Craig, J. (2016, June), TEACHING ORAL COMMUNICATION AT A RUSSIAN UNIVERSITY: HELPING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS PRESENT THEIR ENGINEERING DESIGNS  Paper presented at 2016 ASEE International Forum, New Orleans, Louisiana. 10.18260/1-2--27260

\bibitem{asee_peer_27260}
  Craig, J. (2016, June), \emph{TEACHING ORAL COMMUNICATION AT A RUSSIAN UNIVERSITY: HELPING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS PRESENT THEIR ENGINEERING DESIGNS}
  Paper presented at 2016 ASEE International Forum, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  10.18260/1-2--27260

Jennifer Craig.  "TEACHING ORAL COMMUNICATION AT A RUSSIAN UNIVERSITY: HELPING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS PRESENT THEIR ENGINEERING DESIGNS".  2016 ASEE International Forum, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2016.  https://strategy.asee.org/27260 Internet.  15 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_27260}
  Jennifer Craig.
  "TEACHING ORAL COMMUNICATION AT A RUSSIAN UNIVERSITY: HELPING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS PRESENT THEIR ENGINEERING DESIGNS".
  \emph{2016 ASEE International Forum, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2016.
  https://strategy.asee.org/27260 Internet.  15 May, 2024

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author = "Jennifer Craig"
title = "TEACHING ORAL COMMUNICATION AT A RUSSIAN UNIVERSITY: HELPING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS PRESENT THEIR ENGINEERING DESIGNS"
booktitle = "2016 ASEE International Forum"
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Abstract:
A writing-across-the-curriculum approach was used to teach and refine oral communication skills of English language learners (ELL) at Skoltech, a Russian university. The objective was to develop disciplinary communication skills in English so that students could present their engineering designs during a rapid prototyping project. A pre/post survey assessed changes in self-efficacy as a measure of success in the instruction about, practice and performance of oral presentations. The post-test survey showed a statistically significant increase in self-efficacy for a majority of the students. Survey data combined with faculty observation indicates that the communication pedagogy combined with practice was effective in increasing self-efficacy and in facilitating and refining oral communication skills for the majority of the Skoltech students.  However, the presence of a less active population within this group illustrates some of the challenges in teaching and strengthening disciplinary oral communication skills in a group of ELL with varying levels of English proficiency. Suggestions are made for teaching communication skills to low proficiency ELL in disciplinary settings.

KEYWORDS: 
writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC),  writing-in-the-discipline (WID),  oral communication,  ELL, English language learners,  self-efficacy


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