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Ambele, Eric A.; Boonsuk, Yusop – Arab World English Journal, 2018
Silence as a communicative act in face-to-face spontaneous interaction has been under-investigated in linguistic politeness research in Thailand. With the recent increase in the influx of foreign students gaining admission into Thai universities yearly, the result is that such universities will be a coexistence of cultures. This study therefore…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Interpersonal Communication, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes
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Madsen, Lian Malai – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2011
In this paper I focus on sequences of interaction among youth where the participants engage in classroom related activities (such as spelling, discussion of essays, etc.). My paper is based on interactional and ethnographic data collected among youth in two different leisure contexts. I discuss how the participants by employment of various…
Descriptors: Social Class, Class Activities, Ethnography, School Orientation
Graves, Nancy B. – 1974
An investigation of the interaction patterns of Polynesian and Pakeha (New Zealanders of European extraction) children and teachers in school and play areas of Auckland, New Zealand was undertaken to discover possible ethnic differences in modes of social interaction relevant to learning. Observations of children (ages 2 to 11) and their…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cognitive Processes, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences