An investigation into the use of body language cues in presentations by English-majored freshmen at Vietnam University of Commerce
This is a survey study from across - cultural pragmatics perspective with the title “ the use of body language cues in presentations by English - majored freshmen at Vietnam University of Commerce” . It attempts to discover the current situation as well as the factors lea...
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oai:112.137.131.14:VNU_123-411012018-07-31T08:37:32Z An investigation into the use of body language cues in presentations by English-majored freshmen at Vietnam University of Commerce Nghiên cứu việc sử dụng ngôn ngữ cơ thể trong thuyết trình của sinh viên năm thứ nhất chuyên ngành tiếng Anh tại trường Đại học Thương Mại Nguyễn, Thị Bích Ngọc Ngô, Hữu Hoàng thuyết trình Tiếng Anh trường Đại học Thương Mại This is a survey study from across - cultural pragmatics perspective with the title “ the use of body language cues in presentations by English - majored freshmen at Vietnam University of Commerce” . It attempts to discover the current situation as well as the factors leading to their ways of adopting body language cues in presentations. To achieve the desired objectives of the current study, the qualitative method including two instruments namely questionnaire and observation is mainly employed . The informants participating in the survey questionnaire were eighty - five English majored first year students at VUC . The questionnaire was written in Vietnamese to make sure that all the respondents fully understand its content. In terms of observation, ten presentations were randomly chosen for video recording without their acknowledgement to minimize the external factors influencing the validity and reliability of the research. These video clips which last from 3 to 5 minutes can be reviewed in details later. Research results show that English majored freshmen do realize the importance of B.L in developing and completing their presentation skills , however, their actual performances regarding B.L in their speech are not really effective. They have not initiative to use the appropriate B.L cues for better presentations. In more details, they tend to avoid E.C and do not take the full advantage of smiling in presentations. Besides, the students here may be assumed to have unfavorable postures, which prevent them from getting the audiences’ attention , interest. The main elements leading to that reality are likely to be attributed to students’ tension, inadequate background knowledge of B.L, lack of preparation and culture factor. Last but not least , suggestions for materials and pedagogical implications will be discussed for practical steps to sharpen the students’ nonverbal communication for effective presentations 2017-05-17T07:57:21Z 2017-05-17T07:57:21Z 2014 Thesis Nguyễn, T. B. N. (2014). An investigation into the use of body language cues in presentations by English-majored freshmen at Vietnam University of Commerce. Luận văn thạc sỹ, Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội, Việt Nam 04051001164 http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/41101 en Luận văn ngành Ngôn ngữ Anh (Full) 46 p. + CD-ROM application/pdf ĐHNN |
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This is a survey study
from across
-
cultural pragmatics perspective
with the
title
“
the use of body language cues in presentations by English
-
majored freshmen
at Vietnam University of Commerce”
.
It
attempts to
discover the current situation as
well as the factors leading to their ways of adopting
body language cues in
presentations. To achieve the desired
objectives
of the current study,
the
qualitative
method
including
two instruments namely
questionnaire and observation
is mainly
employed
. The
informants
participating in the
survey
questionnaire were eighty
-
five
English majored first year students
at VUC
. The questionnaire was written in
Vietnamese to make sure that all the respondents fully understand its content. In
terms of observation,
ten
presentations were randomly chosen for video recording
without their acknowledgement to minimize the external factors influencing the
validity and reliability of the research.
These video clips
which last from 3 to 5
minutes
can be reviewed in details later.
Research results show that
English
majored freshmen do realize the
importance of B.L in developing and completing their presentation skills
, however,
their actual performances regarding B.L in their speech are not really effective.
They have not initiative to use the appropriate B.L cues for better presentations. In
more details, they tend to avoid E.C and do not take the full advantage of smiling in
presentations. Besides, the students here
may be
assumed to have unfavorable
postures, which prevent them from getting the audiences’ attention
, interest.
The
main
elements leading to that reality
are likely
to be
attributed to students’ tension,
inadequate background knowledge of B.L, lack of preparation and culture factor.
Last but not least
, suggestions for materials and
pedagogical
implications
will be
discussed for practical steps to
sharpen
the students’ nonverbal communication for
effective presentations |
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An investigation into the use of body language cues in presentations by English-majored freshmen at Vietnam University of Commerce |
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An investigation into the use of body language cues in presentations by English-majored freshmen at Vietnam University of Commerce |
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