Coping Strategies in Oral Academic Presentations of International Undergraduate Students in a Philippine University: A Small-Case Study

Autor/in	Domingo, Ephraim Viernes
Titel	Coping Strategies in Oral Academic Presentations of International Undergraduate Students in a Philippine University: A Small-Case Study
Quelle	In: Language Learning in Higher Education, 11 (2021) 1, S.93-113 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2191-611X
DOI	10.1515/cercles-2021-2011
Schlagwörter	Coping; Foreign Countries; Language of Instruction; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Socialization; Case Studies; Task Analysis; Undergraduate Students; Psychological Patterns; Private Colleges; Academic Language; Teaching Methods; Foreign Students; Student Attitudes; Scripts; Computer Software; Audiences; Translation; Audio Equipment; Dictionaries; Drama; Humor; Philippines + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bewältigung; Ausland; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Aufgabenanalyse; Privathochschule; Academic; Language; Languages; Akademiker; Sprache; Wissenschaftssprache; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schülerverhalten; Skript; Spectator; Zuschauer; Audio-CD; Dictionary; Wörterbuch; Schauspiel; Humoristische Darstellung; Philippinen
Abstract	Higher education students are increasingly becoming aware of the importance of being successful in oral academic presentations (OAP) in their academic endeavors. For English as a second language students in English-medium institutions, it also provides them with opportunities for language socialization. However, succeeding in the delivery of an OAP comes with various challenges emerging from linguistic and psychological factors. This small-case study explores OAPs as an oral academic socialization activity by documenting the strategies that 13 international undergraduate students in a large private Philippine university use to cope with the difficulties facing them in preparing and presenting an OAP. Using language socialization as the theoretical framework and semi-structured interviews to gather data, it identifies and explains eight personal strategies (six still employed and two no longer used) and discusses various factors that play a vital role in applying these strategies. The three most commonly used strategies are adopted to ensure a successful and acceptable OAP, typically a graded task. The two least frequently used ones are yet to be employed successfully. In applying these strategies, students not only perform the required academic task but are also engaged in different levels and frequencies of language socialization before and during the delivery of an OAP. Pedagogical implications in the use of OAPs as an academic task for language socialization in higher education are also discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01