Learner self-assessment of linguistic performance has been lately used due to its potential to activate the process of learning. Self-assessment raises learner awareness of language use and leads to developing learner responsibility and autonomy. However, usefulness of self-assessment for evaluation purposes has been scarcely researched. This paper examines some aspects of learners’ self-assessment for evaluation purposes at tertiary level. Research focuses on self-assessment of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) vocabulary and some language skills relevant for vocabulary retention. Data on learner self-assessment are compared to actual results in tests. The analysis provided points to importance of self-evaluation in language acquisition and suggests practical implications of self-assessment for evaluation.
The paper describes in detail a unique study programme of English for Specific Purposes and the Second Foreign Language created by the teaching staff of the Institute of Humanities, Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius, Lithuania, to meet the expectations and requirements of the current/future labour market. The need for the programme arose from the requests of both possible applicants and employers. Since its launch in 2012 the programme gathered impetus and received considerable interest from abroad as well: there have been growing numbers of students from China, Japan, Norway, Israel, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, etc. enrolling into the study programme. Additionally, this BA study programme was tailored to meet the needs of students from other faculties and opened as a minor studies programme for students majoring in law, business and public administration, communication. Within several years of the successful implementation a greater choice of second languages has been offered, namely, Korean, Norwegian, German, Spanish and French. The employment rate and feedback from the alumni of the programme and their employers testify the success of the BA programme in the area of ESP in terms of providing graduates with the indispensable multilingual, cultural and communicative competencies. This enables to maintain and develop the programme further on.
Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas, Kürybos verslo ir komunikacijos katedra, Saulétekio al. 11, LT-10223 Vñnius, Lietuva El. pastas tomas.mitkus@vgtu.lt Straipsnyje autorius kelia hipotezç, kad tikslingas neverbalinés komunikacijos naudojimas yra vienas svarbiausiij elementi} kürybinése industrijose, siekiant efektyviai minimalizuoti (arba pasalinti) íinutés trukdzius. Sios hipotezés pagrjstumas jrodomas pirmiausia glaustai apzvelgiant pagrindinius neverbalikos tyrimus ir gautas isvadas, kurios svariai prisidéjo prie neverbalinés komunikacijos studijij modernaus apibrézimo ir supratimo. Straipsnyje taip pat parodoma, kaip neverbalikos tyrimij rezultatai gali büti panaudoü siekiant efektyvesnés komunikacijos tarp kùréjo ir auditorijos ir kaip, neatsizvelgus } kelet^ neverbalios komunikacijos elementi}, galima sukurti íinutc, priesinga uzsakovo tikslui. ReikSminiai zodiiai: vizualiosios medijos, reklama, neverbaliné komunikacija, veido israiäkos, kürybinés industrijos. {vadas Neverbalinés komunikacijos mokslo zinios siandien yra placiai pritaikomos (daznai netgi privalomos) daugelyje visuomenés segmentij, tokiij kaip nacionalinis saugumas (pagrindas suvarzyti asmens laisvç, vienas is tardymo metodij, potencialiij teroristij ar nedraugiskij veücsmij isankstinis identifikavimas), pedagogika (psichologinis studentij ir moksleiviij apLinkos ir bùklés jvertinimas), verslas (derybos, prezentacijos, reklama, lyderysté ir vadyba, pardavimai), pramogos (aktorysté teatre ir kine, animacija, modernus ir klasüdnis sokis, taücomasis menas, pramogij vedimas), informacija (informaciniai identifücavimo zenklíti ir instrukcijos, logotipai ir prezentacijij kùrimas), medicina (nustatyti, ar pacientas nemeluoja, kadangi jam (jai) géda prisipazinti apie kai kuriuos simptomus ar galimK gos priezastj, ar turi savizudybés intencijij) ir pan. Neverbalinés komunikacijos mokslq^ reüda isskirti j dvi pagrindines atsakas. Pirmoji analizuoja vizualius neverbalinés kalbos aspektus, tokius kaip veido israiskos, rankij pozicijos, gestai, stovésena ir küno pozos, kùno puosmena, kita saka tyrinéja parahngvistüc^ (arba vokalinj fenomen^) -kalbéjimo stiprum^, pauzes, greitj arba trukmç, ton^ ir 1.1. Siekiant atitikti straipsnio apimties reikalavimus, pastarasis neverbalikos aspektas siame straipsnyje nebus aptariamas. Siame straipsnyje keliama hipotezé, kad neverbalinés komunikacijos tyrimai gali bùti efektyviai panaudojami kùrybinése in-dustrijose^ (ir ne tik), siekiant minimizuoti Siame straipsnyje kurybiniif industrijif terminas placiausia prasme vartojamas pagal Florida (2012) ir Howkins (2007) pateikiam^ apibrézim^ -darbuotojai.
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