It's good to talk: Speaking up for oracy in the management classroom

Assessing Oracy in Young Adults Vocational Training

“…Oracy is determined as an oral competence and used as an instructional term for assessing speaking and listening skills at the oral exams (Kaldahl, 2019); one of the most critical communication skills, the ability to 'speak well,' with creating and influencing public discourse (Hill, 2021).…”

“…Oracy is inseparable in forming decision-making ability and engaging students in arguments and counter-arguments in a two-sided communication process running a holistic understanding of all aspects of communication (Hill, 2021).…”

“…Practice proves that the assessment of oral skills of just business presentations does not equip the students with the relevant communication skills. Instead, the workplace requires the speaker to arrange their arguments swiftly and express ideas fluently (Hill, 2021). The other side of the coin means active listener engagement and sophisticated and fruitful collaboration.…”

“…Students' equipment by only content lacks an essential factor in preparing a competitive professional. The teachers should furnish students with the skills and techniques necessary for critiquing and questioning the content, articulating their arguments, and forming conclusions (Hill, 2021).…”

“…Oracy, as a skill, takes an important place among basic communication skills for employability, and teaching and assessing it requires careful and responsible handling. Many researchers paid enough attention to oracy, and its development mechanisms with young students (Oliver et al, 2005;Mercer et al, 2017;Kaldahl, 2019), but still little is known about how oracy is built within the vocational context with the university students (Kaldahl, 2019;Doherty et al, 2011;Hill, 2021). Furthermore, developing oracy is traditionally researched mainly with L1 learners (Wilkinson, 1965;Mercer et al, 2017).…”