Information and Communication Technology-Enhanced Business and Managerial Communication in SMEs in the Czech Republic by Marcel Pikhart, Blanka Klimova

“…This presents a challenge for educational institutions and training centers, managers and businesspeople, of creating communication competencies that would be highly rewarded in the global business environment.…”
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An innovative approach to remodelling bioscience undergraduate final year projects to develop key transferable skills sought by graduate employers by Karan Singh Rana, Amreen Bashir, Ross Pallett

“…The objective was to cultivate higher-order critical thinking skills and enhance written and verbal communication competencies, in addition to developing a suite of transferable skills which are highly sought by employers. …”
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AN APPROACH TO MANAGING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ SELF-STUDY BASED ON INTERDISCIPLINARY E-PROJECTS by Yu. V. Krasavina, O. F. Shikhova

“…Kalashnikov Izhevsk State University are described; the technology of development among students of foreign-language and information-communication competences as the most important professional ones is approved.Scientific novelty. …”
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The Influence of Perceived Social Presence on the Willingness to Communicate in Mobile Medical Consultations: Experimental Study by Lijuan Chen, Danyang Zhang, Mutian Hou

“…Based on the theoretical framework, the study puts forward a model evaluating the relationships among participants’ PSP, communication apprehension (CA), self-perceived communication competence (SPCC), and willingness to communicate about health (WTCH) in the computer-mediated communication between virtual physicians and patients. …”
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Model kompetensi pembantu hal ehwal islam gred S17 di Jabatan Agama Islam Negeri Johor by Ungku Mohd. Zakaria, Ungku Aminah

“…As a result researchers have identified six core competencies, namely competency Intellectual Soft; Communication competence; Soft Personal competence and character; Soft Interpersonal competence; Leadership competencies; and Competence Oriented Soft. …”
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Practices of Interaction of State and Non-State Actors in the Context of Regulation of the Mass Communication System in the Russian Federation by Sergei I. Morozov

“…The researcher substantiates the idea of the relationship of the mass communication system development with the formation of information and communication competencies of the Russian Federation population.…”
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Neonatal Ethics Teaching Program – Scenario-Oriented Learning in Ethics: Unexpected Birth Malformation by Emanuela Ferretti, Gregory Moore, Kristina Rohde, Paul Muirhead, Thierry Daboval

“…To integrate this technique and facilitate these communication competencies at the University of Ottawa, we developed a small group workshop with a standardized patient (SP) called Scenario Oriented Learning in Ethics (SOLE): Unexpected Birth Malformation. …”
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SOME ASPECTS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE SYSTEM OF CONTINUED PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION by A. G. Gorbunov

“…The practical experience proves that students of various courses of study within the system of continued professional education have difficulties while communicating in a foreign language because of a low level of their foreign language communication competence that is based on ability for decoding and producing a discourse. …”
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THE IMPROVEMENT OF VERB TEACHING WITHIN ROMANIAN LANGUAGE FOR FOREIGNERS BY USING A VERB GUIDE by Viorica VESA-FLOREA

“…The work presents the need and utility to conceive a verb guide which would help the persons interested in learning Romanian as a foreign language and which would have as target-public not only the preparatory year students, but a wider range of public, meaning any person interested in developing the communication competence in this language in a practical, progressive way and in accordance with the concrete everyday communicative needs. …”
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Cross-cultural adaptation of international students in Moroccan higher education: the case study of Sub-Saharan African students at Mohammed First University by Abdellah El Boubebkri, Benachour Saidi

“…(2) How do Sub-Saharan students perceive the role of host communication competence, host interpersonal relationship, ethnic proximity, host receptivity and personality type in facilitating or hindering their adaptation? …”
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Mediating effect of job satisfaction on relationship between leader attributes and employee loyalty among public administrators in Malaysia by Mohamed Anwar, Mohamed Afiq

“…Instruments administered for the research were adopted from Employee Loyalty Acid Test and Loyalty Scale, Mohrman-Cooke-Mohrman Job Satisfaction Scale (MCMJSS), Leadership Practice Index (LPI), USM Personality Inventory (USMaP-i) and Communication Competence Questionnaire (CCQ). All the instruments had high reliabilites. …”
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Developing an effective and comprehensive communication curriculum for undergraduate medical education in Poland – the review and recommendations by Martyna Borowczyk, Agata Stalmach-Przygoda, Antonina Doroszewska, Maria Libura, Marta Chojnacka-Kuraś, Łukasz Małecki, Zbigniew Kowalski, Aldona K. Jankowska

“…The authors listed and discussed the basic communication competencies expected of medical graduates, as well as medical communication course content viewed from different perspectives, including clinical, psychological, sociological, legal, and linguistic. …”
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TELENURSING IN PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS’ TRAINING by Олеся Євгенівна Смолінська, Олена Богданівна Будник, Руслан Андрійович Пеленьо, Христина Анатоліївна Дзюбинська

“…This indicates the formation of professional competencies that are based on the combination of psychological and pedagogical, information and communication competencies, hence, the effectiveness of the proposed method. …”
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The Blended Learning Science Training by T P. Pushkaryeva, V. V. Kalitina

“…It is shown that training in informatics according to a blended model provides an increase in the level of students ’ motivation to learn and the level of theoretical material understanding; increasing their level of activity in the informatics learning in the information and educational environment and forming communication competences; students mastering new activities; flexibility, mobility, and learning availability. …”
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Methodology- and speech-oriented training of the future Master students majoring in Preschool Education by Bogush Alla

“…The essence of the notion “methodological work of the educator-methodologist at a preschool institution” has been revealed; it requires, on the one hand, an excellent command of the normative literary Ukrainian language, the knowledge of the speech etiquette formulas, the culture of professional speech communication; on the other hand, ‒ the ability to provide necessary methodological assistance to the educators in implementing the content line of the Basic Component of Preschool Education (the BCPE) “Child’s Speech”, in particular, in developing various types of children’s speech and communicative competencies. The methodology as an independent science is considered in the aggregate of interconnected means, forms, methods and techniques for achieving the set educational goal. …”
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Use of an online gaming tool, the Veterinary DialogueTrainer, for teaching clinical communication skills to bovine veterinary practitioners by Linda Dorrestein, Jolanda Jansen, Tessa Plagis, Caroline Ritter, Geert Vertenten, Herman W. Barkema

“…We concluded there is a likely benefit of using the VDT in teaching and monitoring veterinary communication competencies and preparing for offline role-plays and real-life conversations in veterinary practice.…”
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Predictors of parental engagement in home-based speech therapy program for speech and language disordered children in the Klang Valley, Malaysia by Md Shah, Nur Fariha

“…Therefore, the current study was conducted to investigate if motivation, communication, competence, expectation and barrier are predicting parental engagement. …”
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Mediating roles of willingness to communicate and motivation in L2 learners’ second language communication in online contexts by Balouchi, Shima

“…This study also examined the mediating roles of learners’ L2 Willingness to Communicate (WTC) and L2 motivation on the relationship between L2 Self-Perceived Communication Competence (SPCC), L2 anxiety, international posture, and the L2 frequency of communication. …”
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Identifying the Components of the Digital Transformation of University Libraries Using Meta-Synthesis Method by Soheila Khoeini, Alireza Noruzi, Nader Naghshineh, Fatima Sheikhshoaei

“…Based on the analysis done with the help of content analysis method, there are a total of 7 main categories and 24 concepts, including digital culture (digital attitude, user-oriented, agility, participation and cooperation, creativity and innovation, learning digital skills of employees), digital librarian (individual competence, knowledge competence, communication competence, skill competence), digital manager (individual competence, knowledge competence, skill competence), digital services and resources (optimally reorganizing library resources, providing digital services to users, providing digital services to the organization mother), digital technologies (digital infrastructure, technological readiness, use digital technologies), support and cooperation of upstream institutions and the mother organization (to provide human resources, to provide technological resources and equipment, to make macro policies), and Work process and development of digital strategy (digitalization of processes and development of library digital strategy).Conclusion: The discussion of the digital transformation of organizations, including the digital transformation of university libraries, is complex, and managers and librarians cannot be expected to be familiar with these concepts without training or study and be able to move in the right direction towards the digital transformation of libraries. …”
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Optimizing Social-Emotional-Communication Development in Infants of Mothers With Depression: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mobile Intervention Targeting Depressio... by Kathleen M Baggett, Betsy Davis, Lisa Sheeber, Katy Miller, Craig Leve, Elizabeth A Mosley, Susan H Landry, Edward G Feil

“…There is an absence of integrated interventions with demonstrated effectiveness in both reducing maternal depression and promoting parent-mediated practices that optimize infant social-emotional and social-communication competencies. Interventions targeting maternal depression are often separate from parent-mediated interventions. …”
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