Browsing School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences by Subject "Identities in Transformation"
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Accent Anxiety: An Exploration of Non-Native Accent as a Source of Speaking Anxiety among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Students
(2022)Speaking anxiety is a form of foreign language anxiety which may reduce students’ willingness to communicate orally. Despite accent being one of the most salient aspects of speech, there has been little research to date ... -
Adults living with a diagnosis of ADHD or ASD: Different diagnoses, yet similar personal impacts?
(2018)The aim of this study is to provide greater insight into the phenomenon of living with ADHD and/or ASD in adulthood, as directly reported by those who experience the conditions. And, to explore how a late diagnosis, attitudes ... -
Balancing multimodality and relevance
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The BCH message banking process, voice banking, and double dipping
(2021)Significant advances have been made in interventions to maintain communication and personhood for individuals with neurodegenerative conditions. One innovation is Message Banking, a clinical approach first developed at ... -
CEFR for Sign Languages: A1-B2
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Clinical applications of speech synthesis
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Conducting Longitudinal Research Among Adult Refugees
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Constructing narratives to describe video events using aided communication
(2018)Narratives are a pervasive form of discourse and a rich source for exploring a range of language and cognitive skills. The limited research base to date suggests that narratives generated using aided communication may be ... -
A discourse analytic framework for conversational engagement in online discussion tasks.
(2014)This paper reports on a long-running telecollaborative exchange between a German and an Irish university. On the Irish side, the exchange is embedded within a course in intercultural communication offered to final-year ... -
A discourse-analytic framework for conversational engagement in online discussion tasks, part 2: level of analytic depth
(2015)What do we mean by “engagement” in the context of online discussions? How do we recognise it? Is it quantifiable? Can we find ways of analysing it that might be of assistance to task designers, instructors, and students? This ... -
Evaluating language assessments with members of the travelling community.
(2012)Background and objective: The Irish Travelling Community is a cultural group using a unique dialect – Traveller English. It has been established that some standardized, norm-referenced language measures are biased against ... -
Examining students' clinical skills: Assessment of the 'unseen' client in a speech and language therapy clinic
(AISHE, 2007)Towards the end of their undergraduate careers, speech and language therapy stu- dents are expected to have developed an advanced level of clinical expertise, in the assessment, diagnosis and management of a wide range of ... -
Exploring the lived experiences and perspectives of individuals with communication and swallowing difficulties associated with Long-COVID
(2024)BACKGROUND: Long-COVID occurs in individuals with a history of probable or confirmed SARS CoV-2 infection. Long- COVID can affect individuals who experience both mild and severe acute COVID-19 and can involve and affect ...