SELF-PERCEIVED COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE OF ECONOMICS STUDENTS IN BUSINESS ENGLISH
The purpose of this research is to investigate selfperceived communication competence (SPCC) of Economics students in Business English. We conducted a longitudinal study starting with the first year students and repeated with the same sample of students during their second and third year of study. The results of the study indicated that differences in SPCC between the years do exist. The SPCC gradually improved between the first, the second and the third year.
Self‐report as an approach to measuring communication competence
Approaches to measurement of communication competence are reviewed. The self‐report approach to measurement of communication competence is examined. It is concluded that self‐reports have little validity as indicants of competent communicative performances but may serve as useful measures of self‐perceptions which may function as precursors of communicative choices. The Self‐Perceived Communication Competence scale is suggested as a measure which can he used for such purposes.
Assessing speaking and listening competence at the college level: The communication competency assessment instrument
This paper details the present state of the development of the Communication Competency Assessment Instrument (CCAI), a test of basic communication skills for college students. The CCAI assesses 19 specific speaking and listening competencies in an educational context, defined as those skills which high school graduates should possess to be prepared for college classes. The communication competencies for an educational context are then partitioned into four main competency areas following the lead of the official SCA endorsed framework (e.g., communication codes, oral message evaluation, basic speech communication skills, human relations). Each competency area is assessed directly (i.e., without the possible influence of reading and/or writing deficiencies). A rating book defines five levels of skill attainment for each of the 19 assessments. The CCAI requires a total of 30 minutes for each student's assessment.