Creative communication in English for specific purposes through multifaceted speaking in panel discussions
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In English for specific purposes, students need to manage dialogue as well as prepared delivery; yet, classroom speaking tasks often underemphasize how prepared language is extended into co-constructed interaction. This study examines how a panel discussion format, taught as an extension of preparation, fosters speaking, defined as the coordinated use of planned contributions, reasoning, audience alignment, and collaborative synthesis. The study was conducted at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania, with 68 undergraduates in creative programmes. The intervention consisted of preparation with explicit language aims, a peer-moderated panel with audience questions, and a structured debrief. Evidence was collected through a Mentimeter survey. Results indicate increased confidence in discussion, faster retrieval of discipline-specific vocabulary, turn-taking, and readiness to move beyond rehearsed material. The contribution lies in operationalizing multifaceted speaking as an interactional route to creative communication within English for specific purposes through a repeatable panel design with transfer to pitches, critiques, and short presentations.
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