Cultural Norms Affect Oral Communication in the Classroom

1 June 1997

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in New Directions for Teaching and Learning

Vol. 1997 (70) , 47-52
https://doi.org/10.1002/tl.7005

Abstract

With respect to oral communication, international students have rules and expectations that differ from those of the teacher, and these influence how students conduct themselves in the classroom.

Keywords

CULTURAL NORMS
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
STUDENTS CONDUCT
TEACHER
RESPECT
ORAL COMMUNICATION
NORMS AFFECT ORAL

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Minority Cultural Values and Discourse Norms in Majority Culture Classrooms
The Canadian Modern Language Review / La revue canadienne des langues vivantes, 1992
“Sharing time”: Children's narrative styles and differential access to literacy
Language in Society, 1981