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Arlen Spector and the Construction of Adversarial Discourse: Selective Representation in the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill Hearings.
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Armstrong, S. Ashley – Argumentation and Advocacy, 1995
Reports on Senator Arlen Spector's interview of Anita Hill during hearings on Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas and her allegations of sexual harassment. Examines the social structures and argumentative strategies Spector invoked to place Hill in a position of "powerlessness." Argues that the key resource contributing to the…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Audience Awareness, Communication Problems, Discourse Analysis
Teaching Listening Competencies to Physicians: Introduction to Tracking Behavior.
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Fritz, Paul; And Others – 1980
A frequent complaint about the quality of health care delivery is that physicians often do not listen to their patients in consultation sessions. Studies indicate physicians show a tendency to listen only to patient discourse that the examiners had initiated, and to ignore questions and comments that the patients had initiated; that physicians…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Interviews, Listening, Listening Habits
From the Interactional View -- A Conversation with Paul Watzlawick.
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Wilder, Carol – Journal of Communication, 1978
This interview with Paul Watzlawick covers both his theories of communication and questions concerning therapy, politics, and truth. (JMF)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Problems, Human Relations, Interaction
Perspectives: Language Use in Society, Schools, and the Education Profession--Edwin Newman.
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Dillon, David A. – Language Arts, 1979
Contains an interview with journalist Edwin Newman in which Newman urges that students be taught to use language with greater precision, and a response to Newman by John S. Mayher and Rita S. Brause. (DD)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
A Holistic Analysis of Japanese and American Business Negotiations.
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Graham, John L.; Andrews, J. Douglas – Journal of Business Communication, 1987
Presents an inductive, holistic method of analysis of face-to-face communication based on simulated business negotiations between Japanese and American businesspeople. (JC)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences
Questioning Strategies in Sociolinguistics.
Churchill, Lindsey – 1978
An analysis of questioning strategies considers the kinds of responses that can be made to a question (different kinds of questions and their customary responses, and different kinds of response to the same kind of question). Additionally, the advantages/disadvantages to the use of the reproduction criterion in a sociological study are assessed.…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Discourse Analysis, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Competence
The Reflections and Confessions of an ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview Workshop Participant.
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Loughrin-Sacco, Steven J. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1990
In addition to the benefits of the oral proficiency movement, problems are seen, including flaws in the claim that the testing is proficiency based, the potential misuse of competency-based education, and the Oral Proficiency Interview's inability to test nonlinguistic barriers to communication. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Competency Based Education, Interviews, Language Proficiency
Teacher Self-Assessment.
Rohrkemper, Mary M. – 1982
To manage classrooms successfully, teachers must monitor carefully the relationships between their own actions and those actions' intended and unintended results, since erroneous perceptions of these relationships can cause problems. Teachers can act inappropriately when their goals are mistaken, as for instance when they develop false…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communication Problems, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Objectives