VIII-X klasių mokinių iškalbos ugdymo per technologijų pamokas galimybės
The Possibilities of Eloquence Education for Pupils of 8-10 Grades in Lessons of Technology

Summary/Abstract: Rhetoric is a flexible science, adjusting itself to the character of relevant ideas and wording of certain epoch. Rhetoric, as theory and practice of eloqence, has been relevant at all times. Nevertheless, as scientists maintain, eloquence education is insufficient. In the research participated 436 pupils of Vilnius schools of general training and gymnasiums, and 54 pedagogues of different disciplines. It was determined that, according to teachers' opinion, the level of pupils' eloquence is either average (62,9 percent of all respondents) or low (37,0 percent of responses), but pupils themselves assess their eloquence as good (47,2 percent) or average (38,3 percent) — viewpoint of pupils towards their eloquence is more favorable than that of their teachers. The dependence of eloquence assessment by the researched persons on their participation in post-class activities, training level, reading frequency and frequency of public speech opportunities was observed: the more often the respondents were participating in post-class activities, give public speeches, the more books they read and the better they study, the more favorable is their evaluation of eloquence. According to the provisions of general education programs of the Republic of Lithuania, eloquence should be developed in all lessons. According to the opinion of respondents taking part in the research, development of eloquence is important. Unfortunately, the results of empiric analysis imply that eloquence is trained mostly during the lessons of Lithuanian language. And only a minor share (14,0 percent of pupils and 9,8 percent of teachers) considers that eloquence is trained also during the lessons of technology. But pupils see more possibilities for discussions during the lessons of technology rather than other lessons. Also pupils with less public speech experience strive for practical speaking skills and willingly present their creative works orally during the lessons of technology

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