classroom applications. The paper should be regarded as an initial base for further discussion and research.

This dissertation research aims to analyze the material Ejercicios Amigos Dos used by students learning Spanish as a foreign language in a Swedish school. Specifically, it examines the place of speaking skills, in the context of basic language skills. This study was an exploratory and descriptive analysis of the material Ejercicios Amigos Dos.Qualitative method used was action research, which was based on the real needs of the author of this study to enhance their teaching.Sheet one and Sheet two containing educational criteria for the analysis of teaching materials were used to measure the place of speaking skills.The main findings in the analysis showed that speaking skills are taken into account in the teaching material, however there are some micro skills missing. Speaking skills do not take a prominent role in the teaching material. Writing skills are emphasized to a greater extent.

Besimokantiems kalbėjimo įgūdžių yra svarbu parodyti jo/jos stipriąsias ir silpnąsias vietas. Šio darbo aktualumą lėmė, tai jog kalbėjimo įgūdžius lavinantys pratimai, naudojami mokyklose, buvo menkai ištirti. Taigi šio tyrimo tikslas yra atskleisti sistemą, kuri suteikia mokiniams kalbėjimo įgūdžių anglų kalbos pamokose. Didelis dėmesys skiriamas realiam bendravimui klasėje ir už jos ribų. Pateikiami kalbėjimo pratimai, kuriuos daugelis anglų kalbos mokytojų naudoja pamokose. Šio tyrimo rezultatai parodė, kad dauguma mokinių jaučiasi laisvai ir pasitiki savimi bendraudami. Galiausiai, rezultatai rodo, kad anglų kalbos mokytojai per mažai dėmesio skiria kalbėjimo įgūdžius lavinantiems pratimams ir ne visi iš jų naudoja realų pasaulį atspindinčius pratimus, kurie skatina moksleivius laisvai bendrauti. / As communication takes a considerable amount of knowledge, time and specific skills to be able to communicate in the world, it is essential to show a learner his/her strengths and weaknesses. The relevance of this thesis took into account that there has been little research done in types of communicative activities used at schools. So the aim of this study is to present the system empowering students‘ real world communication in EFL classes. A significant attention is paid to the use of real world communication in and outside the classroom. There are given communicative activities that are used in EFL classes by most English teachers. The results of this research showed that most of the students feel free and self – confident during communication. Finally, the results show the EFL teachers pay too little attention to speaking activities and not all of them use the real world activities, which encourage students’ free speaking.

Kalbėjimo įgūdžių įvertinimas kalbos mokytojams visada buvo sunki užduotis. Kalbėjimo įgūdžių mokymas užima labai svarbią vietą šiuolaikiniame ugdyme. Šio darbo aktualumą lėmė tai, kad kalbėjimo užduotys, naudojamos mokytojų, mažai išanalizuotos. Tyrimo tikslas- pristatyti sistemą, padedančią vystyti anglų kalbos kalbėjimo įgūdžius pamokose. Darbe yra pateikiami kalbėjimo užduočių pavyzdžiai. Tyrimo rezultatai parodė, kad mokiniams patinka kalbėjimo užduotys, jie nebijo kalbėti, daryti klaidas ir būti pataisomi ar paprašyti mokytojo pagalbos. Be to tyrimas parodė, kad mokytojai nėra visiškai patenkinti kalbėjimo užduotimis, kurias siūlo vadovėlių autoriai. Kad rezultatai būtų pasiekti ir paįvairinti kalbėjimo užduotims, anglų kalbos mokytojai turi patys sugalvoti įvairių užduočių, naudodami namuose pasigamintą medžiagą bei savo sukurtas užduotis. / Evaluation of language learning has been a difficult task for language teachers. Teaching communication takes a significant place in nowadays education. The relevance of this thesis took into account that there has been little research done in communicative activities used by EFL teachers at schools. Therefore, the aim of this study is to present the system empowering students’ speaking skills and communication in EFL classes. Communicative activities which could be used by EFL teachers are presented in this research. The results of this study showed that students like speaking activities, they are not afraid of speaking, being corrected or asking for help. However the survey showed that teachers are not fully satisfied with speaking activities offered by the authors of the course book. In order to achieve better results and to add variety to the speaking activities EFL teachers think of various speaking tasks themselves, they use the home made material and real-world tasks.

This study's aim is to create awareness of different strategies and speaking skills used asinteraction in primary school by teachers. The study includes comparisons of previousresearchers and relative theoretical perspectives. Semi-structured interviews with threeprimary school teachers from Sweden were conducted for this study. The results revealnumerous factors such as, differences in how teachers´ experiences play a primary rolein the classroom and the time invested in the subject. An additional factor expressed byall the interviewed teachers is the involvement of Lev Vygotsky's theory integrated intheir classrooms. All three teachers were positive to the idea of working in pairs orgroups, as this develops students’ interaction with other students. However, theconclusion demonstrates the lack of previous research concerning interaction in primaryschool.

Due to globalization, diversity in the Swedish classrooms is common. This study sets out to examine the pupil’s and teacher’s perspectives of multilingualism in Sweden and how it effects English language learning. Although, a majority consider multilingualism to be an asset in language learning, many still believe that children mix the languages together and become confused. There seems to be no unanimous answer to whether or not multilingualism aids in learning an additional language. Therefore, this study aims to examine positive and negative effects of monolingualism and multilingualism in English language learning in Sweden. More specifically, the aim is to explore whether or not multilingualism aids pupil´s in speaking English as a Foreign Language. The question “What effects does multilingualism have in Year 1 - 3 EFL students’ speaking skill?” was formulated. The research for this qualitative study included interviews of six teachers and four pupil´s, combined with observations of different classrooms in the south of Sweden. The results indicate that both pupil´s and teachers view multilingualism as an advantage to language learning.

The study’s intention is to research the questions of how authentic assessment could benefit EFL students’ speaking skills in Swedish upper secondary school and what some advantages and disadvantages were of doing so. To this end secondary sources were used to gather information to be able to answer the research questions. The results showed that the benefits of authentic assessment could help students’ speaking skills in improving their accuracy and fluency, their conversational skills and grammar use for communicative competency. Results also showed that authentic assessment promotes learning style diversity. Both skill and materialistic issues were found as some advantages and disadvantages of using authentic assessment when assessing EFL students’ speaking skills. Examples of advantages were authentic assessment helping students develop skills such as critical and logical thinking, interactional skills and combining cognitive objectives with attitudes and social skills. No disadvantages in favour of the students were found. However, the teacher’s lack of possible knowledge needed to use authentic assessment was noted. A final discussion expressed that authentic assessment, like any other type of assessment, has its value when used in the right context.

As a result of the development in foreign trade in Vietnam, there is a growing need for trained business executives and business people. A good command of spoken English is one of the most important qualifications of a foreign trade executive who needs English as a means of communicating with English speaking people in various business activities. At present, the responsibility for training students of commerce mainly rests with Hanoi Foreign Trade College. English language teaching in general, and the teaching of speaking skills in particular still leave much,to be desired. The students' oral proficiency is far from satisfactory. The purpose of this report is to explore the two main problematic areas in teaching speaking skills to students of commerce in Vietnam: syllabus design and teaching methods. The report consists of four chapters. Chapter one looks at some major theoretical problems and practical issues in English for Specific Purposes teaching. Chapter two provides an analysis of the teaching and learning situations at Hanoi Foreign Trade College and problems in teaching oral skills. Chapter three is mainly concerned with designing a communicative syllabus for the teaching of speaking skills to students of commerce. Chapter four deals with the theoretical assumptions and processes involved in oral communication and discusses some classroom methods and techniques in the light of the current communicative approach. This report should be regarded as an exploratory attempt in adopting the communicative approach to teaching oral skills to students of commerce in Vietnam.

The target of diploma work is to verify possibilities of methodical work in a kidregarden which will conect all aspects of pre-school education together based on a musical fairy -tale. The development of speaking and singing skills wiil be in a center of an atention of the work. Theoretical part of the work will contain explanation of basic musical- psychological expressions in conection with each ethaps of children evolution in a pre-school education. A Special emphasis will lay on a development of motorical, listening, musical, singing and speaking skills. Beside musical and musical-motion activities, dramatical genres will be used. There will be planned a project ( musical fairy tale) in which all points of contemporary pre- school education will be used. All these points will be defined and shortly characterized. In the second part will be introduced project that will have a target to verify how much it is possible to influence speaking and singing skills by musical fairy-tales. Everything will be concepted on a base of holistic aproach in the RVP frame.