Speech and Elocution Training (SET): a self-efficacy catalyst for language potential activation and career-oriented development for higher vocational students
This study explores how Speech and Elocution Training (SET) activates language potential and fosters career-oriented development among higher vocational students through self-efficacy mechanisms. Through qualitative interviews with four vocational graduates who participated in SET 5 to 10 years ago,...
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| description | This study explores how Speech and Elocution Training (SET) activates language potential and fosters career-oriented development among higher vocational students through self-efficacy mechanisms. Through qualitative interviews with four vocational graduates who participated in SET 5 to 10 years ago, the research identifies three key findings. First, SET comprises curriculum content (e.g., workplace communication modules such as hosting, storytelling, and sales pitching) and classroom training using multimodal TED resources and Toastmasters International-simulated practices, which spark language potential through skill-focused, realistic exercises. Second, these pedagogies facilitate a progression where initial language potential evolves from nascent career interests into concrete job-seeking intentions and long-term career plans: completing workplace-related speech tasks boosts confidence in career choices, planning, and job competencies, enabling adaptability to professional challenges. Third, SET aligns with Bandura’s four self-efficacy determinants; these are successful experiences (including personalized and virtual skill acquisition and certified affirmation), vicarious experiences (via observation platforms and constructive peer modeling), verbal persuasion (direct instructional feedback and indirect emotional support), and the arousal of optimistic emotions (the cognitive reframing of challenges and direct desensitization to anxieties). These mechanisms collectively create a positive cycle that enhances self-efficacy, amplifies language potential, and clarifies career intentions. While highlighting SET’s efficacy, this study notes a small sample size limitation, urging future mixed-methods studies with diverse samples to validate these mechanisms across broader vocational contexts and refine understanding of language training’s role in fostering linguistic competence and career readiness. |
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| spelling | upm-1206012025-10-07T00:22:59Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/120601/ Speech and Elocution Training (SET): a self-efficacy catalyst for language potential activation and career-oriented development for higher vocational students Zheng, Xiaojian Mohd Puad, Mohd Hazwan Ab Jalil, Habibah This study explores how Speech and Elocution Training (SET) activates language potential and fosters career-oriented development among higher vocational students through self-efficacy mechanisms. Through qualitative interviews with four vocational graduates who participated in SET 5 to 10 years ago, the research identifies three key findings. First, SET comprises curriculum content (e.g., workplace communication modules such as hosting, storytelling, and sales pitching) and classroom training using multimodal TED resources and Toastmasters International-simulated practices, which spark language potential through skill-focused, realistic exercises. Second, these pedagogies facilitate a progression where initial language potential evolves from nascent career interests into concrete job-seeking intentions and long-term career plans: completing workplace-related speech tasks boosts confidence in career choices, planning, and job competencies, enabling adaptability to professional challenges. Third, SET aligns with Bandura’s four self-efficacy determinants; these are successful experiences (including personalized and virtual skill acquisition and certified affirmation), vicarious experiences (via observation platforms and constructive peer modeling), verbal persuasion (direct instructional feedback and indirect emotional support), and the arousal of optimistic emotions (the cognitive reframing of challenges and direct desensitization to anxieties). These mechanisms collectively create a positive cycle that enhances self-efficacy, amplifies language potential, and clarifies career intentions. While highlighting SET’s efficacy, this study notes a small sample size limitation, urging future mixed-methods studies with diverse samples to validate these mechanisms across broader vocational contexts and refine understanding of language training’s role in fostering linguistic competence and career readiness. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) 2025 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/120601/1/120601.pdf Zheng, Xiaojian and Mohd Puad, Mohd Hazwan and Ab Jalil, Habibah (2025) Speech and Elocution Training (SET): a self-efficacy catalyst for language potential activation and career-oriented development for higher vocational students. Education Sciences, 15 (7). art. no. 850. pp. 1-29. ISSN 2227-7102 https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15/7/850 10.3390/educsci15070850 |
| spellingShingle | Zheng, Xiaojian Mohd Puad, Mohd Hazwan Ab Jalil, Habibah Speech and Elocution Training (SET): a self-efficacy catalyst for language potential activation and career-oriented development for higher vocational students |
| title | Speech and Elocution Training (SET): a self-efficacy catalyst for language potential activation and career-oriented development for higher vocational students |
| title_full | Speech and Elocution Training (SET): a self-efficacy catalyst for language potential activation and career-oriented development for higher vocational students |
| title_fullStr | Speech and Elocution Training (SET): a self-efficacy catalyst for language potential activation and career-oriented development for higher vocational students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Speech and Elocution Training (SET): a self-efficacy catalyst for language potential activation and career-oriented development for higher vocational students |
| title_short | Speech and Elocution Training (SET): a self-efficacy catalyst for language potential activation and career-oriented development for higher vocational students |
| title_sort | speech and elocution training (set): a self-efficacy catalyst for language potential activation and career-oriented development for higher vocational students |
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